Meredith College Campus Safety Resources
- Campus Police
- Residence Director on Call
- Counseling Services
- Health Services
- Emergency Notification Systems
- Campus Closing Hours
- Incident Response Plan
- Care Assessment Team
Campus Police: Meredith College campus police officers provide 24-hour patrol service to the campus, including residence halls, parking lots and grounds. The department has armed police officers and armed security officers. Campus Police are trained in first responder care. Medical emergencies should be reported to Campus Police immediately. Campus Police will be able to direct any necessary first responders to the emergency site. Campus Police can be reached by calling (919) 760-8888 or ext. 8888 if calling from a campus phone. Visit www.meredith.edu/student-life/campus-security0607.pdf to view Meredith’s campus safety report.
Residence Director (RD) on Duty: The resident director on duty can be reached at (919) 612-6350.
Counseling Center: The Meredith College Counseling Center provides a 24-hour Counselor-on-Call throughout the regular academic year for students experiencing mental health crises (e.g. psychological trauma, thoughts of harming self or others). The Counselor-on-Call can be paged by calling the RD on duty at (919) 612-6350 or Campus Police at (919) 760-8888.
Contact the Counseling Center at (919) 760-8427. Visit www.meredith.edu/students/counsel/ for more information.
Health Services:
Carroll Health Center is Meredith’s on-campus health services office. The health care professionals on staff at Carroll Health Center will provide care to those eligible for services, and strive to educate the Meredith community about medical issues that are pertinent and relevant to the total wellness of students, faculty and staff. Visit www.meredith.edu/students/health/ for more information. Call Health Services at (919) 760-8535.
Campus Closing Hours: Residence Halls are locked 24 hours a day, with access by Meredith CamCard only. Campus closing hours are 1 a.m. Sunday-Thursday, and 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
As an additional security measure, Meredith is closed to the public at 10 p.m. daily. At this time all cars entering campus must stop at the gatehouse on Main Campus Drive. The Faircloth Gate is locked nightly at 11 p.m. and opened at 6:45 a.m. each day.
Incident Response Plan: Meredith College has a regularly reviewed and updated incident response plan in place that will be followed in case of any emergency.
Click here to view the plan.
Care Assessment Team
In order to provide appropriate outreach, support and services for all Meredith students, a Care Assessment Team meets to discuss and address student situations as they arise (death in student’s family, major student illness, student crises, etc). Members of the Care Assessment Team may include the vice president for college programs, dean of students, associate vice president for enrollment, an academic dean, chaplain, chief of campus police, director of the counseling center, director of health services, director of residence life and director of commuter life.
Referrals to the Care Assessment Team may be directed to Ann Gleason, Dean of Students, at (919) 760-8521 or at gleasona@meredith.edu.
For situations involving immediate danger to the campus community, please contact Campus Police at (919) 760-8888.