Hazing Transparency Report
Bi-Annual Campus Hazing Transparency Report - Oct. 2025
In compliance with the Stop Campus Hazing Act of 2024 Olympic College must publish a list of all violations of the Hazing under the Student Code of Conduct. This report will be published twice a year, once in February and again in October. The report must include the following for each instance of a violation:
- The name of the subject of the report
- The date the subject was charged with a violation of university policy/law regarding hazing, the date the investigation was initiated, the date the investigation ended, and the date the notice of outcome was issued to the subject of the report
- A general description of the violation (including whether the violation involved the abuse or illegal use of alcohol or drugs), findings, and outcomes of any investigation in the past five years
Clery Act/Annual Security Report
Additional statistics related to hazing incidents that have been reported to the university can be found in the Annual Security Report.
Reporting
Reports of hazing allegations may be made to the Community Standards Office.
To make a report, please submit through OC Report It, or reach out directly to Community Standards during regular business hours.
Anonymous reports are accepted. The submission of a report anonymously may limit the ability Olympic College to address reports, particularly if there is insufficient or incomplete information.
Biannual Report Maintenance
Questions or inquiries about this report can be directed to the Community Standards Office. They can be contacted at @email.
Federal and State Laws
As defined in the Higher Education Act of 1965 and amended by Stop Campus Hazing Act of 2024, at 20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6)(A)(vi), hazing is defined as:
“any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person to participate, that is committed in the course of initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in a student organization and causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education of physical or psychological injury.”
As defined in Washington section in RCW 28B.10.901 and 28B.10.902, "hazing" includes any act committed as part of a person's recruitment, initiation, pledging, admission into, or affiliation with a student organization, athletic team, or living group, or any pastime or amusement engaged in with respect to such an organization, athletic team, or living group that causes, or is likely to cause, bodily danger or physical harm, or serious psychological or emotional harm, to any student or other person attending a public or private institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational institution in this state, including causing, directing, coercing, or forcing a person to consume any food, liquid, alcohol, drug, or other substance which subjects the person to risk of such harm, regardless of the person's willingness to participate. "Hazing" does not include customary athletic events or other similar contests or competitions.