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Anti-Hazing

Friday, June 20, 2025

Anti-Hazing Policy

Any requirement imposed upon prospective, new, or current members which is not related to the organization's purpose is prohibited and will become the subject of a College investigation once the practice is brought to the attention of the Dean of Student Life and Wellness. This policy applies to all UA-PTC students, student organizations, and clubs. If you have any questions or concerns about hazing, or activities that could constitute hazing, please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Student Life and Leadership at (501) 812-2881 or the Dean of Student Life and Wellness at (501) 812-2756.

Examples of hazing

The following activities have at one time or another been identified as hazing by courts and/or institutions of higher education:

  • Requiring new members to practice periods of silence
  • Conducting any type of "hell week" activities
  • Requiring the carrying of items such as statues, rocks, paddles, etc.
  • Requiring calisthenics such as sit-ups, push-ups, etc.
  • Forcing or coercing someone to eat or drink against their will
  • Completing tasks in order to obtain signatures
  • Phone duty
  • Paddling or striking in any manner
  • Marking or branding
  • Physical harassment: pushing, cursing, yelling, etc.
  • Staging any form of "line-up"
  • Sleep deprivation
  • Preventing / restricting class attendance
  • Preventing personal hygiene
  • Causing indecent exposure
  • Requiring uncomfortable attire
  • Keeping the date of initiation into the group a secret
  • Work parties / clean up for new members only

Arkansas Hazing Law
6-5-201.Definition.

(A) As used in this subchapter, “hazing” means:

(1) Any willful act on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one (1) student alone or acting with others which is directed against any other student and done for the purpose of intimidating the student attacked by threatening him or her with social or other ostracism or of submitting such student to ignominy, shame, or disgrace among his or her fellow students, and acts calculated to produce such results;

(2) The playing of abusive or truculent tricks on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one (1) student alone or acting with others, upon another student to frighten or scare him or her;

(3) Any willful act on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one (1) student alone or acting with others which is directed against any other student done for the purpose of humbling the pride, stifling the ambition, or impairing the courage of the student attacked or to discourage him or her from remaining in that school, college, university, or other educational institution, or reasonably to cause him or her to leave the institution rather than submit to such acts; or

(4) Any willful act on or off the property of any school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas by one (1) student alone or acting with others in striking, beating, bruising, or maiming; or seriously offering, threatening, or attempting to strike, beat, bruise, or maim; or to do or seriously offer, threaten, or attempt to do physical violence to any student of any such educational institution; or any assault upon any such student made for the purpose of committing any of the acts, or producing any of the results, to such student as defined in this section.

(B) The term “hazing” as defined in this section does not include customary athletic events or similar contests or competitions and is limited to those actions taken and situations created in connection with initiation into or affiliation with any organization.

History. Acts 1983, No. 75, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-5502.

Hazing Awareness and Prevention Education

Programs to educate on hazing awareness and prevention will be provided to students, staff, and faculty. These programs may be offered online or in person. The programs will be targeted to reach all members of the College community, will be research-informed, and will include primary prevention strategies.

Hazing awareness and prevention programs will be described in more detail and published on an annual basis in the University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College's Annual Security Report.

How To Report Hazing

If you feel you have been a witness and/or a victim of hazing, please contact UA-PTC Police at (501) 812-2711 and file a police report. You may also contact the Dean of Student Life and Wellness at (501) 812-2756.

If you do not wish to file a police report but would like to talk to someone about hazing, you may visit the UA-PTC Counseling Services. It is free and confidential. You may contact Counseling Services for an appointment at (501) 812-2738.