IV. Sexual Assault Response Network

Sexual Assault Response Advocate pager: (503) 202-3119
Campus Safety Office: (503) 768-7777
Counseling Center: (503) 768-7160
Health Center: (503) 768-7165
Student Development Center: (503) 768-7191
Dean of Students: (503) 768-7145
Office of Campus Living: (503) 768-7123
Your Campus Living Advisor (503) 768-8999 or
Your Campus Living Director
Sexual Assault Response Advocate pager: (503) 202-3119

The Advocate responding to your page is a professional with the College’s Counseling Center who is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Advocate will offer overall assistance and follow-up to the survivor. All interaction with the Advocate is confidential. The survivor may choose to speak anonymously with the Advocate while also receiving the support as outlined in this document.

The Advocate will explain the network of contact points available in terms of boundaries of confidentiality, services offered by each contact point, and options and choices available to the survivor. Each of the contact points in the network is trained to assist survivors in accordance with the Sexual Assault Network Protocol and Procedures.

Contact points included in this Sexual Assault Response Network include Residence Life staff (RDs and RAs), Counseling Center Staff, Student Health Center staff, Campus Safety officers, the Dean of Students.

These contact points provide counseling assistance, medical treatment, aid in seeking legal advice, family crisis management, help with rearranging class or exam schedules, transferring residence halls, and any other service or facilitation as necessary.

The survivor’s use of the Sexual Assault Response Advocate, network contact points and any and all services provided by associated departments is completely voluntary.

All interaction with the Advocate is confindential. The Advocate will notify the Dean of Students that the Sexual Assault Network protocol is "active" but will not disclose confidential information to the Dean of Students without prior consent of the survivor.

The Sexual Assault Response Advocate will monitor each contact point to ensure consistent implementation of protocol. Every effort will be made to coordinate support among the different contact points so that the survivor is not recounting his or her experience for each new contact.

Advocacy services are also available for the alleged perpetrator, including counseling and medical resources.

Anonymity and Confidentiality

A survivor can call the Advocate, receive support and information, and never give his or her name. This maintains anonymity while providing assistance as necessary. The survivor may choose to utilize services outlined by the Advocate, or the survivor may choose to do nothing at this time.

If the survivor chooses to give his/her name to the Advocate, their name will be maintained in confidence. The Advocate is not obligated to disclose the name of the survivor to the College, unless the survivor chooses to have this information shared.

Student Health Center employees, Counseling Center staff, and the Dean of Students, are not obligated to disclose the name of the survivor publicly, only to file an anonymous Sexual assault incident report form.

Resident Assistants, Resident Directors, Campus Safety personnel, and other administrative staff are required to inform their immediate supervisor if they learn of an alleged rape or sexual assault, and they are expected to file a Sexual Assault Incident Report form (which is anonymous). Beyond this notification of supervisor, these individuals will keep information in the strictest of confidence.

No campus agency will release the names of survivors to the media or public. Some campus agencies may need to be notified about the incident regarding safety concerns for others, but names will not be released.

Sexual Assault Incident Report Form

The Sexual Assault Response Advocate, as well as all network contact points, will file an anonymous Sexual Assault Incident Report Form to be kept on file with the Sexual Assault Response Advocate.

This report does not carry the survivors’s name or other specific identifying information, unless specifically authorized by the survivor. Forms will be available from Campus Safety, Residence Life, Counseling Center, Health Center, and the Dean of Students. The form may be submitted to the Advocate by survivors.

The report is kept on file by the Advocate in the Counseling Center. The incident will be reported to the Campus Safety Office and published as a statistic in the annual Campus Security Act crime report. The name of the survivor remains confidential with the Advocate.