On Campus

Resources

  • Campus Ministry

    508-626-4610

    Campus Ministry provides spiritual guidance and confidential counseling for members of the Framingham State University community, whatever your religious affiliation or non-affiliation. Campus Ministry respects all religious traditions on campus and offers religious services, educational programs, and volunteer service opportunities.

  • Counseling Center

    Health and Wellness Center, top floor of Foster Hall
    508-626-4640

    The Counseling Center offers individual, couple’s and group counseling, medication evaluation and follow-up, consultation for faculty, staff, parents, and students, and educational outreach programs to the campus community.

  • Health Center

    Health and Wellness Center, first floor of Foster Hall
    508-626-4900

    Here are just some of the services offered at the Health Center:

    Unlimited visits for health concerns/illnesses
    Referrals to specialists as needed
    Pelvic exams and Pap Smears
    Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) screening, counseling and treatment for men and women
    Pregnancy testing, counseling and referral
    Birth control counseling and prescription
    Emergency contraception (morning after pill)
    Free condoms

  • Residence Life Staff

    All residence halls
    Main office, ground floor of Corinne Hall Towers

    Each residence hall is staffed by well-trained professionals (Residence Directors) and paraprofessionals (Resident Assistants) who are available to assist you in identifying resources, making reports, and receiving support.  The main office is open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm but a professional staff member is on-call 24/7 every day of the year and may be paged through Campus Police or a Resident Assistant.  Additionally, Resident Assistants are on on-call in each hall every night and weekend while students are living on-campus and may be paged through the Security Desk Attendant at the main entrance.  

Title IX Coordinators

Kim R. Dexter
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity
Dwight Hall, 207/324
kdexter [at] framingham.edu (titleix[at]framingham[dot]edu) 
508-215-5859

The University Title IX Coordinator has primary responsibility for Title IX compliance at FSU.  The coordinator also does intake of reports and complaints regarding sexual harassment, sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking involving employees, visitors, vendors, and other 3rd parties and coordinates the investigatory process.

Dr. Meg Nowak Borrego
Dean of Students
McCarthy Center, suite 504
mnowak1 [at] framingham.edu (titleixstudent[at]framingham[dot]edu) 
508-626-4596

The Dean of Students does intake of reports and complaints about students as they relate to sexual harassment, sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking and also coordinates investigations. The Dean can assist survivors in making adjustments to academic and living situations as well as provide a victim's advocate.

Carey Eggen 
Associate Director of Athletics, Title IX Coordinator for Athletics 
Athletic Center, Second Floor 
ceggen [at] framingham.edu (titleixathletics[at]framingham[dot]edu) 
508-626-4565

The Title IX Coordinator for Athletics monitors compliance with athletic requirements under Title IX, coordinates the develop of policies and programs to support that compliance, does intake of reports and complaints, and coordinates investigations.

University Police

McCarthy Center, ground floor 
508-626-4911

The Framingham State University Police Department has a fully trained sexual assault unit staffed with certified sexual assault/rape investigators. They work closely with the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, the Framingham Police Department's sexual assault unit and various other departments within the University. Their investigators are on call 24 hours a day throughout the year and will assist victims throughout the entire criminal proceeding, and through the University judicial discipline system.

Additional Programs

The Framingham State University Police Department Crime Prevention Unit offers programs to the Framingham State University community on the following topics: domestic violence, sexual assault, workplace violence protection, alcohol/drug awareness, general safety, rape aggression defense, road rage, identity theft, police encounters, and many more areas. The goal of the department is to host these programs in the residence halls throughout the academic year. The Crime Prevention Unit will distribute posters with locations, dates, and times of each program throughout the year.  Each program topic has a number of resources, both on and off campus, readily available to the community. You will be given these resources in the handouts. All programs will consist of lectures, a series of handouts, and informative videos.

The domestic violence program will include facts about the law, signs and symptoms of an abusive relationship, ways to protect you from domestic violence, and facts about restraining or protection orders. It also will introduce the Framingham State University Police Domestic Violence Unit staff and show how they can assist you in a domestic violence incident.

The sexual assault program will include the definition of sexual assault and how you can tell if you have been sexually assaulted. It will also contain the facts about the law and will give helpful tips on how to protect you from becoming a victim of sexual assault. You will meet the Sexual Assault Unit staff, and learn how it can assist you in a sexual assault incident.