Office of
Campus Safety

Hazing Reporting

The Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA) provides institutions with federal requirements to disclose specific statistics and policies related to hazing. This page covers specific elements of the Act and how it impacts the University.

Campus Hazing Transparency Report 

2025 Campus Hazing Transparency Report (01/01/25 - 11/30/25)
Report # Student Organization Incident Summary Alcohol Involved Drugs Involved University Findings Sanctions Date Occurred Date Reported Investigation Started Investigation Ended  Responsibility Determined Outcome Communicated
No Reports
                         

At this time, the Stop Campus Hazing Act has not defined how many prior yearly Campus Hazing Transparency Reports (CHTR) must remain published. While the CHTR first became reportable in December 2025, the University maintains historical stasticial records for all criminal conduct, including hazing. As the information disclosed in the CHTR is available in historical records and must be maintained for five years from publication, the University has chosen to disclose the annual CHTRs for the same period of time below:

  • 2024 Campus Hazing Transparency Report - No reports
  • 2023 Campus Hazing Transparency Report - No reports
  • 2022 Campus Hazing Transparency Report - No reports
  • 2021 Campus Hazing Transparency Report - No reports
  • 2020 Campus Hazing Transparency Report - No reports 

The Campus Hazing Transparency Report is required to disclose any incident that includes all of the following:

  • Involved a student organization
  • Individual(s) were found responsible for violating University policies on hazing.

This Report would disclose the following details related to each qualifying incident:

  • The name of such student organization;
  • A general description of the violation that resulted
    • in a finding of responsibility, including:
    • whether the violation involved the abuse or illegal use of alcohol or drugs,
    • the findings of the institution, and
    • any sanctions placed on the student organization by the institution, as applicable; and
  • The dates on which:
    • The incident was alleged to have occurred
    • The investigation into the incident was initiated
    • The investigation ended with a finding that a hazing violation occurred, and
    • The institution provided notice to the student organization that the incident resulted in a hazing violation.
  • The Campus Hazing Transparency report cannot include personally identifiable information.

Under the Act, 138 Stat. 2598 (vi) Hazing is defined as:

“any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that—

(I) is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and

(II) causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including—

(aa) whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity;

(bb) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity;

(cc) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances;

(dd) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts;

(ee) any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct;

(ff) any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and

(gg) any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law.”

Under the Act, 138 Stat. 2598 (5) Student Organization is defined as:

“an organization at an institution of higher education (such as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or student government) in which two or more of the members are students enrolled at the institution of higher education, whether or not the organization is established or recognized by the institution.”

How to Report Hazing

Hazing can be reported through various methods.

  • Any incident requiring emergency response, police, fire, or emergency medical services should be reported to 911.
  • Anyone who feels unsafe can contact the Office of Campus Safety 24/7 via phone, 269-471-3321.
  • Any hazing behavior can be reported to:
  • Forms

All Campus Security Authorities (under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act) are required to report all hazing behaviors that they become aware of to the Office of Campus Safety. This can include behaviors they witness or behaviors that are reported to them.

Act Information

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 act requires policies and procedures for reporting and tracking hazing, education to the campus on hazing, and the disclosure of hazing statistics in a Campus Hazing Transparency Report that is required to be updated at least twice a year. 

The following table outlines the Act implementaion timeline requirements 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. 

University Policy

Hazing is prohibited under the Office of Campus & Student Life Code of Conduct as published in the Student Life Handbook.

The relevant excerpt is provided below:

“The Code of Student Conduct is a formal notification to students of their responsibilities embedded in their choice to be a member of the Andrews community as well as their responsibilities to the members of Andrews University. Students are provided notice of the Code of Student Conduct annually in the form of a link on the University website.

A student is an individual to whom an offer of admission has been extended, paid an acceptance fee, registered for credit or non-credit bearing classes, or otherwise entered into another agreement with the University to take instruction. Student status lasts until an individual graduates, is permanently dismissed, is not registered for two consecutive terms and/or no longer has a continued educational interest in the University.

Admission to the University is not a right. It is a privilege that entails acceptance of individual responsibility and exercising self-discipline to uphold our academic standards and community values.

All students are responsible for reading and abiding by the Code of Student Conduct. Regardless of status, undergraduate or graduate, all students should expect to receive consequences, up to and including dismissal from the University, if the student engages, or attempts to engage, in any misconduct set forth in the Code of Student Conduct, whether it takes place on-campus, off-campus or online. Students who host guests may be held accountable for the misconduct of their guests.

The list that follows is not comprehensive but does provide a good-faith representation of violations of the Code of Student Conduct."

“Code 8 – Hazing
An intentional or reckless act that the person knew or should have known endangers the physical or emotional well-being of an individual, and that is traditionally done for the purpose of being initiated into or affiliating with an established group or organization.”

Applicable Laws

The Michigan Penal Code Section 750.411t prohibits hazing at an educational institution. This law is commonly referred to as “Garret’s Law”.

Under this law, Section 411t. (7)(b) defines hazing as:
“an intentional, knowing, or reckless act by a person acting alone or acting with others that is directed against an individual and that the person knew or should have known endangers the physical health or safety of the individual, and that is done for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, participating in, holding office in, or maintaining membership in any organization. Subject to subsection (5), hazing includes any of the following that is done for such a purpose:   

(i) Physical brutality, such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on the body, or similar activity.

(ii) Physical activity, such as sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, or calisthenics, that subjects the other person to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the physical health or safety of the individual.

(iii) Activity involving consumption of a food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug, or other substance that subjects the individual to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the physical health or safety of the individual.

(iv) Activity that induces, causes, or requires an individual to perform a duty or task that involves the commission of a crime or an act of hazing."

Resources

 

Office of Campus Safety