D. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE CONTINUED 5

Faculty, staff, and administration share responsibility for maintaining a safe educational and working environment with the Campus Safety Department, which is charged with enforcing safety codes and protection measures (see policy #1:540:1). The following sections cover the policies that protect the well-being of the campus community. See also policy #2:150.

Andrews University does not discriminate against an individual who is disabled because he/she is known to have AIDS, ARC or show laboratory evidence of HIV infection, with respect to admission, employment, residence hall or other housing if he/she otherwise is able and qualifies for such. The confidentiality of the health status of such infected persons shall also be maintained within university policy.

Andrews University will; in accordance with recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Department of Community Health, take a proactive role in responding to the risks associated with the SARS epidemic.

Travel Restrictions: Because of the dynamic nature in fighting and preventing SARS world-wide, the provision of this policy may change on a daily basis, based on WHO and CDC recommendations. The CDC issues Travel Alerts and Travel Advisories for a variety of reasons. This policy applies to those alerts and advisories related to SARS. The CDC website is: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/travel.html. See also policy #2:167:7.

It is the intention of Andrews University to provide a safe teaching and learning environment and to comply with all applicable government safety and environmental regulations. While safety is by nature a responsibility of every department head and dean, caring for this can be time consuming and complicated. Appropriate members of the university’s Compliance Committee (policy #1:601:4) are available to provide inspection, explanation of OSHA and EPA standards, consulting on implementation actions and to answer safety-related questions. The Compliance Committee will monitor safety or environmental reviews of the institution as needed.

The department chair or manager is responsible to:

1. Understand and apply the commonly accepted safety and environmental standards of his/her field.
2. Understand and comply with the specific government safety and environmental regulations that apply to his/her department.
3. Call upon the appropriate personnel for assistance as needed.
4. Act favorably upon safety recommendations received from the Compliance Committee or its representatives.

If a safety recommendation is not viewed as workable by the department chair, and if the appropriate administrator feels that this will pose a significant risk, the discussion should widen to include the school dean, supervising administrator, and other personnel as needed.

In harmony with the requirements of The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, Andrews University through its Campus Safety Department shall annually publish in the Student Movement and by other means a report on major campus crime statistics (including the off-campus properties) for murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft, and disseminate the same to its campus community of employees and students as well as to the Michigan and U.S. Secretaries of Education. Interim reports are made to the campus community whenever a major crime has occurred.

The annual report on campus crime statistics shall also enumerate arrests for crimes involving prescribed violations relative to the liquor law, drug abuse, and weapons possessions.

From time to time, as deemed appropriate by the Campus Safety Department, students and employees shall be warned about potential risks for serious crime events. To prevent such occurrences, pertinent information will be disseminated by means of any of the following: direct mailings, voice mail, announcements at public gatherings, and/or publication in the Student Movement. Alleged victims of violent crimes shall also be informed by the Campus Safety Department of the results of any disciplinary proceedings against the alleged perpetrator.

Campus law enforcement at Andrews University shall be carried out by the Andrews University Campus Safety Department (see also policy #1:540:1) with the part-time contractual help of the Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township Police Department. Campus law enforcement shall be carried out on a twenty-four (24) hour, seven (7) days a week basis. Besides the fact that the services of the Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township police shall be contracted on a part-time basis, the Andrews University Campus Safety Department shall maintain a close working relationship with local and state police as evidenced by:

1. a continuous direct radio contact arrangement between the campus police and the local and county police
2. mutual information sharing (verbal and/or written) with respect to crime involving any Andrews University employee or student
3. attendance of campus safety personnel at Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township police group meetings and
4. campus safety personnel serving as reservists in the local police department where additional in-service training and orientation shall be received from time to time.

All campus workplace and instructional facilities shall be regularly checked for code violations and shall be locked and unlocked daily in accordance with an authorized schedule. Plant Administration maintains a central key system which facilitates only authorized persons obtaining keys to any of the Andrews University physical facilities.

Coded cards issued to student residents shall provide access to the officially monitored entrances of their respective residence halls and rooms. Unofficial entrances and fire exits to residence halls shall be alarmed for safety to prevent any clandestine facilitation of illegal entry of residence halls. Andrews University shall also maintain a specified curfew for all student residence hall residents. Daily at a fixed time in the evening all major roads to the central campus of the university shall be closed except one which shall have a staffed gate and checkpoint.

All students and employees shall annually receive a brochure from the office of Students Affairs and office of Human Resources respectively on the work of the Campus Safety Department, campus safety procedures and practices and the role that individual students and faculty are expected to play in safeguarding their own and other persons’ safety and in reporting crime or threats of the same to the appropriate authorities.

Students and employees shall be advised to report incidents of crime or threats of the same personally or by phone to any of the following:

1. Campus Safety Department
2. Office of the Vice President for Student Life
3. Residence Hall dean(s)
4. Dean of a school of the university
5. Chair of an academic department
6. Any office manager or work supervisor

In harmony with the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act as amended (Public Law 101-226), Andrews University provides education, prevention programs, and imposes penalties on students and employees who do not comply with its drug-free policies (see policy #2:153). The Student Handbook covers these policies in detail. The Andrews University Drug-Free Workplace Policy and Procedures is provided to each new employee (see policy #2:153 and the Employee Handbook http://www.andrews.edu/HR/emp_handbook.html).

The Director of Campus Safety has been appointed as the Safety and Fire-code Enforcement Officer for Andrews University to enforce the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Life Safety Code as adopted by the Oronoko Township in whose jurisdiction Andrews University is situated. It shall also be his/her duty to educate university employees with respect to the safety and fire codes, conduct periodic safety checks, report violations of fire and safety codes, and recommend remedial and/or disciplinary measures.

Employees of the university who violate fire and safety codes are liable to discipline including possible termination of employment.

In order to provide a safe environment for the Andrews University community and protect the natural environment, Andrews University does not allow hunting or trapping of animals on its property. Anyone disregarding the prominently posted hunting prohibition signs by Campus Safety shall be prosecuted under the relevant statutes.

The university maintains a Disaster Response Plan, which details the university’s plan for emergency response to a disaster. The Plan defines a disaster as any accident or incident that would interrupt a significant portion of the university’s normal operation.

The Plan seeks to minimize the immediate adverse effects of a disaster. It seeks to protect life and property of the university and its faculty, staff, and students. It encompasses the establishment of an emergency control center, emergency warning and communication, temporary shelter and Dining Services, emergency medical services and emergency maintenance.

For safety and security reasons faculty shall be required, when traveling overseas on official University business, or when taking students on university-sponsored tours abroad, to follow the U.S. State Department’s recommendations on travel. Any university-sponsored trips (academic tours and mission trips) that involve student groups, must receive risk management approval at least thirty (30) days before departure. Risk management approval may be obtained from the Risk Management Office in Human Resources (See also policy #2:167:1:2).