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Confidential Resources

Some employees are required to maintain near complete confidentiality, and talking to them is sometimes called a “privileged communication.” If any person desires confidential support, he/she may speak with any of the following:

• Professional staff in the Counseling Center, located in the Engle Health Center (ext. 5357)
• The College Pastor in the College Ministries Office (ext. 6520)
• A nurse in the Engle Health Center (ext. 6035)

Staff in the Engle Health Center are required to pass along non-personally identifiable statistical information to the Department of Safety. The only information that will be released is that an incident was reported, the type of incident and the general location of the incident (i.e., “on campus” or “off campus”; no address will be given). Statistics given to Safety will be made available through publication in the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. No personally identifiable information on victims will be contained and/or released within any published record without the victim’s consent.

The University does not publish the name of crime victims or other identifiable information regarding victims in the Daily Crime and Fire Log or in the annual crime statistics that are disclosed in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Furthermore, if a Campus Safety Alert or Timely Warning Notice is issued on the basis of a report of interpersonal violence, harassment, sexual assault and/or stalking, the name of the victim and other personally identifiable information about the victim will be withheld. This information could include the specific location where an incident is reported to have occurred when reporting the location could inadvertently identify the victim.

Members of the Engle Counseling/Health Services staff and pastoral counselors are confidential resources and do not report incidents unless the student specifically requests them to do so. The only details shared are to capture general details about the incident (date, time, location, and brief description of incident type) which is for inclusion of the university's Annual Security and Fire Safety report. If you include personally identifiable information in an anonymous report, it will be used in an investigation.