University of Northern Colorado

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Public or Private: Public
Federal Circuit: Tenth Circuit
Head of Institution: President Kay Norton
University of Northern Colorado
Carter Hall 4000
Campus Box 59 UNC
Greeley, CO 80639
970-351-2222
Website: http://www.unco.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)

Dean of Students Office: Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Policy 11-12

Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when: ... such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or educational environment.
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Student Code of Conduct: Prohibited Conduct 11-12

Harassment, which consists of any verbal, visual, written or physical conduct that is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it adversely affects, or has the purpose or logical consequence of interfering with any student's educational program or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment within the University community.
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Student Code of Conduct: Prohibited Conduct 11-12

Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, coercion, and/or other conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person, including one’s self.
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Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility (Learn More)

Residence Handbook: Abuse 11-12

Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, coercion, and/or other
conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person,
including one’s self is prohibited.
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Residence Handbook: Noisy, Disorderly, or Disruptive Behaviors 11-12

Disruptive behavior may include: disorderly, indecent, or obscene conduct or expression; hygiene concerns; voyeuristic behavior; emotional outbursts; and/or reckless behavior.
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Internet Usage Policies

UNC Computer, Internet & Electronic Communications Procedures 11-12

Unacceptable uses that are prohibited include, but are not limited to the following: ... Unlawful communications, including threats of violence, obscenity, child pornography and harassing communications ... The intentional propagation of computer "worms", "viruses", activities that place undue stress on resources such as ending chain letters, "spam" or widespread dissemination of unsolicited email and letter bombs or the resending of the same email repeatedly to one or more recipients ....
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Policies on Bias and Hate Speech

Residence Handbook: Bias Motivated Incidents 11-12

Intentional discriminatory acts are deliberate actions,
including inappropriate jokes and pranks that are motivated
by bias.
Any discriminatory act is a violation of the Housing & Residence Life
Student Code of Conduct, including, but not limited to racism, ageism,
sexism, and/or homophobia.
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Residence Handbook: Policy on Bias Motivated Incidents 11-12

University of Northern Colorado policy prohibits any actions that can be defined as being
motivated by bias. Bias motivated incidents can occur without intention of harm to others.
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The speech codes and policies above were last fully checked via internet and other research means by FIRE in December 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.