1. Eric Solberg Associate Vice President, Academic and Research Affairs UTHealth Title IX Coordinator Eric Solberg Associate Vice President, Academic and Research Affairs UTHealth Title IX Coordinator Title IX at UTHealth

2. Objectives What is Title IX? What is sex discrimination? How do I report it? How does UTHealth address complaints? What are the procedures?

3. What is Title IX? Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs and activities.

4. What is Title IX People often believe the law was focused on high school and collegiate athletics, but the original statute made no explicit mention of sports

5. Title IX Text “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”

6. What does this mean for UTHealth? The university has a duty to promptly respond to complaints of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual assault/violence, in a way that is reasonably accepted to limit its effects and prevent it recurrence.

7. Statistics 1 in 5 women are victims of sexual assault while in college 6.1% of males were victims of sexual assault during college More than 3,400 forcible sexual offenses were reported by college campuses in 2012, (four-year schools with enrollment of 1,000 or more students) Source: U.S. Department of Education; and Clery Center

8. What is Title IX Harvard (law school), Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Columbia, West Virginia School of Medicine, Emory, SMU, UTPA

9. White House Task Force

10. Sexual Misconduct Policy – HOOP 59 “UTHealth is committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and inappropriate conduct, which includes all forms of sexual misconduct.”

11. What is “sexual misconduct?” Sexual Misconduct is a form of sex discrimination and includes all forms of sexual harassment and sexual assault as well as other unwelcomed sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or conduct of a sexual nature directed towards another individual.

12. What is Sexual Harassment? Or when, such conduct would be regarded by a reasonable person as so severe and pervasive as to create an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment that substantially interferes with an individual’s work, education, student status or participation in university programs or activities. Social Media Examples FaceBook Twitter Tumblr Instagram Meetup Flickr YouTube Capture and share the world’s moments

13. What is Sexual Harassment? Other Social Media Examples Campus Gossip College Wall of Shame

14. Social Media Real Social Media Example

15. Social Media

16. USA Today Huffington Post San Antonio Express News NBA Forum Northeast Sports Network Boston.com Bleacher Report (106 comments) ESPN ESPN 2 FOX TV Foxsports.com Yahoo Home Page Yahoo Sports KSAT News and KSAT.com Givemesport.com Fanatix.com

17. Party Stats 1.Syracuse University 2.University of Iowa 3.UC-Santa Barbara 4.West Virginia University 5.Univ. of Ill.-Urbana/Champaign 6.Lehigh University 7.Penn State University 8.University of Wisconsin-Madison 9.Bucknell University 10.University of Florida

18. Alcohol and Sexual Assault More than 50% of sexual assault cases on college campuses involve alcohol use. Within the study’s nationally represented sample of college students the results found that 74% of perpetrators and 55% of rape victims had been drinking alcohol prior to the assault. Reference: Abbey, A. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Suppl. No. 14, 118-128, 2002.

19. The Experience in Graduate Education

20. Reporting Sexual Misconduct What should I report? Who needs to report sexual harassment or sexual assault? How do I report? To whom?

21. What should I report? Any observed, experienced, or known sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault.

22. Who needs to report? Anyone who experiences, observes, or hears about an incident of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct should report it.

23. How do I report? UTHealth Student Affairs Office – 713-500-9032, Office: RAS E- 201; saffairs@uth.tmc.edusaffairs@uth.tmc.edu Title IX Coordinator – Eric Solberg, Associate Vice President, Academic and Research Affairs, 713-500-3082, Eric.J.Solberg@uth.tmc.edu; Deputy Title IX Coordinator Renee Williams, EO Administrator, 713-500-3131, Renee.Williams@uth.tmc.edu Eric.J.Solberg@uth.tmc.edu Renee.Williams@uth.tmc.edu STOP Team – 713-792-STOP UTPD – 713-792-7867 or 911 in the event of immediate threat of violence UTHealth Compliance Hotline and Web Report The Compliance Hotline 888-472-9868. The Compliance Web Report website is www.tnwinc.com/webreportwww.tnwinc.com/webreport

24. Why report? The university is obligated to address complaints of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault. UTHealth helps students to navigate the process and seek appropriate remedies.

25. Can’t I Just Call the Police? Law enforcement involvement does not relieve the institution from investigating a complaint under Title IX. There may be a Title IX violation without a criminal violation; and the standard of proof is different.

26. Other Policies Violence Free Workplace – HOOP 39 Protection from Retaliation – HOOP 108 Equal Opportunity, Discrimination and Harassment – HOOP 183 Student Conduct and Discipline – HOOP 186 Become familiar with policies at UTHealth.

27. Resources Other Resources Student Health Services and Student Counseling - 713-500-5171 http://www.uthouston.edu/studenthealth/ http://www.uthouston.edu/studenthealth/ UT Police Dept. - Non-Emergencies 713-792-2890 http://www.mdanderson.org/utpd/index.html http://www.mdanderson.org/utpd/index.html Campus Safety - http://www.mdanderson.org/utpd/campus-safety- clery.html http://www.mdanderson.org/utpd/campus-safety- clery.html