Office of
Campus Safety

Your Right to Know

The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act provides institutions with federal requirements to disclose specific statistics and policies related to safety. This page covers specific elements of the Act and how it impacts the University.

Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

View Andrews University's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.

Daily Crime and Fire Logs

The Daily Crime and Fire Log discloses incidents reported to the Office of Campus Safety that are either a) criminal allegations that have occurred on Andrews University’s Clery-Reportable geography or b) confirmed fires in residential buildings. Incidents only reported to external agencies (like the Berrien Springs Oronoko Township Police Department or Fire Department) may not be included in the Log. Note that the disclosed criminal incidents are not representative of confirmed crimes; incidents do not require investigation or confirmation in order to appear in the Log.

View monthly logs for the current year below. Recent logs are available upon request.

View annual logs for each year below.  

Act Summary

Under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, schools must complete the following:

  • Publish an annual report disclosing campus security policies and three years' worth of selected criminal and fire statistics.
  • Make timely warnings to the campus community about crimes that pose an ongoing threat to students and employees. Andrews University may use AU Alert or broad cast emails to send timely warnings based on the severity of the issue.
  • Maintain a publicly available daily crime and fire log. 
  • Report specific criminal and fire statistics to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). 
  • Ensure that campus sexual assault victims are given basic rights.

To learn more, go to the Clery Act web page at Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act.

Additional information can be found at the Clery Center.

For information on Michigan Sex Offenders visit http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us/.

Act History

In the early morning of April 5, 1986, Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old freshman at Lehigh University was sexually assaulted and murdered in her dormitory room. The subject responsible was a Lehigh student unknown to her. He entered the building by proceeding, unopposed, through three propped-open doors, and made it to her room, even though such a disaster was preventable had each of the doors been locked.

The aftermath of this crime became a learning experience for her parents that changed their lives. They began efforts to enact laws requiring colleges and universities nationwide to make available complete information about violent campus crimes, drug and alcohol offenses and to provide information about current security procedures.

In 1990 the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 was signed into law, which has become the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.

In December 2024 the act was renamed to the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act.

Act Updates

This section lists some of the major changes in the Act for reporting guidelines in the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. These changes would primarily impact statistical data and policy statements. A more detailed list of changes can be found here.

2024 – The Stop Campus Hazing Act

On December 23, 2024 the federal Stop Campus Hazing Act was signed into law. This act amends the Higher Education Act with changes to the Clery Act regarding campus hazing as well as renaming the Clery Act to the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act. The Stop Campus Hazing Act established a timeline for implementation starting January 1, 2025 with full compliance by October 1, 2026.


The following table outlines the timeline and the University’s response:

Stop Campus Hazing Act Implementation
Date Legal Requirement University Response
January 1, 2025 Institutions begin collecting hazing statistics. In January 2025 the Office of Campus Safety began updating their incident file classification system with multiple changes, including the addition of an incident file classification for Intimidation/Hazing to track reports of hazing behavior(s) on campus. At that time a review of all incidents in the current system of record, Advocate, was completed and updated to match the new file classifications, including Intimidation/Hazing. The system of record, Advocate, contains incident reports for the Office of Campus Safety dating back to 2014. 
June 23, 2025 Institutions have hazing policies in place. Since 2014-2015 school year, the Student Life Handbook has been a part of the University’s online Bulletin which includes the Student Life Code of Conduct. Since that time Hazing has been published in the online Bulletin and been defined and prohibited as a violation of the code of conduct. Currently, for the 2025-2026 Student Life Handbook, Hazing is Code #8 of the Code of Conduct. Behaviors that may not rise to the full definition of Hazing are still prohibited under Code #5, Disrespectful, Abusive, Bullying Conduct of Another.
July 1, 2025  Institutions have processes for documenting violations of hazing policies. Since 2014 Student Life and Campus Safety have used a shared incident reporting software solution, Advocate, to track all conduct/criminal cases (as well as some other items). With the updated definitions and review of all 17,125 reports, the Office of Campus Safety will have the ability to track both current and historical records of hazing violations dating back to 2014.
December 23, 2025  Institutions must publish the Campus Hazing Transparency Report and update it twice a year. The Office of Campus Safety is developing this report.
October 1, 2026  Institutions must include hazing statistics in the 2026 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.

Statistics are already able to be tracked in Advocate (online system with records dating back to 2014) and will be disclosed in the 2026 report. It should be noted that between the start of Advocate (2014) and the publishing of the 2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report (Oct. 1, 2025) the Office of Campus Safety has not received any reports of behaviors that rise to the level of hazing. 

2020 - Title IX Changes (these were temporarily changed in 2024 but were reverted back to the 2020 regulations on January 9, 2025.)

2016 - The 2016 Clery Handbook was released

2013 - Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Amendments

2008 - Higher Education Opportunity Act

2000 - Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act

1998 - Campus Courts Disclosure Provision & Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act

1992 - Campus Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights

1990 - The Clery Act was signed into law. 

 

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