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University of West Florida
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This school has adopted the chicago statement for free speech.
UWF/REG – 3.010 Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: April 13, 2021Conduct that creates an intimidating, intolerable, or offensive campus, educational or working environment for another person, unrelated to the victim’s protected class, if any. Read MoreUWF/REG – 3.010 Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: April 13, 2021Harassment based on any of the following protected classes: gender (including gender identity and sex), race, color religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or sexual orientation. Harassment is defined as conduct that is sufficiently severe or pervasive so that it unreasonably inter... Read MoreUWF/REG – 3.010 Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: April 13, 2021Use of University computing facilities or resources to send obscene or abusive material. Read MoreHousing Handbook: Standards for Community Living
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: April 13, 2021Bigotry and hatred will be given no home within our community. Our community will not tolerate verbal or written abuse, threats, intimidation, and will not accept false humor, anger, intoxication, or substance abuse as an excuse, reason, or rationale for such behavior. We strive to develop and support a learning env... Read MoreProhibition of Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: April 13, 2021(C) Harassment Based Upon a Protected Class. Harassment, as defined by this Policy, is unwelcome conduct based on an individual’s protected class. … 5. Prohibited Conduct. (A) Discrimination as defined in this policy in Section 4(B) is prohibited. (B) Harassment based upon an individual’s protected class that ... Read MoreSexual Harassment and Misconduct Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: April 13, 2021Sexual Harassment – conduct on the basis of sex that meets one or more of the following scenarios: … unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the University’s education program or activity... Read MoreUWF/REG – 5.050 Speech, Assembly and Public Expression in Outdoor Areas on Campus
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: April 13, 2021Subject to the terms of this regulation and related University regulations, expressive activities are permitted in outdoor areas of campus so long as the conduct is lawful and does not materially and substantially disrupt the normal operations and functions of the University or infringe on the rights of other member... Read More
Florida becomes ninth state to ban restrictive campus free speech zones
March 12, 2018
Florida State, University of West Florida, Florida Atlantic, and other schools must change speech policies TALLAHASSEE, Mar. 12, 2018 — Yesterday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law SB 4, a broad higher education bill, which was amended to include free speech protections at the state’s public colleges and universities. The new law prohibits Florida… Read more
Free Speech Zone Policy Debated at University of West Florida
March 4, 2011
On Valentine’s Day at the University of West Florida (UWF), people strolling the public university’s Cannon Greens did not see the language of love displayed, but instead the graphic images of genocide victims and aborted fetuses provided by a California anti-abortion group. According to an article by Terry Strickland in UWF’s student newspaper The Voyager,… Read more