You will feel safe here
Every day at the University of New Hampshire, we put into practice our mission of student safety. That’s why we are consistently ranked one of the top-10 safest college campuses in the country. We are proud to be a nationwide leader on this important ranking because it defines our community.
Campus Resources
Psychological and Counseling Services (PACS) - is committed to serving UNH’s diverse campus community by providing students with support and education for their personal and academic success through confidential counseling, psychiatric consultation, outreach and prevention services.
Student Life-
If you're interested in finding housing, food, and financial support, or parent and guardian information this is the resource for you. If you're looking to get help or searching for processes, policies, and protocols click the link above.
Sexual Harassment & Rape Prevention Program (SHARPP)- Provides free and confidential advocacy and direct services to all survivors and their allies and offers culturally competent awareness and prevention programs.
Student Accessibility Services (SAS) - is committed to assuring that students with disabilities receive equitable, effective, and meaningful access to all campus programs, resources, and services.
Durham police and fire
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UNH Police Department (UPD) - partners with all of our communities to provide exceptional public safety services with respect, fairness, Integrity, and transparency to ensure safe learning environments.
Health & Wellness - an integrated health and wellness service that operates from a holistic perspective. In support of the University's academic mission, we provide medical care, wellness education, and health promotion.
Safety
To combat crime effectively, the Durham Police Department and UNH have partnered to educate citizens and students on ways to reduce the risk of victimization. It is the hope of our policing agencies that, by combining citizen activism with police and University responses, we can help reduce violence and crime.
Hazing Policy
Hazing is not permitted and is defined by the University of New Hampshire, in the Student Rights, Rules and Responsibilities, as an act directed toward a student, or any coercion or intimidation of a student to act or to participate in an act, for the purpose of initiation or admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in, a group or organization, when (1) such act is likely or would be perceived by a reasonable person as likely to cause physical or psychological injury to any person; or (2) destroys or removes public or private property.
Any student or organization found responsible for hazing within the jurisdiction of the UNH Code of Conduct is subject to sanctions imposed by a Hearing Officer through the Office of Community Standards.
New Hampshire State Law. In addition to university policy, NH RSA 631:7 makes it a crime for an individual or organization to participate in “student hazing” or to fail to report incidents of student hazing.
UNH has an anonymous Hazing Hotline at (603) 862-3686.
Hazing resources:
- StopHazing.org - The leader in hazing research and prevention.
- HazingPrevention.org - a national nonprofit dedicated to empowering people to prevent hazing.
- National Hazing Prevention Week - Save the dates! HazingPrevention.Org's 2022 National Hazing Prevention Week is September 19-23, 2022.
- Student Rights, Rules and Responsibilities
- Filing a Complaint
