The Division of Student Life at Hanover College strives to be a team that collaborates to meet student needs and ensure the flourishing of every student. We seek to ensure that every student has a true place to belong. We will provide the foundation of resilience needed for graduates of Hanover College to cultivate lives of meaning and purpose.

Student Life Staff

Behavioral Intervention Team Referral

To refer a student to the Behavioral Intervention Team, please CLICK HERE

Behaviors to report include:

  • Signficant change in demeanor, attitude, or appearance

  • Inability to focus or engage

  • Argumentative, frequent crosstalk, or non-compliance with reasonable requests

  • Strange or concerning writing that is off-topic from prompt

  • Disruptive participation in class

  • Fixation or focus on an individual, place, or system

  • Hardened or inflexible thoughts or speech

  • Themes of suicide, death, and/or dying in papers/writing projects that are off topic from prompt

  • Emotions displayed to an extreme degree or fo prolonged time (e.g., sadness, anxiety, fearfulness)

  • Inappropriate emotional outbursts (e.g. unprovoked anger/hostility, sobbing)

  • Expressions of hopelessness, isolation, or worthlessness

  • Difficulty connecting with the community, making social connections, etc.

  • Challenges coping with a major life event (e.g. death, break-up, etc.)

  • Marked irritability, anger, or hostility, frequent conflict with others

  • Disclosed mental health issue (e.g., depression, anxiety, mood disorder, eating disorder)

  • Strange or concerning behavior (e.g., seeing or hearing things other people don’t)

  • Delusional or paranoid speech or actions (e.g. statements/actions that demonstrate a clear detachment from reality)

  • Panic or excessive worry over relatively common troubles

  • Teasing or bullying; receiving or giving

  • Chronic fatigue or falling asleep at inappropriate times

  • Marked change in personal hygiene

  • Noticeable increase or decrease in energy level

  • Dramatic weight loss or gain

  • Impaired speech or confused, disjointed thoughts

  • Frequently appears “hung over” or attends class intoxicated

  • Noticeable signs of self-harm that seem unusual (e.g. cuts, burns)

  • Direct threat communicated to professor/instructor, staff, student, or other individual(s)

  • Explicit expression of racist or discriminatory thoughts or other hardened beliefs

  • Bullying actions including cyberbullying

  • Physical assault (e.g., pushing, shoving, punching)

  • Aggressive behavior (e.g., throwing objects, slamming doors)

  • Storming off when frustrated or angry

  • Conversations that are designed to upset others (e.g., discussions of weapons, violence, death)

  • Objectifying or depersonalizing language

  • Arguing with intent to embarass, shame, or shut down others

  • Inability to care for oneself

  • Harassing or agressive action toward others

  • Stalking behaviors, with or without intent to harm

  • Excessive alcohol or drug use

  • Profoundly disturbed or detached view of reality