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RESOURCES TO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH

SITUATIONS OF STALKING AND HARASSMENT

If a student is being stalked or harassed, what kinds of resources are available on the Augsburg campus for support?

CAMPUS SECURITY

Students are encouraged to contact Campus Security at ext. 1717 to report harassing behaviors. Dispatch workers will have a Security Officer contact the student to take a report.

Security will assess the following factors in determining what action(s) to take:

1. Safety of the individual, including whether the student has a safe place to go on or off campus.
2. Threat assessment.
   • Frequency of contact; most recent contact.
   • Alleged harasser: is he/she another student?
3. Reporting
   • We will do our best to honor a student’s desire to keep the matter confidential. However, Security will inform the student that a report will be filed with the Director of Security/Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
   • Depending on the threat assessment, we may involve police with or without the student’s consent.
   • Psychologists in CCHP and Campus Pastors are not held to the same reporting requirement. These individuals will NOT report sexual assaults without a signed student release.
4. Follow up with the student.
   • Security and the Associate Dean for Student Affairs will follow up with student, including referrals to on- and off-campus support.
5. Discipline system
   • If the alleged harasser is a student, he/she can be subject to Augsburg discipline system. The Associate Dean for Student Affairs will work with the student to determine what actions he/she feels are appropriate and are supported by college policy.
6. Confidentiality
   • Unless there is a threat to the physical safety of others on campus, we will do our best to respect the student’s wish for confidentiality.
   • We may involve police with or without the student’s consent, depending on the level of threat to the individual or the campus community.

ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS

The Associate Dean will work with the student to see what actions should be taken to:

• See to the safety of the student.
• Address the harassing behaviors.

COUNSELING

Free, confidential counseling by licensed psychologists is available through the Center for Counseling & Health Promotion (call x1707). Counselors work proactively with the student to help her/him:

1. Identify a safety plan.
2. Become aware of resources for support on and off campus (e.g., Security, Aurora Center, support groups, Hennepin County resources for getting an order for protection)
3. Regain a sense of personal power and understand that the stalking or harassment is not their fault.
4. Identify possible mental health issues that may be related to being a victim of stalking or harassment (e.g., anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, post-traumatic stress, depression). The counselor may make a referral to a medical professional if the student chooses to seek support through medication options.
5. Tell her/his story and name her/his own experience.
6. Identify and develop appropriate coping behaviors.
7. Develop a network of support from family and friends.

Counseling through CCHP is confidential – ethically and legally the psychologists at CCHP cannot share any client information with anyone outside the counseling center without the written permission of the student (except in specific circumstances as defined by law). Students are not hospitalized against their will, except in the extreme circumstance that they are indicating they are at imminent risk of significantly harming themselves or someone else, and are unable to give assurance of follow through on a plan to keep from attempting this harm.

Self-Help and Community Resources for Stalking and Harassment Support: CCHP’s website has helpful information related to the topics of stalking and harassment that the student may want to read. Go to the CCHP homepage (www.augsburg.edu/cchp) and click on the “Self-Help” button, then the “Sexual Assault/Stalking” button. Also, community support resources are listed under the “Community Resources” button, then “Sexual Assault/Stalking”.

OFF-CAMPUS RESOURCES

Aurora Center of the Program Against Sexual Violence – U of M:

• 24 hour crisis line 612-626-9111
• telephone or walk-in short-term advocacy services
• legal advocacy and assistance in obtaining a “harassment restraining order”
• liaison between police and victim, accompaniment to court
• advocacy services provided by trained volunteers
• website has a “Stalking Info Packet” (www1.umn.edu/aurora/stalkinginfopacket.html)

Sexual Violence Center -- Minneapolis

• 24 hour crisis line 612-871-5111
• individual counseling and support groups, advocacy and legal clinics at no cost

Rape & Sexual Abuse Center -- Minneapolis

• 24 hour crisis line 612-825-4357
• walk-in crisis counseling for recent sexual assault/harassment
• counseling and support groups
• counseling services provided by licensed master’s or PhD level staff therapists or graduate interns; advocacy services provided by trained volunteers

Prepared by the office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs