Faculty Handbook

What is an emergency?

For our purposes, an emergency is any circumstance that poses a genuine risk to, or that has already disturbed, the safety and well-being of program participants.  Emergencies may include incidents that are “newsworthy” and reach U.S. news agencies and cause alarm to parents or colleagues. 

They could include, though not confined to, the following:

• physical assault
• disappearance, hostage taking, or kidnapping of a student
• robbery
• sexual assault or rape
• serious illness, physical or emotional
• significant accident and/or injury
• hospitalization for any reason or length of time
• terrorist threat or attack
• local political, natural or man-made crisis/disaster in the vicinity of student accommodations or classrooms that could affect the students’ safety or well-being
• arrest or questioning by the police or other security forces
• any legal action (lawsuit, deposition, trial, etc.) involving a student
• death of a student