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Hazing Report & Information

Messiah University "Anti-Hazing" Statement

Messiah University and Pennsylvania Law prohibit hazing in any form. Hazing is defined by the Pennsylvania Hazing Law as “any action or situation which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student or which willfully destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in, any organization operating under the sanction of or recognized as an organization by an institution of higher education. The term shall include, but not be limited to, any brutality of a physical nature, such as whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the elements, forced consumption of any food, liquor, drug or other substance, or any other forced physical activity which could adversely affect the physical health and safety of the individual, and shall include any activity which would subject the individual to extreme mental stress, such as sleep deprivation, forced exclusion from social contact, forced conduct which could result in extreme embarrassment, or any other forced activity which could adversely affect the mental health or dignity of the individual, or any willful destruction or removal of public or private property. For purposes of this definition, any activity as described in this definition upon which the initiation or admission into or affiliation with or continued membership in an organization is directly or indirectly conditioned shall be presumed to be "forced" activity, the willingness of an individual to participate in such activity notwithstanding.”

For more information on the University’s “Anti-Hazing” statement, see:  https://www.messiah.edu/download/downloads/id/528/Current_Student_Handbook.pdf

Messiah University
Hazing Report
Time Period Covered:  2019 - 2023
This report is published in accordance with ACT 80 of 2018, the Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law, 18 Pa.C.S. & 2809 et seq.
Update.--An institution shall update the report biannually on January 1 and August 1 and shall post the updated report on its publicly accessible Internet website.
Duration.--An institution shall retain reports for five years.
DATE CHARGED DATE RESOLVED DESCRIPTION SANCTIONS/PENALTIES
8/1/2023 - 1/1/2024
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.                   
1/1/2023 - 7/31/2023
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.                   
8/1/2022 - 12/31/2022
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.                   
1/1/2022 - 7/31/2022
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.                   
8/1/2021 - 12/31/2021
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.                   
8/1/2021 - 7/31/2021
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.                      
1/1/2021 - 7/31/2021
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.                      
8/1/2020 – 12/31/2020
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.                      
1/1/2020 - 7/31/2020
2/25/2020 2/26/2020 The University received a report from an employee on behalf of student athletes on the swim team; the employee was told that during recruiting weekend for swimmers (this took place at the end of October or beginning of November, 2019) the Messiah University swim team organized a campus-wide scavenger hunt where prospective students were divided amount groups of current student athletes to complete tasks around campus. One of the tasks for prospective students to complete was to kiss a stranger on campus. One of the prospective students was “made to” complete this task by their group. This seemed to indicate that the prospective student did not wish to kiss a stranger but was pressured to do so by current student athletes.                               University officials met with the swim team. The University created an action plan to address the concerns.
8/1/2019 - 12/31/2019
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.  
1/1/2019 -7/31/2019
    No incidents related to hazing reported at this time.