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Campus Safety & Security

Cornish College of the Arts believes in providing a safe and welcoming environment to enhance the well-being of students, faculty, staff, and visitors, along with the protection of all college assets. The College is located in a downtown urban environment; therefore, every member of the campus community is expected to take reasonable precautions to protect themselves and their property.

The Office of Campus Safety & Security is a team committed to ensuring the safety and security of Cornish College of the Arts’ campus community. Overseen by the Director of Operations, they are comprised of a Director of Campus Safety and Security, a Site Supervisor, and 10 Security Officers. The department is operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round and has jurisdiction at all campus buildings.

Cornish College of the Arts vests in its Office of Campus Safety & Security responsibility for overall campus safety and investigations of any alleged crimes. It is strongly requested that any office, department or employee of the College that receives information relating to alleged crimes immediately report that information to Campus Safety & Security.

If a campus community member is involved in an off-campus offense, the College will cooperate, when requested, with local law enforcement concerning an investigation of reported crimes.

Additionally, Campus Safety & Security personnel are obligated as representatives of the College to enforce institutional rules and regulations. They have the authority to ask persons for identification to determine whether individuals have lawful business at the College and to administer trespass notices to those who do not. Campus Safety & Security staff have the authority to issue parking tickets on behalf of the College. The security staff is non-sworn, contracted through Allied Universal Security Services and licensed through the State of Washington. They receive training in the following subjects: criminal law, civil law, public relations, sexual violence, emergency response, interpersonal communication, crisis intervention, defense tactics, Title IX compliance and protection of persons and property.

Cornish Library

The Cornish Library supports students throughout their time at Cornish and beyond. The Librarians hold advanced degrees in Library and Information Science, in addition to undergraduate degrees and the occasional additional Masters degree. This enables them to delve deep into the topics and questions that students bring to the library.

All incoming first year students receive an orientation to library services and an introduction to academic research. Through these workshops, Cornish Librarians help students develop key research skills necessary to achieve their creative and academic goals. Throughout all four years, Cornish Librarians assist with research questions of all types and provide information literacy instruction tailored to individual courses and projects.

The Cornish Library is located on the 2nd floor of the Main Campus Center and is home to several study areas and comfortable spaces to read and relax. Other facilities and services include a private study room, a computer lab, fee-based black-and-white and color printing, free document scanning, and a media center for playing/copying analog and digital media formats.

The Library Collection includes books, ebooks, scripts, scores, magazines, newspapers, sound recordings, Blu-Rays, DVDs, slides, digital images, and a 16th-century illuminated manuscript. These items focus on the visual and performing arts as well as humanities and sciences topics related to the curriculum.

Online collections include electronic books with broad subject coverage as well as extensive academic databases of journal articles, digital images, streaming music, videos, and more. 

Interlibrary loan is available for materials not held in the collection, and students are eligible for free access to Seattle Public Library and King County Libraries and all of their online databases.

The Library’s online catalog, research databases, and information about all library services are available at www.cornish.edu/library. Detailed policies on loan periods and overdue/lost materials can be found on the website and in the Student Handbook.

Counseling Services

Counseling Services assists students with their personal, academic, and artistic pursuits by providing supportive mental health counseling, referrals in the Seattle community when appropriate, and outreach programs that promote student mental health and emotional well-being. Our services are preventative and educational in nature and are offered from a developmental perspective. Counseling Services is located on the first floor of the Cornish Commons behind the Office of Student Life.