Safety
Concerned for a friend, roommate or classmate?
UW Bothell has the CARE Team. This is a safe and secure way to inform the campus that you are concerned about the well-being of others, such as a friend, classmate, roommate, professor or staff member.
Submit a report to the CARE Team here.
International Student Emergency Plan
This is a short guide for potential emergencies. We hope that you will not have an emergency while you are studying at UW Bothell; however, if it occurs please follow these instructions to make sure everyone can help you.
General emergencies
- Contact the ISS office at 425-352-3876 / uwbintl@uw.edu
- ISS will alert the CARE Team and your Academic Advisor
Accident off-campus
- Call 9-1-1 for life-threatening situations
- Contact the ISS office at 425-352-3876 / uwbintl@uw.edu
- ISS will alert the CARE Team and work together to determine what kind of support to provide.
Accident on-campus
- Call Campus Safety at 425-352-5359
- Campus Safety will alert the ISS office.
Crisis in home country
- Contact the ISS office at 425-352-3876 / uwbintl@uw.edu
- ISS will alert the CARE Team and your Academic Advisor
- ISS will communicate with you and provide support.
Earthquake or other natural disasters
- You should build a kit of food, water and clothes that can be used to keep you safe at home for at least one week.
- Seek shelter to stay safe, and stay where you are until you know it is safe to go outside.
- If there is internet:
- Use the Facebook Crisis Response feature to mark yourself safe.
- On Facebook, click on Crisis Response and then click the Crisis page. You can then select yourself as “safe”.
- Tell other students to use this feature as well.
- ISS will try to account for all international students through this feature.
- Check the UW Bothell homepage for alerts
- Use the Facebook Crisis Response feature to mark yourself safe.
- If there is no internet, stay in a safe location.