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By the time Washington State University allowed a student to transfer to its flagship campus, it had evidence he was a risk.

Four women at the university’s commuter campus in Vancouver had told staff the man sexually harassed them or made unwanted sexual contact.

The university’s investigation of one of those cases was still underway when it approved Thomas Luke Culhane’s transfer to its Pullman campus in 2017, his senior year. The woman whose report started the investigation, whose initials are Q.R., told administrators she was concerned for students in Pullman, where there were dorms and more drinking.

WSU suspended Culhane for about a week after finding him responsible for sexual misconduct. His summer suspension ended after he wrote a short essay on what he learned about consent.

Ten days later, Culhane sexually assaulted a freshman student.

“Nothing should have happened to her,” Q.R. said. “Nothing should have happened to any of us. People knew.”