Confidential Reporting

Professional staff and clergy in the following offices are entitled to confidential privilege with their clients when acting within their professional capacities.  Under the Clery Act, staff may still need to make a report that an offense has occurred but may omit information which may identify the individual.  

Voices Against Violence - designated counselor

Hotline 800-593-1125 (on-campus meetings available)

Counseling Center

508-626-4640

Health Center

508-626-4900

Campus Ministry

508-626-4610

FSU Tip Line

The FSU Tip Line is also available for confidential reporting, however the University will likely be severely limited in investigating and responding to anonymous reports of sexual harassment, sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking.

To provide anonymous information to FSU Police, send a text message to 67283 containing the word “FSUTIP,” followed by a space, and then your message.

How It Works: Two-way communication. Users submit their tips via text message. Campus Police are immediately notified of the tip. University Police may respond to user with follow up questions or information anonymously. Users receive confirmation messages for all submitted tips. FSU Tip offers tipsters anonymity, allowing anyone to discretely provide timely, critical information without letting those in his/her vicinity in on the communication.

Employee Duty to Report

The University recognizes that a person may feel most comfortable disclosing an incident to a University employee that one knows well. However, it is important to know when that information may be shared.

In terms of reports of discrimination, discriminatory harassment (including sex and gender based harassment), or retaliation, any trustee, administrator, department chair, program coordinator, manager or supervisor who has knowledge of or receives such a report from a student or other member of the University community is obligated to report the information to the EO Officer or Title IX Coordinator as soon as the employee becomes aware of it. Likewise, any member of the campus community is encouraged to report to the EO Officer or the Title IX Coordinator any conduct of which they have direct knowledge and which they in good faith believe constitutes discrimination, discriminatory harassment, or retaliation.

Other employees, for example resident assistants and athletics staff, must follow specific departmental protocols to report information that they receive or observe about discrimination, discriminatory harassment (including sex and gender based harassment), or retaliation.  Even where an employee of the University does not have the duty to report as outlined above, those employees are not considered confidential and may still share information that they learn. Only those resources designated as confidential can promise confidentiality.

Any member of the University community who has a question about their reporting responsibilities should contact the Title IX Coordinator or EO Officer.

Outside Agencies