Title IX Staff

Role of Title IX Coordinator:

The Title IX Coordinator is responsible for overseeing all Title IX incidents reported to the University, including but not limited to identifying and addressing any gender-based misconduct, discrimination, and/or harassment.

The Title IX Coordinator’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Investigation or oversight of investigations of allegations related to Title IX.
• Coordination and oversight of educational programs including mandatory training for new students and employees and awareness campaigns for current students and employees.
• Coordination and oversight of training for anyone involved in responding to, investigating, or adjudicating sexual misconduct, discrimination, and/or harassment.
• Coordination and oversight of training for employees related to their responsibility when they become aware of sexual misconduct, discrimination, and/or harassment.
• Coordination and oversight of annual training for investigators, decision-makers, hearing officers, and hearing committee members on the issues related to sexual misconduct, discrimination, and/or harassment and on how to conduct an investigation and hearing process.
• Attendance at appropriate training throughout the year on topics related to responding to or investigating allegations of sexual misconduct, discrimination, and harassment.
• Designation of deputies and investigators (designees) to assist in carrying out any of the responsibilities related to implementing the University’s Sexual Misconduct, Harassment, and Discrimination Policy.

Complainant’s and Respondents Rights:

• To be treated with respect by all University officials.
• To an investigation and appropriate resolution of all reports of discrimination and/or harassment made in good faith to the appropriate University official(s).
• To receive notification and updates throughout the investigation and adjudication process, including final outcomes.
• To take advantage of campus support resources (such as the University Health and counseling Services and Health Services in the Student Health Center).
• T experience a safe living, educational, and work environment.
• To have a support person of their choosing during meetings with investigators and proceeding during the adjudication process. The support person cannot be someone who may be called as a witness. The support person’s role is one of support for the student. The support person does not speak or act on behalf of the student.
• To decline to participate in informal resolution as the means for resolving a matter.
• To receive amnesty for minor student misconduct (such as alcohol or drug violations) that is secondary to the incident.
• To be free from retaliation for complaints made, or otherwise participating  in an investigation, in good faith.
• To have complaints heard in substantial accordance with the procedures outlined in the Student Code of Conduct.
• To full participation in the process, including the opportunity to provide evidence, suggest witnesses and respond to fact-finding included in the investigation report.
• To be informed of the outcome/resolution of the complaint. All charges and adjudication of intimate partner violence (dating/domestic violence), sexual assault or stalking, will be in writing.
• For residential students, the ability to request housing and living alternatives, if appropriate.
• A “no contact order,” if appropriate. A no contact order is an order from a University Official to have no contact with a particular person or persons.

Continue with this content with the Title IX Sexual Harassment Reporting Form page.