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Campus Policy Manual: 101.4 Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policy [INTERIM]- Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2021Discriminatory Harassment is unwanted conduct that is: (a) based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, creed, service in the uniformed services (as defined in state and federal law), veteran status, sex, gender, age, political ideas, marital or family status, pregnancy, physical or mental disa... Read MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Harassment, Hazing, and Bystanding
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies, Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2021Harassment includes but is not limited to unwelcome verbal, psychological, graphic and/or written abuse directed at another, beyond a reasonable expression of opinion. a. Cyberbullying is repeated and/or severe aggressive electronic communications that are direct at another person or are intended to intimidate, harm... Read MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Assault and Harm to Persons
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes
Last updated: March 16, 2021Threatening and Intimidating Behaviors: a. A threat is defined as written or verbal conduct that causes a reasonable expectation of injury to the health or safety of any person or damage to any property. b. Intimidation is defined as implied threats or acts that cause a reasonable fear of harm in another. Read MoreCampus Policy Manual: 500.1 Acceptable Use
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2021Use of the UMW Network for purposes which may be interpreted as harassment or intimidation is prohibited. Read MoreCampus Policy Manual: 100.7 Sign Posting
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2021There are three types of designated bulletin boards, with signs indicating the designated use. Departmental bulletin boards are for a specific department’s use only. Campus bulletin boards are limited to use by campus groups. Public bulletin boards are provided for any non-campus advertising. Posting of signs or a... Read MoreTitle IX Brochure
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2021Sexual misconduct may include: … • Unwelcome sexual remarks about clothing, body, sex or sexual orientation. • Offensive sexual questions, jokes and stories. • Display of sexually offensive posters, pictures, words or messages. Read MoreCampus Policy Manual: 101.4 Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policy [INTERIM]- Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2021Sexual Harassment is conduct that: (1) occurs within a University Program or Activity located in the United States; (2) affects an individual participating or attempting to participate in a University Program or Activity at the time the Formal Complaint is filed; (3) is based on sex, gender identity, gender expressi... Read More2020-2021 Catalog: Student Code of Conduct- General Behavior Code for Misconduct
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2021When a student, with the intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy, bully, or offend, (a) causes bodily injury to another, (b) causes reasonable apprehension of bodily injury in another, (c) damages, destroys, or defaces any property of another or any public property, or (d) makes repeated telephone com... Read MoreCampus Policy Manual: 200.4 Student Academic Freedom
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: March 16, 2021Fundamental to our entire philosophy is the firm belief that rights guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States must be protected on the campus as elsewhere and that local, state, and federal laws must prevail on campus. Becoming a member of the University community in ... Read More
Speech Code of the Month: University of Montana Western
December 4, 2018
The debate about “civility” in public expression has raged on over the past year. When several Trump administration officials were heckled at D.C. area restaurants in June, some commentators condemned the hecklers for their “incivility,” while others thought this condemnation wrongly discouraged protest. That same month, Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters called on her supporters to… Read more