POL 04.25.05: Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Policy (Title IX)

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4.5 Sex Discrimination and Harassment

4.5.2 Hostile Environment Harassment is unwelcome verbal, nonverbal, online, graphic, or physical aggression, intimidation, or hostile conduct directed at a person or persons based in whole or in part on sex that is severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive and so unreasonably interferes with the targeted person's employment, academic pursuits, or participation in University-sponsored activities, as to effectively deny equal access to the University 's resources and opportunities.

4.6 Title IX Sexual Harassment

4.6.1 Title IX Sexual Harassment, as an umbrella category, includes the offenses of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking defined above, and the following specific definition of sexual harassment listed below.

4.6.2 To be considered Title IX Sexual Harassment, the incident must have occurred within the education program or activity in the United States. This includes locations, events, or circumstances over which the University exercised substantial control over the Respondent and the context in which the sexual harassment occurs, and includes any building owned or controlled by an officially recognized student organization. At the time of filing a Title IX Sexual Harassment Formal Complaint, a Complainant must be participating in or attempting to participate in the education program or activity of UNC Pembroke.

4.6.3 Quid Pro Quo Harassment occurs when an employee of UNC Pembroke conditions the provision of an aid, benefit, or service of UNC Pembroke, on an individual's participation in unwelcome sexual conduct.

4.6.4 Sexual Harassment is unwelcome conduct, determined by a reasonable person, to be so severe, pervasive, and, objectively offensive, that it effectively denies a person equal access to UNC Pembroke's education program or activity.