Notice of NondiscriminationThe º£½ÇÂÒÂ× does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment, student or applicant for admission, contractors, vendors, volunteers, or visitors in hiring employees, recruiting and admitting students, or in operating any of its educational programs and activities based upon their actual or perceived membership in one or more of the following protected classes:
Age 40 years or older in the employment context); Arrest Record; Citizenship status; Color; Creed; Disability; Ethnicity; Gender expression (1); Gender identity (2); Genetic information (including family medical history); Height; Marital or familial status; National origin (including ancestry); Pregnancy or related conditions; Race; Religion; Sex; Sexual orientation (3); Veteran or military status; Weight; or any other protected characteristic under applicable local, state, or federal law, including retaliation protections for those opposing discrimination or participating in any grievance process within the institution, with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and/or other human/civil rights agency.
This Policy covers discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or other Prohibited Conduct in both employment and access to educational opportunities. Therefore, any member of the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× community whose acts deny, deprive, unreasonably interfere with, or limit the employment or education, access, benefits, and/or opportunities of any member of the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× community, guest, visitor, vendor, or volunteer on the basis of that person’s actual or perceived protected characteristic(s), is in violation of this Policy.
The º£½ÇÂÒÂ× will promptly and effectively address any such discrimination of which it has Knowledge/Notice, using the applicable resolution process outlined in the applicable procedures
(e.g., Process A or Process B). (1) Complaints of Harassment or Discrimination on the basis of this Protected Characteristic are addressed exclusively as Process B complaints, outside of Title IX.
(2) Complaints of Harassment or Discrimination on the basis of this Protected Characteristic are addressed exclusively as Process B complaints, outside of Title IX.
(3) Complaints of Harassment or Discrimination on the basis of this Protected Characteristic are addressed exclusively as Process B complaints, outside of Title IX.