Anti-Hazing Policy
National Park College complies with Arkansas’ Anti-Hazing Law (§6-5-201) and the federal Stop Campus Hazing Act (Public Law No: 118-173). Hazing, defined as, but not limited to, any act imposed on current or potential members of a group or organization that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a person, that defaces or destroys public or private property, that is likely to result in humiliation or ridicule, or that is likely to result in interference with academic efforts regardless of the consent of the participants, or any actions or activities prohibited by Arkansas’ Anti-Hazing Law or the federal Stop Campus Hazing Act.
Hazing is defined as follows:
- Any willful act on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one student alone or acting with others which is directed against any other student and done for the purpose of intimidating the student attacked by threatening him or her with social or other ostracism or of submitting such student to ignominy, shame, or disgrace among his or her fellow students, and acts calculated to produce such results;
- The playing of abusive or truculent tricks on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one student alone or acting with others, upon another student to frighten or scare him or her;
- Any willful act on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one student alone or acting with others which is directed against any other student done for the purpose of humbling the pride, stifling the ambition, or impairing the courage of the student attacked or to discourage him or her from remaining in that school, college, university, or other educational institution, or reasonably to cause him or her to leave the institution rather than to submit to such acts; or
- Any willful act on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one student alone or acting with others in striking, beating, bruising, or maiming; or seriously offering, threatening, or attempting to strike, beat, bruise, or maim; or to do or seriously offer, threaten, or attempt to do physical violence to any student of any such educational institution; or any assault upon any such student made for the purpose of committing any of the acts, or producing any of the results, to such student.
The term hazing as defined above does not include customary athletic events or similar contests or competitions and is limited to those actions taken and situations created in connection with initiation into or affiliation with any organization.
Reporting
Incidents of suspected hazing can be reported to Campus Security (501-760-4293), the office of Campus Safety (501-760-4161), or the Dean of Students (501-760-4229). An incident report form link can be found below. NPC’s ability to investigate reported incidents and enforce College policy depends on the accuracy and specificity of the information provided. Concerned individuals are encouraged to provide as much specific detail as possible when reporting so that appropriate action may be taken.
Reported incidents will be investigated by members of the Behavior Intervention Team, led by the Dean of Students.
Resources
https://hazingpreventionnetwork.org/
HazingPreventionNetwork.Org is a leading national organization dedicated to providing current information related to hazing and hazing prevention to individuals and organizations. Resources offered on their website include information about what you can do, links to videos, personal stories, newsletters, and National Hazing Prevention Week initiatives.
StopHazing.Org provides accurate, up-to-date hazing information for students, parents, and educators and a list of hazing laws by state. It includes informative articles on hazing in various contexts, including high schools, the military, athletic teams, and fraternities and sororities. The website also provides information about the National Study of Student Hazing and the Hazing Prevention Consortium, a multi-year research-to-practice initiative led by StopHazing to build an evidence base for hazing prevention on college campuses in the US and beyond.
Hazing Prevention
All National Park College students are informed about hazing during the mandatory New Student Orientation each semester. Hazing prevention materials are posted in the Student Commons Building and in the Student Community section of Brightspace, the College’s Learning Management System.
Faculty and staff are informed about hazing prevention during fall convocation and through postings in the NPC Employee Info section of Brightspace.