The Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs (OMADP) provides leadership, support, and integration for the creation, implementation, assessment, and enhancement of the campus’ strategic goals to build, affirm, and sustain an inclusive and diverse educational community. The OMADP is committed to building an academic community that embraces and acts upon the values found in our Fisher Creed: respect, open-mindedness, integrity, diversity, responsibility, education, leadership, and growth. The Office also delivers informative publications that promote its mission, as well as the projects and programs designed in collaboration with student organizations, schools, other offices, and community agencies that focus on issues of equity, compliance, multiculturalism, social justice, and domestic and global diversity.

The Office is located in Basil Hall 117, and is open during regular College business hours. Visit www.sjfc.edu/student-life/diversity or email diversity@sjfc.edu.

The Office of Residential Life and Student Conduct is located on the second floor of the Campus Center, Suite 206, and handles on-campus housing programs and services as well as all aspects of the Student Conduct Process.

Residential Life

The Office of Residential Life strives to enhance the development of our students by providing a supportive and safe living-learning environment within our residence halls. We, along with our residential students, share the responsibility of creating and maintaining a positive community that is conducive to student success.

At the end of each semester, students must move out of the residence halls 24 hours after their last final exam. During break periods, students may request to stay on campus. All break housing requests are subject to the Break Housing Policy, including the break housing fee. No student may remain on campus for winter break.

The Residential Life Office can be reached at (585) 385-8281, reslife@sjfc.edu, or https://www.sjfc.edu/student-life/residential-life/.

Student Conduct

The Office of Student Conduct is committed to fair processes for responding to student behaviors. We consider the student conduct process to be educational in nature and seek to provide a learning experience to all those involved in the process.

The Office of Student Conduct creates and supports a culture of responsibility, accountability, and community.

The Student Code of Conduct and all related College policies, procedures, and information are available at: Student Conduct Policies and Procedures.

The Student Conduct Office can be reached at (585) 385-8007 or studentconduct@sjfc.edu.

The Safety and Security Department, located in Haffey Hall, is responsible for campus safety and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Security officers are responsible for enforcing federal, state, and local laws, as well as College policies and regulations. Although security officers do not make arrests, the department works closely with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in investigating and reporting criminal activity on our campus. The department will make timely reports to the campus community of incidents that represent a threat to students and employees. The Advisory Committee on Campus Safety will provide upon request all campus crime statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education.

The department can be contacted at (585) 385-8025 or for an emergency at (585) 385-8111.

Note: All calls to the College switchboard and the Safety and Security Department are recorded.

ID Cards

The Safety and Security Department issues identification cards to all faculty, staff, and students. All members must produce ID upon request from a College official.

Parking Permits

Parking and operating a motor vehicle on the St. John Fisher College Campus is a privilege. All vehicles on the Fisher campus including Park & Ride (Lot S) must be registered with the Safety and Security Department and display a valid parking permit or pass on the vehicle.

Learn more about Parking Regulations and Fines.

Lost and Found

Lost and found articles, including books and clothing, may be taken to and claimed at the Safety and Security Department.

Security of and Access to Campus Buildings

Safety and security officers conduct regular foot, bicycle, and car patrols of all campus buildings, grounds, and parking areas. Access to the residence halls is controlled either by locked entrance doors or the card access system. Residence halls are patrolled and monitored 24 hours a day by security officers or resident assistants. All other campus facilities are locked and unlocked daily according to established schedules. No pets—except service animals—are allowed in any campus building, stadiums or areas of assembly..

Campus Escort Services

The Safety and Security Department offers a campus escort service available for on-campus use by all students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Reporting Criminal Activity

Students, faculty, staff, and visitors are urged to report all campus criminal activity and emergencies immediately to the Safety and Security Department, who will in turn contact the local law enforcement and the appropriate emergency services.

Campus Sexual Misconduct Policy

St. John Fisher College fully supports and enforces all College policies as well as federal, state and local laws governing rape and sexual assault.

Sexual misconduct in any setting is prohibited at St. John Fisher College. For the purposes of this policy, sexual misconduct includes sex discrimination, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual exploitation.

Please Note: St. John Fisher College recognizes that sexual misconduct effects individuals of all genders, gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations and does not discriminate by racial, social, or economic background.

Alleged violations of College policy will be subject to the Student Conduct Process for situations involving students or the process and procedures applicable to College employees for situations involving College employees. All St. John Fisher College students, faculty, staff, visitors, and guests are expected to comply with federal, state, or local laws.

The College recognizes its responsibility to develop and implement educational programs to help its students and employees to recognize and address sexual misconduct and/or remedy the effects of sexual misconduct and is committed to the prevention and/or reoccurrence of sexual misconduct in the College community.

Confidential Support After a Sexual Assault

For more information regarding support after a sexual assault, visit the Health and Wellness Center’s Sexual Assault page.

Reporting Sexual Misconduct

For more information, please visit the Reporting Sexual Misconduct section of the Student Conduct Policy.

Crime Prevention

Crime prevention is the responsibility of all members of the Fisher community. In order to develop crime prevention awareness within the College community, the Safety and Security Department, the Office of Residential Life, and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office provide crime prevention information and training by means of residence hall floor meetings, department briefings, campus newspaper articles, safety brochures, flyers, and electronic mail..

Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Hate Crimes

Physical, psychological, or verbal harassment or discrimination and Hate Crimes are prohibited at St. John Fisher College.

Alleged violations of College policy will be subject to the Student Conduct Process for situations involving students or the process and procedures applicable to College employees for situations involving College employees. All St. John Fisher College students, faculty, staff, visitors and guests are expected to comply with federal, state, or local laws as well as College policies.

The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Diversity Initiatives has the primary responsibility of promoting and maintaining a campus atmosphere that supports the fundamental educational mission of the College and has overall responsibility for non-academic aspects of student life. The vice president, in collaboration with faculty and administrative colleagues, supports, plans for and helps implements a broad range of social and cultural activities for the College community. In conjunction with other College officials, the vice president assists in promoting the intellectual, social, cultural, spiritual, and physical development of all students.* The vice president acts as an informal advisor to the Student Government Association, representing and advocating for students’ needs, and is responsible for providing educational experiences and challenges that will allow student leaders to develop. The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Diversity Initiatives is located on the second floor of the Campus Center, Room 210, and can be reached at (585) 385-8229.

*The vice president serves as the College’s chief Title IX coordinator

The College recognizes the importance of balancing academics with healthy athletic competition, physical fitness, and year-round recreation and thus offers students the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports-related activities.

Fisher athletes face challenging National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III competition each season. Along with the NCAA, Fisher teams compete in the Empire 8, Eastern College Athletic Conference, and the Liberty League (for men’s and women’s rowing). On the intercollegiate level, men compete in eleven varsity sports: basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, soccer, football, cross country, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, rowing, lacrosse and volleyball. Women compete in twelve varsity sports: basketball, soccer, tennis, softball, volleyball, golf, cross country, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, field hockey, rowing, and lacrosse.

Participation in intramural athletics is open to current students not competing in the same sports at the varsity or junior varsity level. Intramural competition is available each semester. Fall activities include: flag football, co-ed soccer, and co-ed volleyball. Spring semester activities include: basketball (men’s, women’s, and co-ed), indoor soccer, co-ed volleyball, and floor hockey. Look for intramural information on the intramural bulletin board located in the lobby of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Athletic Center.

The Athletic Center houses a 30,000-square-foot open-span, multipurpose field house which hosts all the indoor intramural leagues, student recreational activities, and varsity team practices throughout the school year. The center also houses a two-tier fitness room with flat-screen TVs, and a weight room, all of which are open to the entire campus community. The fitness room offers numerous cardio machines, a complete cable system circuit, and lightweight dumbbells. The weight room is now focused on free weights and power lifting.

The Polisseni Track and Field Complex, which opened in fall 2011, sits adjacent to Growney Stadium. The complex features a grandstand that seats over 1,000 fans, team locker rooms, public restrooms, and a press box. The lighted complex has an eight-lane, 400-meter competition track, which surrounds a natural grass multipurpose playing field.

A 19,000-square-foot addition to the Athletic Center houses varsity locker rooms, a training room, and fitness facilities. An all-weather, lighted, artificial-turf stadium allows for all-season and night-time play for intercollegiate contests, practices, and intramural activities. On the south campus is Dugan Yard, one of the finest collegiate baseball facilities in New York State; a softball field; and two new grass fields, providing opportunities for intramural leagues, recreation, and practices.

Campus Life compliments the academic experience through diverse campus activities and empowers students to develop as effective members of our community. Service areas focus on: transition, leadership, student engagement, activities, and promotion of traditions.

The Office of Campus Life complements academic programs through development of, exposure to, and participation in social, cultural, intellectual, recreational, and governance programs. The college experience is enhanced through a well-planned and diverse array of campus activities.

The Office of Campus Life supports more than 70 student organizations by providing leadership and advisement. In an effort to enhance the Fisher community, the Campus Life staff coordinates various committees that challenge and support the needs of students. The staff also coordinates programs that assist students to more fully develop life and leadership skills. The Office of Campus Life is located in the Campus Center, Suite 210, and can be reached by phone, (585) 385-8005, or email, campuslife@sjfc.edu. Information about the programs and services offered through the Office of Campus Life is also available at https://www.sjfc.edu/student-life/campus-life/.

Academic advising support for adult students is provided through the coordinator of adult student services in the Center for Academic Advising Support Services, located in Kearney Hall.

Activities

Orientation

All new traditional undergraduate students to take part in a three day academic and social orientation program which takes place over Labor Day weekend. The program is designed for new students to meet each other, interact with faculty and staff, become acclimated to the Fisher campus and resources, and to make a successful transition from high school to college. Transfer students are encouraged to participate in an abbreviated orientation program.

Student Government Association

The Student Government Association (SGA), with offices on the first floor of the Campus Center, offers a variety of services designed to accommodate students. The Student Government Association provides a means for expressing student views; sponsors programs to improve the cultural, social, and physical welfare of students; and provides a form of government for the supervision of student activities. All registered undergraduate students of the College are members of the Student Government Association and pay a mandated student activities fee, which is part of the comprehensive fee. The fee is used to support the diversified program of student activities sponsored by the Student Government Association. More than 60 clubs and organizations receive funding from the SGA.

Officers who are elected annually in the spring by students carry out the executive and administrative functions of the SGA. The director of Campus Life is the official College advisor to the Student Government Association.

Through the structure of the Student Government Association, the students at Fisher have a high degree of autonomy in conducting student affairs. Participation in the activities of the Student Government Association offers valuable educational and social opportunities, and students are encouraged to participate. For additional information contact SGA at sga@sjfc.edu.

Class Officers

Every Fisher student is a member of the class with which he or she enters. Class officers provide opportunities for unity building and support networks. The students in a particular class are the people with whom common bonds are held, which continue beyond the Fisher experience and stay with alumni of the College. Class officers, elected by their respective classes, provide leadership for attaining a common goal. Class members have a responsibility for contributing to this goal.

Student Clubs and Organizations

Fisher is proud of its more than 70 student organizations! Students will find many opportunities to pursue their interests, and new organizations form as students have the desire to create them. Membership and participation in all student organizations are open to everyone.

An updated listing of recognized organizations may be found at https://www.sjfc.edu/student-life/clubs-and-organizations/. Questions may be directed to the Office of Campus Life, The Student Government Association or by emailing the organization directly.

In addition, many academic departments of the College sponsor clubs whose programs are designed to provide social and educational experiences related to their particular academic areas. Club sports and membership in Honor Societies are also available. Students are encouraged to participate in these activities.