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As a Catholic institution of higher learning, Providence College is committed to maintaining an environment in which all students, staff and faculty are treated with dignity and respect as created in the image and likeness of God. Discriminatory harassment is unwelcome conduct that unreasonably interferes with a person’s ability to work or learn because it creates an intimidating or hostile environment for individuals or groups based on their status; i.e., the conduct is accompanied by demeaning expressions concerning the race, gender, age, religion, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, or disability of the victim (s). It can include unwelcome verbal, written, graphic, and/or physical conduct directed at one or more members of a targeted group, such as epithets, slurs, negative stereotyping, and threatened or actual physical assault or harm. The College’s anti-harassment policy applies to all students, faculty and staff in both on and off-campus College-sponsored programs and activities. The College does not tolerate such misconduct and anyone who engages in this behavior may be subject to disciplinary procedures.
Sexual harassment is unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature, or gender-based, that is severe or pervasive, and that creates a hostile or abusive learning, working or living environment, thereby unreasonably interfering with a person’s ability to learn or work. This type of behavior may occur between or among peers, and may be directed to persons of the opposite or same sex as that of the harasser. It is not possible to list all circumstances that might constitute sexual harassment. Examples include: unwelcome sexual innuendo, comments and sexual teasing; visual display or transmission of degrading sexual images; the hostile use of sexually derogatory terms, jokes, and graffiti; intrusive sexually explicit questions or story-telling; spreading sexual rumors or rating others as to sexual activity or performance; stalking; sexual extortion; and attempted or actual sexual assault.
The higher-education academic, educational, and research settings necessarily accommodate themes, topics, and material that are germane to the subject matter and that, in others settings, may not be appropriate. Policies forbidding harassment do not threaten such academic freedoms.
All harassment inquiries and complaints are taken seriously and handled in a confidential manner. Retaliatory behavior is prohibited. A copy of the Harassment Prevention Policy and Grievance Procedures, including a list of resources, is available at http://www.providence.edu/General+Counsel/Policies/. Please contact Gail Dyer, assistant vice president/associate general counsel/Title IX coordinator, to file a complaint of discriminatory harassment, to ask questions, or to seek assistance (Harkins Hall 201, 401.865.2453, gdyer@providence.edu).
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