Category: College and University Hazing
Hazing, Mental Health, and the Weight of Silence
Public speaker and suicide survivor Kevin Hines teams up with StopHazing and HazingInfo to explore the intersection of hazing and mental health By Kevin Hines and Sierra Medina– Communications & Outreach Specialist at StopHazing and HazingInfo The toll of hazing varies and can include lasting negative impacts from physical injuries, alcohol poisoning, and the tragic… Continue reading »
Transparency Reports: A Guide for Students and Families
Introduction The Clery Act is a consumer protection law that requires every college or university in the U.S. to disclose safety information. The Stop Campus Hazing Act amendment incorporates hazing as a Clery-reportable crime. As a result, every college or university that receives federal funding is required to publish hazing transparency reports by December 23,… Continue reading »
Missed Opportunities for Intervention: Why Educating Students about Hazing Matters
I’m a college student. While I’ve been an intern with StopHazing for a while now, before I started college, I didn’t understand what hazing was. I didn’t know that hazing could happen in any group, or that it transcended concepts of consent due to its coercive aspects (Allan & Madden, 2008, adapted from Hoover, 1999).… Continue reading »
Is Your Campus Ready to Post a Hazing Transparency Report?
StopHazing | Your December Deadline is Coming: What to Know About Hazing Transparency Reports Under the new federal requirements established by the Stop Campus Hazing Act, all colleges and universities are required to begin posting and maintaining public hazing incident transparency reports. These reports are intended to ensure accountability, raise awareness, and prevent future harm… Continue reading »
5 No-cost and Low-cost Ways to Jumpstart Campus Hazing Prevention
Bogged down by budget lines? Feeling under-resourced? Here are 5 no-cost and low-cost ways to jumpstart your campus hazing prevention. Under the newly passed Stop Campus Hazing Act (2024), colleges and universities are required to include a policy statement outlining their research-informed, campus-wide hazing prevention programs for students, staff, and faculty. Yet, designing educational initiatives… Continue reading »
Reflection from an Undergraduate Student on Online Hazing Prevention Course
As a senior undergraduate student, I’m writing this reflection blog to share my perspective on the significance of hazing prevention education and how one implementation strategy in particular, an online course, could be an impactful education tool. Note: I am an intern at StopHazing, however, this reflection is a true representation of my own thoughts… Continue reading »
Evidence-Based, Research-Based, Research-Informed, or Data-Driven? A Campus Pro’s Guide to Prevention Lingo
What is the correct lingo? Evidence-Based, Research-Based, Research-Informed, or Data-Driven? Under the newly passed Stop Campus Hazing Act, colleges and universities in the United States are required to develop a policy statement for their Annual Security Reports outlining the institution’s hazing prevention and awareness programming. More specifically, colleges and universities have to describe the campus-wide… Continue reading »
From a Suicide Prevention Advocate: The Effects of Hazing You Can’t See
In this guest blog post, Dennis Gillan, a mental health and suicide prevention advocate and professional speaker, shares his perspective on the intersections of suicide and hazing prevention and calls readers to bring conversations about these topics forward. Dennis serves as the Executive Director of the Half a Sorrow Foundation. Guest writer: Dennis Gillan |… Continue reading »
A statement from Byron Hurt about Caleb Wilson
Byron Hurt, filmmaker and violence prevention advocate, is circulating the following statement in response to the tragic death of Caleb Wilson, student at Southern University who was killed by hazing in February 2025. Caleb was a pledging the same organization Byron Hurt holds membership in, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated. Note: StopHazing has partnered Byron… Continue reading »
Year-in-Review 2024
It’s time for StopHazing’s annual Year-In-Review! 2024 has been quite a year – let’s recap it together in this blog post. We briefly highlight many of the milestone moments, achievements, updates, new content, and announcements over the last twelve months from the small-but-mighty StopHazing team. Thanks for being a part of the hazing prevention community… Continue reading »