You do not have to handle the personal, academic, or physical impacts of trauma alone. The SAFE Office supports undergraduate and graduate students in accessing resources, care, and supportive measures to help you feel safe and continue your education at Rice without requiring you to participate in a formal investigation, notify law enforcement, or file a report or regardless of whether the perpetrator was a fellow student, a staff or faculty member, or someone not affiliated with the university.
All services are free, voluntary, and tailored to your specific needs and comfort level.
Click on the support options below to learn more.
- Emotional Support & Education
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Processing interpersonal harm or navigating relationship stress can feel overwhelming. We provide a grounded, compassionate space to help you understand your experience.
Emotional Support & Grounding: One-on-one supportive guidance to help you process feelings, regulate stress, and prioritize self-care in a non-judgmental environment.
Consent & Healthy Relationship Guidance: Educational support exploring healthy relationship dynamics, setting personal boundaries, and understanding consent.
Psychoeducation on Power & Control: Clear, trauma-informed information to help you identify dynamic patterns of abuse, coercion, boundary-crossing, and interpersonal violence.
- Accompaniments and Referrals
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Navigating university systems or medical appointments can feel overwhelming. A SAFE Resource Navigator can walk alongside you every step of the way:
Appointment Accompaniment: Serving as a support person during forensic exams (SANEs), law enforcement reporting (such as with RUPD), or meetings with Title IX and Student Judicial Programs (SJP) during formal or informal proceedings.
Warm Handoff Referrals: Direct supported connections to on-campus partners and off-campus community resources.
- Supportive Measures
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We can help you create personalized strategies to support your academic success and help you feel safe on and off campus.
Personalized Safety Planning: Building custom plans for daily campus transit, classroom navigation, accessing your college, and digital privacy (social media and phone security).
Temporary Emergency Housing: Immediate short-term housing transitions if you need a safe place to stay right away.
Academic Support: Exploring options for absence notifications, class section shifts, and coordinating with the Title IX Office to request formal academic adjustments.