For each incident of hazing contained in UVM’s Hazing Transparency Report, the following information will be noted:

• The name of the recognized student organization that engaged in hazing.
• A general description of the violation of UVM policy that resulted in a finding of responsibility, including whether drugs and/or alcohol were involved.
• Key dates including when the incident was alleged to have occurred, when the investigation of the incident was initiated, when the investigation ended with a finding that a hazing violation occurred, and when the university provided notice to the student organization.
• The sanctions that were imposed. 

Hazing: Under the Higher Education Act of 1965, hazing means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that:

• is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and
• causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including-
  • whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone's body, or similar activity;
  • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity;
  • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances;
  • causing, coercing or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts;
  • any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct;
  • any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and
  • any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law. 

Student Organization: an organization at an institution of higher education (such as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or student government) in which two or more of the members are students enrolled at the institution of higher education, whether or not the organization is established or recognized by the institution. 

For the purposes of the Campus Hazing Transparency Report, only student organizations that have been recognized by the University of Vermont in accordance with the Group and Organization Recognition Policy who have been found to be in violation of the university's standards of conduct related to hazing will be included in this report. 

In accordance with the Stop Campus Hazing Act, no report is required due to there being no incidents with a finding of a hazing violation during this time period.