School Spotlight

16. Sexual Misconduct includes but is not limited to: A. Any criminal offense under the Texas Penal Code of a sexual nature, including rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual coercion, or other acts of sexual violence; and B. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or verbal or physical conduct o... Read More

Bullying, harassing, humiliating, demeaning, and other such actions will not be tolerated. This includes but is not limited to inappropriate material about a student in writing or by e-mail, Facebook, and etc.; verbally accosting another student; coercing, intimidating, and/or degrading another student; or any other... Read More

1. “Verbal harassment” means hostile or offensive speech, oral, written, or symbolic, that a. personally describes or is personally directed to one or more specific individuals; and b. is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent to create an objectively hostile environment that interferes with or di... Read More

Hostile Environment – exists when sex-based harassment is sufficiently severe or pervasive to deny or limit the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the University’s programs or activities or an employee’s terms and conditions of employment. A hostile environment can be created by anyone involved i... Read More

The freedoms of speech, expression, and assembly are fundamental rights of all persons and are central to the mission of the University. Students, faculty, and staff have the right to assemble, to speak, and to attempt to attract the attention of others, and corresponding rights to hear the speech of others when the... Read More

2. University persons and organizations may publicly assemble on campus in any place where, at the time of the assembly, the persons assembling are permitted to be. This right to assemble is subject to the rules in this subchapter, to the general rules in subchapters 6- 200 and 6-300, and to the rules on use of Univ... Read More