Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

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Public or Private: Public
Federal Circuit: Third Circuit
Head of Institution: President Michelle Howard-Vital
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
1837 University Circle
P.O. Box 200
Cheyney, PA 19319
610-399-2220
president@cheyney.edu
Website: http://www.cheyney.edu

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On this page, FIRE has excerpted policies that address speech and expression. You may download the full policy in .pdf form, below.

Restrictions on Expressive Rights

Harassment Policies (Learn More)

Student Handbook: Student Code of Conduct- Harassment, Intimidation, or Threats 10-11

Harassing behavior meaning repeated, severe or pervasive actions directed towards specific
individuals(s) with the intent to harass or alarm including actual, attempted or threatened
physical contact or acts that serve no legitimate purpose.
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Student Handbook: Sexual Harassment Policy 10-11

Harassment of one person by another is defined as unwelcome acts or conduct of an offensive
nature that include spoken words, gestures and the production, display or circulation of written
words, pictures or other materials. It is harassment is the action or conduct is unwelcome to the
recipient and could reasonably be regarded as humiliating, offensive or intimidating to that
person in relation to: gender, marital status, family status, religious belief, age, disability or race.
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Student Handbook: Sexual Harassment Policy 10-11

Cheyney University has modified the EEOC’s definition of sexual harassment to include
students; therefore: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and
other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute
sexual harassment when: ... Such conduct is sufficiently severe or pervasive as to have the
effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work
performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive
working, educational or residential environment.
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Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility (Learn More)

Student Handbook: Student Code of Conduct- Disorderly Conduct 10-11

Lewd or indecent conduct, including the use of obscenities and profanity for the purpose
of offending another.
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Policies Restricting Freedom of Conscience (Learn More)

Student Handbook: The Cheyney Student Creed 10-11

These things I believe ... That loyalty to my college, its ideals and traditions, is reflected in the
manner in which: I refrain from any act or comment which would do
her dishonor ... I am clean in
body, mind, and speech ... To these things I pledge my honor.
View full policy (PDF, 220 KB).

Internet Usage Policies

Student Handbook: Network and Computer Use Policy 10-11

No person shall harass others by sending annoying, threatening, libelous, sexually, racially, or religiously offensive messages. This includes all materials deemed offensive by existing University code of conduct laws.
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The speech codes and policies above were last fully checked via internet and other research means by FIRE in September 2011. According to FIRE’s research the substantive policies are current at least until this date. Directory information, including the name of the president of the college or university, may have been updated more recently. If any policy has been revised, or if you believe that we are in error, please contact us.