Hazing Prevention
Hazing Prevention
Partners from across campus collaborate to support a research-informed comprehensive prevention plan that promotes a safe and healthy environment where all students can thrive free from hazing-related harm.
Online Training Module: Hazing Awareness and Prevention
Hazing is a dangerous ritual taking place at institutions and organizations across the country. While certain activities groups use to initiate members may seem innocuous, oftentimes these behaviors can escalate, creating harmful and sometimes deadly situations. This course is available for all undergraduate students, faculty or staff and gives you a better understanding about hazing so you can identify when it’s happening and possibly prevent incidents in the future. It also supports institutional compliance with the Stop Campus Hazing Act. (Target audience: Universal, Selective, Indicated)
Sponsored by: Hazing Prevention Coalition
How to get started:
- Visit the training portal:
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- FACULTY or STAFF:
- Log in using your Ƶ email
- Click “Extra Training” (on the left), search for “hazing” and select the module titled “Hazing Awareness and Prevention” (50 minutes). If you want to learn more, students are welcome to do the “ongoing” module that is 42 minutes.
Annual Student Handbook email
In the August email that is sent to all students, faculty and staff with the link to the Student Handbook, information on the update to the Hazing policy and a link to the updated Hazing Prevention website was specifically listed as a change and important for our community to update themselves on. (Target audience: Universal)
Sponsored by: Dean of Students
“Is it? – or – Isn’t it?” workshop
In-person workshop designed to help participants better understand the nuances that cause certain activities to become harmful and considered hazing. (Target audience: Selective)
Sponsored by: Hazing Prevention Coalition team members (Contact Dr. Jodean Schmiederer, jschmiederer@elon.edu if you’d us to present to your group)
New Student Orientation – What Would You Do?
Peer-led program that communicates key messages about alcohol, hazing, and overall safety to incoming first-year students as part of the new student orientation program. (Target audience: Selective)
Sponsored by: Health Promotion
Ƶ 1010
SPARKS peer educator-led workshop that explores values, consent, low-risk drinking, bystander strategies and campus resources. (Target audience: Selective)
Sponsored by: Health Promotion
Social Event Manager Training
Skills-based workshop facilitated by SPARKS peer educators teaches risk reduction, hazing prevention, and responsible hosting strategies for organizations or personal social events. (Target audience: Selective)
Sponsored by: Health Promotion
“Say NO to HAZING” pledge
At various events throughout the year, students are given the opportunity to commit to saying ‘no’ to hazing and sign their name on banner displayed on campus. (Target audience: Universal)
Sponsored by: Hazing Prevention Coalition
- Residence Life Resource Fair (August 19)
- Organization Leader Training (August 28)
- Hazing Prevention Week (September 21-26)
Annual Hazing Prevention Speaker
Each year Ƶ hosts a guest speaker who helps raise awareness and promotes education on hazing prevention. Together we learn, share, and take a stand for a healthy and safe community. (Target audience: Universal)
Sponsored by: Hazing Prevention Coalition and Student Involvement
- Every Role Matters (for Staff and Faculty)
12-1:30 pm
Hazing prevention is a shared responsibility that extends beyond student organizations. Join nationally recognized hazing prevention speaker Sara Lowery for an interactive session focused on creating a culture of care across our campus community. Learn how to recognize warning signs of hazing, better understand your role in supporting student safety and well-being, and explore practical ways faculty and staff can work together to strengthen prevention efforts. This session will provide valuable insights for fostering a safer, more supportive campus environment.
All employees are welcome to attend.
If you are unable to open the registration site, please contact Shannon Stucker at sstucker@elon.edu to register.
- Not Us, Not This Time (for Students)
6 pm, Alumni Gym
Hazing prevention is about more than knowing the rules or understanding the consequences. Not Us, Not This Time challenges us to consider what is possible when communities move beyond a culture of compliance and intentionally create a Culture of Care. Led by Sara Lowery, this engaging and thought-provoking program invites participants to examine the traditions, expectations, and behaviors that can contribute to hazing and ask an important question: Just because “they” said every group, class, or organization had to go through it, does that mean we have to continue it?
Through honest conversation and reflection, participants will explore how authentic belonging, mutual respect, empathy, accountability, and active care can become the foundation of healthy communities. Together, we will consider how individuals can challenge harmful traditions, speak up for one another, intervene when necessary, and create experiences that strengthen rather than diminish the people who make up our communities. Creating a culture of care is everyone’s responsibility. Join us for a conversation about challenging harmful traditions, rethinking what belonging can look like, and building communities where every person is valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.
Hazing Prevention Awareness Week(s)
Twice a year Ƶ hosts a series of events focused on engaging in intentional discussions about the problem of hazing. (Target audience: Universal)
Sponsored by: Hazing Prevention Coalition
- Fall: September 21-26, 2026 (In alignment with the National Hazing Prevention Week)
- Spring: February 15-19, 2027
Passive Education and Awareness
Multiple posters and digital signs are posted throughout campus promoting awareness and creating a healthy community. (Target audience: Universal)
Sponsored by: Hazing Prevention Coalition and Student Involvement