21 2026 ANNUAL SECURITY & FIRE SAFETY REPORT Prevention & Awareness Programming Lehigh University implements comprehensive, research-informed programming aimed at preventing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual exploitation. Prevention strategies are designed to foster healthy relationships, promote safe bystander intervention, shift social norms, and reduce risk across the campus community. Prevention & Awareness Framework • Primary Prevention Programs: Evidence-informed initiatives designed to prevent incidents of sex-based misconduct before they occur by promoting healthy relationship behaviors, affirmative consent, safe communication, and active bystander intervention. The Title IX Coordinator and the Director of the Office of Survivor Support & Intimacy Education review campus data annually to refine these strategies. • Primary Awareness Programs: Integrated, audience-specific campaigns that increase community knowledge regarding safety, reporting options, resources, and strategies to prevent perpetration. • Ongoing Prevention & Awareness Campaigns: Sustained, university-wide programming and skill-building initiatives conducted throughout the academic year for students, faculty, and staff. Orientation & Educational Campaigns • Student & Employee Orientation: Incoming undergraduate, graduate, transfer students, and new employees receive mandatory messaging prohibiting sex-based misconduct, outlining university policies, and detailing reporting resources. Student sessions cover affirmative consent, sex communication, healthy relationships, bystander intervention, and risk reduction. • In-Person & Specialized Workshops: The Office of Survivor Support & Intimacy Education, Title IX Coordinator, Health Advancement and Prevention Strategies Office, Student Involvement, and Athletics collaborate to deliver tailored workshops on topics such as drug/alcohol-facilitated sexual assault, consent, and healthy sexuality. • Employee Training: Faculty and staff complete annual online and in-person training modules addressing sexual assault, stalking, relationship violence, and mandatory reporting obligations. Risk Reduction & Self-Defense Lehigh emphasizes active personal safety strategies without relying on victim-blaming language: • Risk Reduction Strategies: Safety planning, utilizing the “buddy system,” safe alcohol management, trusting personal instincts, and maintaining environmental awareness. • Rape Aggression Defense (RAD): Certified LUPD instructors conduct RAD self-defense courses for students, faculty, and staff. The program covers risk avoidance, awareness, and practical hands-on defensive tactics. • HawkWatch Safety App: Provides direct one-touch communication with LUPD dispatchers, continuous GPS location tracking for emergency response, and safety tools such as Emergency Blue Light calls and chat features, Friend Walk, and Virtual Walk Home. Office of Survivor Support & Intimacy Education The Office of Survivor Support & Intimacy Education leads student-facing prevention and support initiatives: • 5x10 Program Series: First-year educational sessions addressing consent, LGBT-inclusive relationship dynamics, drug/alcohol impacts, and bystander intervention. • Break the Silence Peer Educators: A student-led organization that facilitates peer-to-peer workshops on healthy sexuality, sex communication, and gender-based violence prevention. • Campus Events & Awareness Months: Coordinates annual awareness campaigns, including Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October), Stalking Awareness Month (January), Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April), and events like the Take Back the Night march and Five Senses of Consent. • Survivor Support Advocates: A 24/7/365 network of trained university faculty and staff providing immediate, confidential support, options navigation, and referrals to impacted students. • Contact: Clayton University Center, Room 427A | 610-758-1303 | inssie@lehigh.edu Registered Sex Offender Notification In accordance with the federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act, information regarding registered sex offenders in Pennsylvania is maintained by the Pennsylvania State Police. Members of the campus community can access the official statewide registry at the Pennsylvania Megan’s Law Website.
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