Anti-Hazing Policy

Agnes Scott College is committed to the safety of the students, student-athletes, faculty, staff, and visitors. An important element to a safe campus is a strong, effective, anti-hazing program. This Policy informs the College’s comprehensive program to deliver hazing prevention education and training, provide a variety of options to report suspected hazing, and a response framework for allegations, including possible sanctions for substantiated violations. 

The College encourages all individuals who are the subject of potential hazing to pursue all legal remedies available to them, including reporting incidents of potential criminal conduct to law enforcement. If the conduct in question is alleged to be a violation of both College policy and the law, the College will proceed with its normal process, regardless of action or inaction by outside authorities. Decisions made or sanctions imposed through these or other College procedures are not subject to change because criminal charges arising from the same conduct are dismissed, reduced, or rejected. 

For the purposes of this Policy, hazing is defined as:  

Any intentional, knowing, or reckless act, activity, or method committed by a person (individually or in concert with other persons), whether through active or passive participation against another person or persons that: 

1. is committed in the course of a pre-initiation, an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the             maintenance of membership in an official or unofficial student organization, club, body, or athletic team; and 
2. causes or creates a risk of physical or psychological injury, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (e.g., the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team).   

Through the promulgation, implementation, and enforcement of this Policy, the College complies with the federal Stop Campus Hazing Act (Public Law 118-173) and Georgia Anti- Hazing Law (Max Gruver § 16-5-61).

Please find our full Anti-Hazing Policy here:

Honor System Handbook 

Student Handbook 


Reporting Options 

Any member in the college community can submit a hazing report through the college’s official reporting system; the Office of Student Integrity will ensure a prompt, fair, and impartial review and resolution of alleged misconduct.

Where to Report: Violations of the community code of conduct can be reported 

here: General Misconduct Form 


Contact information

For questions about the conduct process, please contact the Office of Student Integrity and Community Standards at communitycode@agnesscott.edu or the Dean of Students at deanofstudents@agnesscott.edu. 

Required Public Disclosures

In compliance with public disclosure, Agnes Scott College will publish to this website all instances of administrative adjudications of hazing and/or hazing-related convictions within 15 calendar days of final adjudication or public notice of criminal conviction. Such instances will remain posted for a period of no less than five years. This disclosure shall not include the personal identifying information of any individual student and shall be subject to the requirements of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). 


REPORTABLE HAZING INCIDENT 09/13/23