PERSONAL SAFETY, security AND UNCSA RESOURCES

General Guidelines

Program police and ICE numbers into your cell phone:

           UNCSA Police emergency phone number 336-770-3362

           ICE—In Case of Emergency number

Register for CUKES—Emergency text messages

• Be aware of your surroundings.  Be cautious of strangers engaging you in conversation, especially if you are alone.   Do not walk alone after dark. Walk in groups or call police for a safety escort.
• Don’t give out personal info: phone, address, etc. to people you don’t know well; never give this information out on a social network internet site.
• Avoid vulnerable meeting situations—stranger, isolated location, etc.
• Do not abuse prescription medication as effects may impair motor skills and/or judgment.
• Avoid impaired decision making or incapacitation due to alcohol and other drugs.
• Don't go back to someone's room or leave a party with someone you don't know.
• Call police immediately if you see a suspicious person in or around campus living areas
• Lock your car and park in a well lit area. 
•  Record serial numbers, brand names, and descriptions of personal and school property.
• Keep personal and valuable items off campus and/or out of sight.
• Never leave your purse, wallet or other valuables unattended.
• Engrave your valuables.
• Never loan your keys or One Card to anyone.
• Use the lockers in the dressing room and lock with your own lock.
• Never keep large sums of money on campus.
• Lock your residence hall room door every time you leave.
• Do not prop open an exterior door to a Residence Hall.
• Report broken locks, windows, and lights to Residence Life.
• Never allow strangers onto your hall, in your room or in your apartment.  Report any suspicious person in the Residence Hall or by the entries.

REDUCING THE RISK OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

Safety Education and Resources

New students are provided with safety information and a number of resources available to them through new student orientation.  This information is presented by multiple presenters representing the Department of Police and Public Safety, Residence Life, Health Services, Counseling, and their respective Art schools.  Design and Production and the Film School also conduct specific safety training relative to the students’ assigned work in these programs. 

Additionally, UNCSA conducts a Resource Fair for all students at the start of the year where representatives from these same Departments discuss safety and available student resources, as well as, distribute written safety literature. Topics covered in these forums include: relevant North Carolina Statutes, police services, personal safety and residence hall safety tips, alcohol and other drug use issues, risk reduction for sexual assaults, fire safety, emergency response instructions, students of concern protocol, internet safety, Rape Aggression Defense program, etc.  Students are told about crime on-campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods. 

UNCSA campus specific literature includes, but is not limited to:

· Student Orientation Police and Public Safety Handout
· Public Safety and Emergency Information Pocket Guide
· UNCSA School of the Arts Campus Safety and Security Handbook
· UNCSA Quick Reference Flipchart Emergency Response Guidelines  
· Domestic Violence Informational Brochure

The Counseling Center and Health Services both provide additional safety reference materials via website cites and links.  Various safety programs and safety one-on-one interventions are conducted annually on campus. Programming and interventions may be conducted (or sponsored) by Residence Life, Police and Public Safety, Counseling, Clinical Case Manager, Health Services, etc.