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policy prohibiting illegal harassment

UNCP affirms its desire to maintain a work environment for all employees and an academic environment for all faculty and students that is free from all forms of harassment and discrimination. UNCP wishes to maintain an environment which supports and rewards individuals on the basis of such relevant factors as academic ability and work performance. Conduct or action that is based on a person’s race or color creating a hostile environment that prevents effective learning or work performance is in opposition to a campus environment free of harassment.

No student or student group shall engage in conduct, or assist another in the following conduct:

1. Discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, or honorable service in the armed services of the United States that impairs or may impair an individual’s University working conditions, privileges or opportunities for University employment, educational opportunities, participation in University-sponsored extracurricular activities, or opportunities to benefit from other aspects of University life.
2. Harassment or intimidation directed toward a particular person or persons that is severe or pervasive and abuses or otherwise unreasonably interferes with another so as to adversely affect their academic pursuits, opportunities for University employment, participation in University-sponsored extracurricular activities, or opportunities to benefit from other aspects of University life.
3. Threats that involve violation of restraining orders or no-contact orders imposed by government or campus authorities, stalking, or other activities that create a reasonable apprehension of physical or emotional harm to an individual following a request or order to desist.
4. The face-to-face use of “fighting words” to harass any person or persons on the University campus or other property under University control. “Fighting words” are those personally abusive epithets which, when directly addressed to any ordinary person are, in the context used and as a matter of common knowledge, inherently likely to provoke an immediate and violent reaction, whether or not they actually do so.

Students violating this policy may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

Students experiencing harassment as described herein should contact Campus Police or provide a written statement to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Complaints against UNCP students will be governed by the procedures stated in the Student Judicial Process, STUDENT HANDBOOK, Article IV, Section C. Student complaints against UNCP faculty or staff will be governed by the procedures stated in the Student Grievance Policy.

Members of the University community are prohibited from acts of reprisal against individuals who bring complaints or are involved as witnesses in any action connected with this policy.

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The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is committed to equality of educational opportunity and does not discriminate against applicants, students, or employees based on race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability or because of the individual’s honorable service in the Armed Services of the United States. Moreover, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is open to people of all races and actively seeks to promote diversity by recruiting and enrolling American Indian, Asian, Black and Hispanic students.

In the event of conflict between this web page and any University policy dealing with discrimination, the policy takes precedence.

Updated: Monday, June 4, 2007

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