The CARE Team does not provide emergency services. For life-threatening emergencies, call 911.  For non-life-threatening emergencies requiring an immediate response, call Safety and Security at 206-934-3636.  For assistance on where and how to report other concerning student behaviors or situations, please refer to the Report Different Concerns page.

Report Different Concerns

How to Report Different Concerns About Students

Creating and sustaining a safe, inclusive environment requires the entire campus community’s help and commitment. The information below offers a guide of where and how to report concerns.

What it might look like

  • Imminent risk of harm to oneself or others
  • Acute health condition needing immediate care

What to do

What it might look like:

  • Heated argument between students
  • Abuse of substances
  • Academic work containing violent or threatening content not part of assignment
  • Behaviors that make other students uncomfortable

What to do:

  • For non-imminent harm needing immediate response, call NSC Safety and Security at 206-934-3636
  • Alert supervisor if appropriate
  • Submit a CARE report

What it might look like

  • Expression of hopelessness
  • A break with reality
  • Contemplation of suicide
  • Increase in irritability or anger outbursts

What to do

  • For non-imminent harm needing immediate response, call 988, Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
  • Alert supervisor
  • Submit a CARE report

What it might look like:

  • Moderate disruptive conduct in classroom
  • Plagiarism or cheating
  • Discriminatory conduct
  • Derogatory language

What to do


What it might look like:

  • Threats to members of the campus community
  • Physical violence
  • Bringing weapons onto campus

What to do


What it might look like

  • Sexual harassment
  • Sexual assault
  • Domestic violence
  • Dating violence

What to do

What it might look like

  • A minor student has unexplained bruises, burns, injuries
  • A minor student expresses unsafe living conditions at home
  • A vulnerable adult student shares about abuse, exploitation, and/or abandonment

What to do

  • For non-imminent harm needing immediate response, call NSC Safety and Security at 206-934-3636
  • Report concern to NSC Human Resources Director within 48 hours
  • Alert supervisor

What it might look like

  • Student is adversely targeted by their instructor for their ethnic background
  • Student is denied a work study opportunity due to their race
  • Student is the target of frequent cyber-attacks by a group of other students

What to do

What it might look like

  • Grade complaint
  • General complaint against staff/faculty

What to do