Southern Oregon University

The University's policy against harassment explicitly prohibits any form of harassment, defined as unwelcome conduct on the basis of actual or perceived membership in a protected class, by any member or group of the community. A hostile environment may be created by…

Threatening Conduct: a. Direct or implied threat of harm or hostile behavior that creates a reasonable fear of injury to another person or unreasonably subjects another individual to emotional distress and/or brandishing a weapon or an object which appears to be a…

How to report? How to report? Clicking on the Report Bias here link will take you to the SOU Cares Report where you have the ability to select the Hate/Bias Report type. This report will be submitted to the chair of the…

Coercive or Abusive Conduct: Use of emotionally laden or abusive language or materials to attempt to sway, receive an exception, intimidate, ridicule or disrespect a member of the university community is prohibited.

Harassment is conduct that intentionally and maliciously aggravates, intimidates, ridicules, or humiliates another person and is prohibited. For harassment based on identity, see the Equal Opportunity, Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Policy.

A hostile environment may be created by oral, written, graphic, or physical conduct that is sufficiently severe, persistent/pervasive and objectively offensive that it interferes with, limits or denies the ability of an individual to participate in or benefit from educational programs or…