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• Know that what happened was not your fault. Know that there are resources to help you now and going forward.
• Go to a safe place. This could be your room, a friend's room or anywhere you will feel safe.
• Call Campus Safety at 518-580-5566 to ensure your safety and the safety of the campus community. Please note that contacting Campus Safety will initiate a report to Title IX.
• Call someone you trust. Consider calling a close friend or family member. Legally confidential and anonymous resources include Health Services, the Counseling Center or Wellspring. Click here for contact information for key resources.
• Preserve evidence of the attack. Do not bathe, wash your hands, brush your teeth, eat or smoke. If you are still in the location where the attack occurred, do not clean up or change the environment in any way. If you do change clothing, package all evidence in a paper鈥攏ot plastic鈥攂ag. Even if you are not sure about reporting the assault, it makes sense to preserve the evidence until you make a final decision.
• Secure medical consultation. Go to the emergency department at Saratoga Springs Hospital, to the college's Health Center or another health professional. Medical staff can evaluate any injuries you may have suffered, screen and treat for sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy and prescribe emergency contraception.
• Strongly consider securing your medical consultation from a specially trained sexual assault forensic examination nurse (often referred to as a 鈥淪AFE nurse鈥�). SAFE nurses provide free medical care for victims of sexual assault and can collect forensic evidence of the assault for possible prosecution of the assailant. The gathering of this evidence does not commit you to pursuing legal action against the assailant but does preserve your options. The closest SAFE nurse is at Saratoga Springs Hospital.

Click here for contact information for key resources.

Recovering from sexual assault takes time and help. The following offices and people can offer medical, psychological and practical support to you. These resources are all confidential or anonymous.

91暗网 Health Services: Jonsson Tower, first floor, 518-580-5550. Health Services, a confidential resource, can help students address immediate and longer term medical concerns following assault. Health Services staff can provide testing and treatment for sexual transmitted infections as well as women鈥檚 health services, including pregnancy testing and emergency contraception. Health Services can help arrange for housing and academic accommodations (with appropriate releases of information). During Fall and Spring semesters, there is always someone from Health Services on call after hours. Contact Campus Safety at 518-580-5566 and ask to speak with the on-call provider. You do not need to leave your name or any identifying information with Campus Safety.

91暗网 Counseling Center: Jonsson Tower, first floor, 518-580-5555. The Counseling Center, a confidential resource, provides a range of professional mental health services to all students, including same-day emergency appointments, short-term individual therapy, group therapy and psychiatric and referral consultations. The Counseling Center staff can help arrange for academic and housing accommodations (with appropriate releases of information). During the academic year, there is always a mental health clinician available for crisis consultation after hours. Call the Counseling Center main number (518-580-5555) and follow the prompts to be connected to the crisis service.

91暗网 Victim Advocates : Located in the Health Promotion office in Wiecking Hall. Jen McDonald (518-580-5684) and Kim Golemboski (518-580-5484) are designated victim advocates at 91暗网. This designation means they are able to offer information, assistance and support for all victims of sexual and gender-based misconduct without having to file a report with Campus Safety. They are able to help students understand their resources, rights and options. Victim advocates help students make informed decisions about how to proceed following an assault, and they offer help and support throughout a student鈥檚 time at 91暗网. Victim advocates can help arrange for housing and academic accommodations. While maintaining a victim鈥檚 anonymity, victim advocates must report the nature, date, time and general location of an incident to the Title IX coordinator or designee

91暗网 Student Wellness Center: The Student Wellness Center, located on the third floor of Case Center, is a student-run, administratively affiliated safe space for reporting incidents of sexual and gender-based misconduct and obtaining support after incidents of sexual and gender-based misconduct. Trained peer health educators can help students get help from on- and off-campus resources. Hours, which vary by semester, are posted on the door to the Wellness Center.

Wellspring: Located at 480 Broadway in the Collamer Building, next to City Hall. Office phone number is 518-583-0280. Wellspring operates a 24-hour hotline (518-584-8188) and offers crisis intervention and support services including case management, counseling, legal advocacy, accompaniment and safety planning to all victims of sexual assault or domestic violence. 

A victim advocate from Wellspring is also on campus and accessible to individuals during set times (see /sgbm/contacts.php for exact times and contact information).

Click here for contact information for key resources.

You have three options for reporting an assault on campus: 

• Confidential sources: Confidential sources include Health Services, the Counseling Center, and Wellspring. Confidentiality is protected in these locations by law and college policy. Confidential sources cannot share information with anyone without written permission. There are rare, legally mandated exemptions to confidentiality, which usually involve concerns about someone鈥檚 imminent safety. 
• Anonymous sources: Anonymous support sources include Victim Advocates and Peer Health Educators. Anonymous sources have been deemed confidential by the college but are still required to report statistical information to the Title IX coordinator. Reports are forwarded to the college鈥檚 Title IX coordinator, but the names of those involved are not included. The reports include only date and location of the incident. Any report to a Peer Health Educator from the Student Wellness Center will be handled in this way. 
• Non-confidential sources: As required by Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972, reports are forwarded to the college鈥檚 Title IX coordinator to be investigated. Every effort will be made to protect the privacy of the reporting individual. Next steps are determined by the findings or results of the investigation. Any report you make to a 91暗网 staff or faculty member, a student in authority (such as a Resident Assistant), or Campus Safety will be handled in the manner as the law requires. 

When you report an incident of sexual and gender-based misconduct, the Title IX coordinator will offer you the assistance of a sexual and gender-based misconduct (SGBM) advisor. The SGBM advisor is a 91暗网 community staff or faculty member, appointed by the dean of students and vice president for student affairs, who is trained to support either the reporting individual or the responding student. The SGBM advisor may assist