What is Behavioral Risk?
- Behavior that is disruptive, intimidating, threatening or violent.
- This includes, but is not limited to, actions or statements by students, faculty, professional staff, or members of the community that express an intent to harm individuals or campus property and assets.
- Concerns from faculty, professional staff, and students come through many campus departments and programs.
Emergency Numbers
UNE Security
From campus: Ext. 366
From anywhere: (207) 283-0176
Crisis Response
An off-campus resource, available 24 hours/day: 1 (888) 568-1112
If you are a Portland or Biddeford campus-affiliated student and are currently experiencing a mental health crisis, you can reach UNE’s on-call counselor by calling (207) 602-2549 and then pressing 6.
Situations Assessed by the CARE Team
Situations involving personal and interpersonal violence; threats against oneself and/or another person/group likely to result in harm, injury, or death; and threats that might imperil the mission of the University, such as the following:
- Physical or verbal abuse
- Physical assaults, injuries
- Sexual assault, including rape and sexual crimes
- Harassment, stalking
- Coercion, affronts to human dignity
- Acts of violence
- Accidents
- Hate crimes, including ethno-violence and gay bashing
- Threats
- Follow-up to an incident, including suicide and homicide
- Outbursts in class
- Disruptive behavior
If you deem an individual to be an imminent threat, call Security at (207) 283-0176, or extension 366.
About the Committee
The committee is made up of representatives from the Student Counseling Center, Student Affairs, Health Services, Safety and Security, Human Resources, Housing and Residential/Commuter Life, Community Life, Experiential Education, and the deans of UNE's colleges.
Committee chairs are responsible for assessing each situation and determining whether or not the full committee needs to be convened. Otherwise, they handle individual cases with existing systems.
Please feel free to contact any of the CARE Team members to report issues. If you deem an individual to be an imminent threat, call security at (207) 283-0176, or extension 366.
Chairs
Biddeford Campus Members
Chad Stevens, Associate Director, Safety and Security
(207) 602-2150
Mairead Kiernan, Director of Student Conduct
(207) 602-2679
Denise Nelson, Director, Housing and Residential/Commuter Life
(207) 602-2272
Bernice Mills, Assistant Dean, Clinical and Student Affairs
(207) 221-4314
Angela Shambarger, Director of the Office of Title IX and Civil Rights Compliance
(207) 221-4554
Amy Keirstead, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
(207) 602-2130
Heather Davis, Director of Athletics
(207) 602-2499
Laurie Cyr-Martel, Director of Counseling
(207) 221-4550
Jess Gagne, Assistant Dean of Student Success
(207) 602-2254
Portland Campus Members
Chad Stevens, Associate Director, Safety and Security
(207) 602-2150
Travis Erickson, Assistant Director, CDM Student Success, and Professional Development
(207) 221-4472
Bernice Mills, Assistant Dean, WCHP Clinical and Student Affairs
(207) 221-4314
Ray Handy, Assistant Dean of Students, PC
(207) 221-4213
Angela Shambarger, Title IX Coordinator
(207) 221-4554