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The SU CARE Team is here to help all Redhawks find resources and support for a range of issues and challenges. Faculty, staff, students, and families can request assistance or direct outreach for a student by making an non-urgent Student Concern. Whether the concern is about health & wellness, accessing basic needs, or ensuring safety, we are here to help.
If you have an immediate concern about a student's safety or the safety of others, please call the
Department of Public Safety at (206) 296-5911
The Coordinated Assistance & Resource Education Team (CARE Team) receives and responds to referrals from the campus community about students of concern. CARE Team services and resources include:
CARE Team referrals encompass a broad range of concerns, many of which are often independent of any behavioral concern about a student and/or indicate a lower-level concern that does not typically warrant an urgent intervention. Examples of non-behavioral referrals include
Other CARE Team referrals involve specific behavioral concerns, such as
If you have information that indicates an immediate safety risk, please call the Department of Public Safety at 206-296-5911.
To refer a student for CARE Team outreach, please use the Student Alert form. Alerts will be triaged by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Office of Student Persistence to ensure the student receives the appropriate support. These alerts can be submitted by a student, parent/guardian, faculty, staff, administrator, or anyone looking to assist a student or request extra support.
All CARE Team outreach will be conducted with privacy and sensitivity. At times, information may need to be shared with campus partners outside the Office of the Dean of Students; however, such information sharing will be done with extreme discretion.
We are here to help students overcome barriers to their success and promote a healthy and safe campus community. Upon receipt of your referral, the Office of the Dean of Students may coordinate outreach to the student to offer support and determine appropriate resources. This support may come in the form of
"We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark."
Whoopi GoldbergOn May 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education issued a Final Rule under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The Final Rule is effective August 14, 2020. Visit the following page to learn more about Seattle University's Policy for Complying with the Title IX Regulations/Title IX Final Rule Regarding Formal Complaints of Sexual Harassment.
Aug 14, 2020
This letter from the Dean of Students was sent via email to all residential students in university owned/managed housing to provide updated move out guidance following the extension of Governor Jay Inslee’s March 23 “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” Executive Order 20-25, which was announced on May 1, 2020. The “stay-at-home” provision, which directs all Washington State residents to stay in their homes with the exception of essential travel, is now in effect through Sunday, May 31. Because of the stay-at-home restrictions now in place, the university has extended the Winter Quarter move out deadline to Saturday, June 16 at 5:00pm.
May 4, 2020
Read More about Update - Extended Move Out Deadline for Residential Students
A reminder from the Dean of Students about the "Redhawk Commitment & Code of Student Conduct", which contains standards that have been established to assist in building an inclusive learning community--whether on-campus, off-campus, or online--where safety, respect, consideration, dignity, and care define our shared commitment to one another. We ask that all students carefully review the information in the Code of Student Conduct and be familiar with all of University’s standards of conduct and the Integrity Formation process.
Apr 8, 2020
Read More about Spring Quarter Reminder: Code of Student Conduct