Policy 110: Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation

Relevant Excerpt

3.2 Harassment

Communication or conduct, including, but not limited to: verbal, physical, electronic, or written, that creates a Hostile Environment or involves a Quid Pro Quo exchange for an individual within a Protected Status that unreasonably interferes with the individual's:

(a) educational environment;

(b) work environment; or

(c) participation in a University program or activity.

3.2.1 Hostile Environment

Conduct based on Protected Status that is so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it alters the conditions of education, employment, or participation in a University program or activity, thereby creating an environment in which a reasonable person in similar circumstances and with similar identities would find hostile, intimidating, or abusive. An isolated incident, unless sufficiently severe, does not constitute a Hostile Environment.