University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Policy Name: Hazing Prevention and Education
Policy Number: LR 518.1
Effective Date: June 18, 2025
At the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and volunteers should understand that hazing is not only unacceptable and a violation of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s rules and policies, but it is also against the law. For more information on the University’s hazing awareness and prevention programs, please review the following from the Office of the Dean of Students: https://ualr.edu/deanofstudents/hazingawareness/.
UA Little Rock’s Policy Against Hazing
“Hazing” means:
- A willful act on or off the property of the University by one student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a fraternal organization if the volunteer or employee is acting on behalf of, or in the name of, the fraternal organization, acting alone, or acting with others when the conduct is directed against any other student and done for the purpose of intimidating the student attacked by threatening him or her with social or other ostracism or of submitting such student to ignominy, shame, or disgrace among his or her fellow students, and acts calculated to produce such results;
- The playing of abusive or truculent tricks on or off the property of the University by one student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a fraternal organization if the volunteer or employee is acting on behalf of, or in the name of, the fraternal organization, acting alone, or acting with others, upon another student to frighten or scare him or her;
- A willful act on or off the property of the University by one student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a fraternal organization if the volunteer or employee is acting on behalf of, or in the name of, the fraternal organization, acting alone, or acting with others which is directed against any other student done for the purpose of humbling the pride, stifling the ambition, or impairing the courage of the student attacked or to discourage him or her from remaining in that school, college, university, or other educational institution, or reasonably to cause him or her to leave the institution rather than submit to such acts; or
- A willful act on or off the property of the University by one student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a fraternal organization if the volunteer or employee is acting on behalf of, or in the name of, the fraternal organization, acting alone, or acting with others in striking, beating, bruising, or maiming; or seriously offering, threatening, or attempting to strike, beat, bruise, or maim; or to do or seriously offer, threaten, or attempt to do physical violence to any student of any such educational institution; or any assault upon any such student made for the purpose of committing any of the acts, or producing any of the results, to such Student as defined in this section.
- The term hazing as defined in this section does not include customary athletic events or similar contests or competitions, and is limited to those actions taken and situations created in connection with initiation into or affiliation with any organizations.
- The term “hazing” does not include customary athletic events or similar contests or competitions and is limited to those actions taken and situations created in connection with initiation into or affiliation with an organization, extracurricular activity, or sports program.
Reporting
Complaints or concerns of hazing should be reported to the following departments: Office of the Dean of Students, Student Experience Center, Office of Title IX, Department of Public Safety, or the local police. To report hazing incidents or concerns, individuals may contact one of the following departments.
- Office of the Dean of Students: (501) 916-3328 | [email protected]
- Student Experience Center: (501) 916-3308 | [email protected]
- Office of Title IX: (501) 916-5716 | [email protected]
- Department of Public Safety: (501) 916-3400 | [email protected]
Complaints may also be filed online at https://ualr.edu/deanofstudents/incident-report/.
Investigation Process
Complaints or concerns of hazing reported to the institution will be investigated and handled using the process identified in LR 516.3 – Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Behavior (i.e., Code of Student Conduct). LR 516.3 – Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Behavior is found at https://ualr.edu/policy/student/code-of-student-rights-responsibilities-and-behavior-516-3/.
Arkansas Law on Hazing
Arkansas law on hazing can be found at Ark. Code Ann. §§ 6-5-201 to 202. Arkansas law provides that:
- (a) A student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a fraternal organization of a school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas shall not knowingly engage in hazing or encourage, aid, or assist any other student, alumnus, or volunteer or employee of a fraternal organization in hazing.
- (b)(1) A person shall not knowingly permit, encourage, aid, or assist another person in committing the offense of hazing, or knowingly acquiesce in the commission of the offense of hazing, or fail to report promptly his or her knowledge or any reasonable information within his or her knowledge of the presence and practice of hazing in this state to an appropriate administrative official of the school, college, university, or other educational institution in Arkansas.
Hazing is a Class B misdemeanor in the State of Arkansas and requires expulsion of the student convicted of hazing from the school, college, university, or other education institution the he or she is attending. Ark. Code Ann. § 6-5-202.
Revised: June 18, 2025
Source: Stop Campus Hazing Act of 2024; Ark. Code Ann. § 6-5-5201
Originator: Office of the Chancellor
Custodian: Student Affairs