Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Office of Campus Safety Vision Statement

To provide safety, security, essential services, and other personalized assistance to the Hobart and William Smith Community in a manner that exceeds expectations.

Our Core Values

Service
We are dedicated to the vision of service and putting people first. Students, parents, faculty, staff, visitors and members of the Geneva community are our priority. We will always make ourselves available to serve their needs, to go above and beyond and to exceed expectations.

Respect
We value the differences in people as individuals and the richness that diversity brings to our institution. At all times we will display an attitude of respect for, and the protection of, the dignity, worth and rights of all we serve. We will maintain a work environment grounded in respect, support, acceptance and personal accountability.

Impartiality
We will actively strive to respond to all situations and all persons in a fair, unbiased, open-minded and objective manner. We shall maintain an atmosphere of openness and transparency as our responsibility and commitment to the campus community.

Trust/Integrity
We value the trust placed in our organization and its members by our campus community. We will earn that trust by being responsible for our actions, willing to acknowledge our mistakes and recognizing them as opportunities to learn, grow and improve. We will demonstrate integrity by maintaining a sound moral compass and engaging in ethical practices in our interactions with all persons.

Teamwork
We take pride in being members of the Hobart and William Smith community and the Office of Campus Safety. We demonstrate this pride by exhibiting a unified and professional presence in our community. We understand that working in a cooperative and collaborative way with all segments of the campus community enhances our efficiency and our ability to deliver the highest quality campus safety services.

Everbridge Safety Connection App

The Everbridge Safety Connection app is available to all members of the campus community and turns a user’s smartphone into a virtual blue light phone that provides 24/7 protection while on campus or in the Geneva Community.

The app includes several options to enhance your safety:

Call Campus Safety Feature - Users can quickly place an emergency call to Campus Safety.

SOS Panic Button - With a press of a button, users can notify Campus Safety of their location and transmit live audio and video of the surrounding area.

To obtain the app, members of the HWS community must register using this link and may then down load the app here (Apple App Store and Google Play Store).

Report

The Office of Campus Safety maintains a safe, secure environment conducive to the educational, professional and personal growth of all members of the campus community.

Living Safely describes Hobart and William Smith policies and procedures in the areas of crime reporting and prevention. The publication also contains campus crime statistics data and suggests some behaviors and precautions that are effective in helping individuals protect themselves and their property. This report is provided in compliance with the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, its subsequent 1998 amendments, which renamed it the Jeanne Clery Act, and in accordance with Article 129-A of the NYS Education Law.

The HWS Advisory Committee on Campus Safety will provide upon request all campus crime statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education. To access this information, click here or, contact Martin Corbett, Director of Campus Safety at 315-781-3000. Additionally, the United States Department of Education's web site for campus crime statistics is located here.