No Hokie Left Behind

No Hokie Left Behind is a fundamental aspect of being a Hokie is the built-in community that takes care of one another. No Hokie Left Behind embodies the Hokie spirit by making safety a team effort. Every Hokie plays a role in making sure no Hokie is left behind.

Go With Friends

Headed out to find a fun experience? The first step of a successful outing is to plan the night before it begins. Create a plan with friends and go to the desired location together.

Stay With Friends

Being present in the moment is important when making memories and stay with friends throughout the night or activity. Staying with a group ensures everyone is safe throughout the experience. Take care of your fellow Hokies with these resources while at an event or hanging out with friends!

Leave With Friends

Whether going to another place or ending the night, leaving with friends ensures everyone gets back safely. Utilize these resources for help!

Active Intervention

While going with friends, staying with friends, and leaving with friends sets the basis for a successful night, sometimes the unexpected happens. To navigate challenges should they arise, the CARE model offers a guide for how to handle situations safely.

Create a Distraction: A hands-off approach to diffuse tension by distracting individuals involved in a situation. A distraction is anything to draw attention away from the situation.
Ask Directly: A more direct approach where individuals speak directly to the person causing harm or the person being harmed. Safety is essential in any direct intervention.
Refer to Shared Values: Calling on universal values and encouraging individuals to positively embrace their roles and responsibilities within the community.
Enlist Others: Asking for help from a trusted source when someone feels they need assistance to best manage a situation.

SRBI Policy

Self-Reporting Bystander Intervention Policy:

Virginia Tech recognizes that the health and safety of students is of utmost importance. Therefore, if someone requires assistance for themselves or others because of alcohol or drug use, we want them to call for help. If medical assistance is sought, Student Conduct will not pursue conduct charges against the individual or organization who sought assistance, or the individual in need of assistance. However, Student Conduct will require students to attend a meeting with a hearing officer to discuss the incident and will assign substance-related and other educational assignments to the involved parties. Violations having a significant individual or community impact and students with prior violations that demonstrate an actual, potential, or perceived pattern of behavior are not likely to have outcomes that are mitigated and are not likely to be protected under this policy. (From the Student Code of Conduct)

Through No Hokie Left Behind, the CARE Model, and SRBI, Hokies can work together to create a safer community.

Additional Resources

Contact Info

In the case of an emergency, please call 911.
VTPD Non-emergency police: 540–382-4343
Blacksburg PD Non-emergency police: 540-443-1400
Student Conduct: studentconduct@vt.edu or 540-231-3790
RWB: for each district's emails and what buildings encompass each district (for on campus students only).
Dean of Students: Basic needs