"Harassment" means hostile or threatening conduct or speech, whether oral, written, or symbolic, that:
is sufficiently severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive to create an objectively hostile or threatening environment that interferes with or diminishes the victim’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the University; and
personally describes or is personally directed to one or more specific individuals.
When harassment is sex or gender based, the definitions for quid pro quo and hostile environment harassment, set out in Handbook of Operating Procedure 3-3031(V)(E), apply over this policy's harassment provision.
