Refers to designated University Employees
who are relieved of the obligation to report individualized information about
a reported or witnessed incident of Prohibited Conduct to the Civil Rights
Coordinator and to whom Students may speak confidentially.

Actions that deprive, limit, or deny, members of
the community of educational or employments access, benefits, or
opportunities, based on a protected category, except as otherwise permitted
by law.

A course of conduct directed at a specific
person that would cause a reasonable person to: (1) fear for their safety
and/or the safety of others; or (2) suffer substantial emotional distress

sexual intercourse between persons who are related to
each other within the degrees prohibited by state law.

a person chosen by a party, or by the University to conduct
cross-examination on behalf of that party.

Non-disciplinary, non-punitive
individualized services offered as appropriate, as reasonably available, and
without fee or charge to the Complainant and/or the Respondent before or
after the filing of a Formal Complaint or where no Formal Complaint has
been filed.

A form of
discrimination based on a person’s membership or perceived membership
in a protected category that includes physical, verbal, or nonverbal conduct
that is sufficiently severe or pervasive, and objectively offensive, such that it
unreasonably interferes with, denies, or limits someone’s ability to
participate in or benefit from the University’s educational, employment,
social, or residential programs or activities. Harassment can take many
forms, including slurs, taunts, stereotypes, or name-calling, as well as physical threats, attacks, or other hateful conduct based on a person’s
membership or perceived membership in a protected category.

Violence: By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; By a person with whom the victim shares a child in common;By a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the
victim as a spouse or intimate partner; By a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the
domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; or By any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected
from the person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of
the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.

knowing, voluntary, and clear permission by word or action
to engage in mutually agreed upon sexual activity.

Persons appointed by the President of
the University to serve as decision-makers on hearing panels and as
Advisors and Investigators in relation to Formal Complaints of Prohibited
Conduct

The University official who has been
designated to coordinate efforts to comply with and implement the
University Civil Rights Policy

An adverse action taken against a person
participating in a protected activity because of that person’s participation in
that protected activity, including participation by a Respondent.

Violence committed by a person who is or has
been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the
victim. It include but is not limited to sexual or
physical abuse or the threat of such abuse

non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person
who is under the statutory age of consent

members of the Civil Rights Pool who are
designated to hear a Formal Complaint.

a document filed by a Complainant or signed by
the Civil Rights Coordinator alleging Prohibited Conduct by a Respondent
and requesting that the University investigate the allegations of Prohibited
Conduct.

A person acting in good faith who reports or otherwise participates
in the reporting, investigative, or disciplinary process of an alleged
violation of the University Civil Rights Policy may not be subjected
to any disciplinary action by the University for any violation by the
person of the University’s code of conduct reasonably related to the
incident unless suspension or expulsion from the University is a
possible punishment.

the touching of the private body parts of another person
for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the other
person, including instances where the other person is incapable of giving
valid consent.

a state of being in which a person cannot provide
consent because the person is unable to understand what is happening or is
disoriented, helpless, asleep or unconscious for any reason, including due
to ingesting alcohol or other drugs (e.g., unable to understand the “who,
what, when, where, why, or how” of the sexual interaction).

A party who has been accused of Prohibited
Conduct.

An alternative resolution of Formal Complaints alleging violations of the University Civil Rights
Policy.

A form of sex discrimination
that includes unwelcome sex-based verbal, written, or physical conduct
that:
in the education context, is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or
persistent that the conduct interferes with a Student’s ability to
participate in, or benefit from, educational programs or activities of the University.

penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus
with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another
person, without the consent of the other person, including instances where
the other person is incapable of giving consent

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Oral or written warning, probation, suspension,
expulsion, withholding diploma, revocation of degree