Hazing

Navarro College offers co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as student organizations/clubs, band and musical groups, academic groups, cheerleading and athletics including any group or team that participates in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition, or a service, social, or similar group, whose members are primarily students. Students may elect to engage in or try out for these activities. Texas state law protects against all hazing offenses and requires all postsecondary educational institutions to provide a yearly report on hazing for all organizations recognized by the institution.

Note: All student organizations advisors and officers participate in annual risk management training as mandated by Texas Education Code Sec. 51.9361. This code specifically addresses hazing and the expectations of all campuses to refrain from activities that are counter to growth and participation in these extracurricular organizations.

Hazing Defined

Hazing means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act, occurring on or off the campus of an educational institution, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student, that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in an organization as listed in Texas Education Code Sec. 37.151.

Hazing Offense

A hazing offense occurs when someone:

  • Engages in hazing;

  • Solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another in engaging in hazing;

  • Recklessly permits hazing to occur; or

  • Has firsthand knowledge of the planning of a specific hazing incident involving a student in an educational institution or has firsthand knowledge that a specific hazing incident has occurred and knowingly fails to report that knowledge in writing to the appropriate institution official.

It is a Class B misdemeanor for failing to report hazing and hazing incidents that do not cause bodily injury. Hazing leading to serious bodily injury is a Class A misdemeanor. If the hazing results in death, it is a state jail felony. Texas Education Code Sec. 37.152

Additional sanctions may be applied by Navarro College as outlined in Navarro College Student Handbook.

Report Hazing

Reports of hazing can be made to the following persons or if it is an emergency you may dial 911 or call (903) 654-3999 for Navarro College Department of Campus Safety:

Michael Landers, Executive Director of Student Services & Athletics
Navarro College
Wolens Special Events Center (SEC)
3200 West 7th AVE.
Corsicana, TX 75110
(903) 875-7488
Email: Student.Conduct@NavarroCollege.edu

Lee Owens, Director of Student Development
Navarro College
Louis Gibson Hall
3200 West 7th AVE
Corsicana, TX 75110
(903) 875-7681
Email: Student.Conduct@NavarroCollege.edu

Navarro College Department of Campus Safety
(903) 875-7500  |  (903) 654-3999
Email: CampusPolice@NavarroCollege.edu

 

Navarro College Hazing Reports

Navarro College Organizations Found Responsible for Hazing

(September 2021- Present)

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Organization

Date Investigation Initiated

Incident Description

Alleged Violations and Findings

Alcohol / Drugs Involved

Conduct Sanction(s)

Resolution Date

Football

07/25/25

Incident #2507-0163, 2508-0168

The incident involved three members of the football team and others from the team doing what was described as horseplaying with their teammates. No injuries to either party.

Section FFD.1 Violation of district policy.

No criminal charges could be determined and the Navarro County District Attorney's Office refused to accept the cases for prosecution.

No

Coaching staff and players attended training and loss of two days of practice time as well as community service hours assigned to team. 

Student Services disciplinary probation for two semesters, ten-hour community service and a development educational requirement for the 8 offending students. 

08/08/25

 

In compliance with the federal Stop Campus Hazing Act, beginning with the 2026 Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report (ASR), the Navarro College ASR will include a numerical count indicating the number of hazing allegations made within UTA's established Clery geography, regardless of whether the student organization is establsihed, registered, or recognized by Navarro College.

Note: The hazing incident information provided above only includes hazing incidents that resulted in a Finding of responsibility against an established, registered, or recognized, student organization through the organizational conduct process, regardless of geography. The ASR, however, includes the number of allegations within Clery geography. Consequently, the numbers may differ.

 

 

 

 

Page Updated: December 10, 2025