Overview
Hazing Prevention and Reporting
San Mateo County Community College District is committed to providing a safe and respectful learning and working environment. Hazing is prohibited and is not an acceptable part of joining, participating in, or maintaining membership in a student organization, team, club, or other group.
Report Hazing
If you experience, witness, or become aware of possible hazing, please report it. You do not need to determine whether the conduct meets the formal definition of hazing before submitting a report.
Anonymous reports are accepted. View all hazing reporting options.
Emergency or Immediate Danger
If someone is in immediate danger, injured, or needs emergency medical assistance, call 911.
For non-emergency campus safety concerns, contact SMCCCD Public Safety at (650) 738-7000. Public Safety dispatch is available 24 hours a day.
What Is Hazing?
Hazing is conduct connected with initiation into, affiliation with, or continued membership in a student organization that creates a risk of or causes physical or psychological injury beyond the reasonable risks of normal participation.
A person's willingness to participate does not make hazing safe or acceptable.
Learn more about hazing and view examples
Prevention and Training
Learn how to identify and prevent hazing, safely intervene as a bystander, and access hazing prevention training.
Hazing prevention and training information
Transparency, Policies and Laws
View Campus Hazing Transparency information, District policies and procedures, Annual Security Report information, and applicable state and federal laws.
Transparency, policies and hazing laws
Retaliation Is Prohibited
The District prohibits retaliation against individuals who report hazing or participate in a hazing investigation or resolution process.