Student Life: Accepted Students

Safety and Security

Safety Tips

Help Yourself be Safer by Following These Safety Tips

Be alert and walk purposefully. Stay alert to what is going on around you.
Travel, walk or park in well-lit areas and with a companion whenever possible. Avoid lonely or gloomy places, especially at night. Whenever possible try to walk facing traffic. Ask anyone who gives you a ride to wait until you have safely entered your building.
Respect your intuition. Don’t allow rationality to override your "gut feeling" – it could protect you from danger. Call for help if you feel something is just not right [either the RA on duty ("0" from any SIT campus phone) or 911 if you feel it’s an emergency]. On campus, blue lights designate public local phones that are accessible 24/7. Locations include: International Center, Boyce House, Undergraduate Building, Student Center, and Black Mountain, Dickinson, Bolton, and Janeway residence halls.
Be wary of strangers, on foot or in cars, asking directions – it’s better to be rude than to be in trouble.
If someone follows you, go to a place where there are other people, and then call a resident advisor immediately.
When someone knocks on your door, before opening always ask: "who is it." Ask for identification as appropriate.
Be careful about giving out information concerning yourself and where you live.
Be cautious when using elevators. Stand near the buttons and get off immediately if you are suspicious of other occupants.
Take a self-defense course. Check with your local community health clubs and police department for availability.

Personal Safety in Residential Halls

Lock your door when you are at home ... lock your door when you are away. Please lock your door always!
Report any suspicious activity immediately, including anyone who makes you feel uncomfortable.
Pull the shades to your room at night and lock your windows.
Watch out for each other! Report any sign of forced entry. Do not go in. Instead, go to a safe place and call the RA on duty ("0" from any SIT campus phone), or 911. On campus, blue lights designate public local phones that are accessible 24/7. Locations include: International Center, Boyce House, Undergraduate Building, Student Center, Black Mountain Dorm, Dickinson Dorm, Bolton Dorm, and Janeway Dorm.

Educational Programs

SIT periodically offers self-defense instruction. Participation is open to students, faculty, and staff.
An annual comprehensive training that addresses gender issues, cross-cultural relationships, sexual harassment and sexual assault is offered each fall at SIT. Participation is voluntary.

Students living on-campus receive information about SIT's campus security procedures and practices from their RAs during the first two weeks of the academic year. Similarly, off-campus students are required to attend a security briefing led by the Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Campus Life at the beginning of the academic year. Participants attending one of SIT's short-term programs who reside on-campus more than one week receive a modified version of the RA's campus security procedures and practices briefing. New faculty and staff receive this same information during an orientation briefing; security reminders are sent as needed, at least annually.

Phone:
802.257.7751

Admissions:
800.336.1616 (toll free in US)
802.258.3510 (outside the US)

TTY:
802.258.3388

Fax:
802.258.3428

Mailing Address:
PO Box 676, 1 Kipling Road
Brattleboro, VT 05302 USA

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