Sexual Assault Resources

 

This page offers a list of resources for anyone who may have been a victim of sexual assault, abuse or harassment.

Upon request, counseling is available to any employee or student who believes that she or he has been subjected to any form of sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Current University students may contact Counseling and Psychological Services or Student Health Services, located in the Ghering Health and Wellness Center, 300 Scotland Road, at 814-732-2743. Current University employees may obtain counseling services through the State Employees Assistance Program (SEAP) at 800-692-7459.

On-Campus Confidential Resources

CAPS offers licensed psychological counselors employed by the University.

Counseling and Psychological Services
1st Floor, McNerney Hall
300 Scotland Road
Phone: 814-732-2252

Student Health Services1st Floor, McNerney Hall
300 Scotland Road
Phone: 814-732-2743

The Health Center offers licensed physicians, registered nurses and nurse practitioners at the Ghering Health and Wellness Center, employed by the University.

Confidential resources are places where a complainant of sexual violence may share the incident of sexual violence with a licensed psychological counselor and licensed physicians without having the incident or the complainant's name reported to anyone else. Registered nurses, nurse practitioners and the secretary of the Ghering Health and Wellness Center must report the incident to the Social Equity Director/Title IX Coordinator without providing the complainant's name.

Other On-Campus Resources

University Police Department
911 Scotland Road
Emergency:
814-732-2911
(24-hour availability)

Office of Student Conduct
Pogue Student Center
405 Scotland Road
Phone: 814-732-2920

Residence Life and Housing
215 Pogue Student Center
405 Scotland Road
Phone: 814-732-2818

Vice President for Student Affairs
220 Pogue Student Center
405 Scotland Road
Phone: 814-732-2313

Office of Social Equity
Reeder Hall, 3rd Floor
219 Meadville St.
Phone: 814-732-2167

Human Resources and Faculty Relations
Reeder Hall, 2nd Floor
219 Meadville St.
Phone: 814-732-2703

Community Resources

Crisis Services/Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
2560 W. 12th St., Erie, PA 16505
Phone: 814-456-2014 or 800-300-9558

Edinboro Borough Police
124 Meadville St.
Edinboro, PA 16444
Phone: 814-734-1712

Safe Journey*
(Domestic Violence Safety Network)
Phone: 814-438-2675 - 24-hour hotline

SafeNet 24-Hour Hotline*
Phone: 814-454-8161

Saint Vincent Hospital Emergency Room
232 W. 25th St., Erie, PA
Phone: 814-452-5353
Trained forensic nurses available.

UPMC Hamot
Department of Emergency Medicine
201 State St.
Erie, PA 16550
Phone: 814-877-6139

Campus Ministry*
2nd Floor, McNerney Hall
300 Scotland Road
Phone: 814-732-2601

Crime Victim Center of Erie County*
1st Floor, McNerney Hall
300 Scotland Road
Phone: 814-455-9414 - 24-hour hotline

The Trevor Project
Phone: 866-488-7386
24-hour crisis intervention and suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQIA youth

Persad Center
P.O. Box 3780
Erie, PA
Phone: 888-873-7723 ext. 218

(*indicates services are also available on campus at the Ghering Health and Wellness Center)

These community resources have their own guidelines concerning confidentiality.

Contact Us

University Police
911 Scotland Road
Edinboro, PA 16444
Email: 
police-edn@pennwest.edu
Phone: 814-732-2921

For Emergencies: 814-732-2911

Eric Kraus
Assistant Chief