Student Handbook 2025-26

missing person's daily schedule, habits, and reliability. Individuals will also be considered missing immediately if their absence has occurred under circumstances that are suspicious or cause concerns for their safety, such as if a student has expressed suicidal thoughts or may be in a life-threatening situation. Any report of a missing Beacon College student will be actively investigated immediately. The Director of Campus Safety, or their designee, will attempt to contact the student through phone, text, e mail, visits to campus apartments, etc. If the student has not been located through these efforts, the Director of Campus Safety will liaison with the Leesburg Police Department until the student has been located. Any individual at Beacon College (student, faculty, or staff) who has information that a student may be a missing person must notify the Office of Campus Safety immediately. The Director of Campus Safety, or their designee, will begin an immediate investigation and gather all essential information about the suspected missing student from the reporting person, from the student's acquaintances, and from others as needed. Such information may include the following:  A physical description of the missing person, including the clothes that were last worn;  Student's cell phone number (if known);  Where the student might be, who the student might be with, and a vehicle description;  Information about the physical and emotional well-being of the student; and  A class schedule, when last attended class. Appropriate campus staff – including the Dean, the Vice President of Student Affairs, the Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the President's Office – will be notified. Contact with the student will be attempted using the following means:  Calling the student's cell phone;  E-mailing the student;

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