Title IX Sexual Harassment and
Discrimination
Sexual Harassment and Assault - Response
and Education (SHARE)
Crime Reporting and Disclosure: Campus
Security Authorities
Presenters: Terri Ae. Stewart, Director and Chief (Office of Public
Safety and Emergency Management) and Tiffani Ziemann, Area
Coordinator (Office of Residential Life and Judicial Affairs)
Student Orientation
Crime Reporting and Disclosure
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy
and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act): The law
is named for Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old Lehigh
University freshman who was brutally raped and
murdered by a fellow student in her campus residence
hall in 1986.
March 2014: Campus Sexual Violence
Elimination Act or Campus SaVE: The
Violence Against Women Reauthorization
Act of 2013 resulted in expanded
prevention and response requirements in
the area of sexual violence, domestic
violence, dating violence, and
stalking.
New Federal Guidance on Sexual Assault
On April 29, 2014, The Task Force to Protect
Students From Sexual Assault, which President
Obama created earlier in the year, released their
report outlining specific recommendations for
college campuses in preventing and responding to
the statistic that one in five women is sexually
assaulted in college.
Not Alone
Together Against Sexual Assault, US White House
www.whitehouse.gov/1is2many/notalone
Sexual Violence
Physical sexual acts perpetrated against a
person’s will or when a person is incapable of
giving consent (for example, due to the person’s
age, use of drugs or alcohol, or because an
intellectual or other disability prevents the person
from having the capacity to give consent).
A number of different acts fall into the category of
sexual violence, including rape, sexual assault,
sexual battery, sexual abuse, and sexual coercion.
Sexual violence can be carried out by school
employees, fellow students, students from other
schools, or third parties. Sexual violence is a form
of sexual harassment.
Definitions
Dating Violence: Violence committed by a person who
is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or
intimate nature with the victim.
Intimate Partner Violence: Physical force or abuse
committed by a person who is or has been in a social
relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the
victim.
Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a
specific person that would cause a reasonable person
to: Fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others;
or Suffer substantial emotional distress.
Consent
Words or actions that show a voluntary agreement to engage in
mutually agreed-upon sexual activity. Consent is not implied
or present when: one is incapable of consent, subject to
coercion, or threat of coercion, or subject to forcible compulsion.
An individual may not presume consent by silence or context
alone. Consent for one act does not imply consent for another
act.
A person is incapable of consent when:
(1) less than seventeen years of age,
(2) mentally disabled,
(3) mentally incapacitated,
(4) physically helpless, or
(5) physically unable to give consent.
Reporting Crime
Campus Security Authorities (CSAs)
Offices for Reporting to Campus Officials/Authorities:
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Campus Police: 607-274-3333
Student Affairs and Campus Life: 607-274-3374
Residential Life: 607-274-3141
Judicial Affairs: 607-274-3375
Athletics (Coaches, Athletic Staff, Recreation Sports
Professional Staff): 607-274-3209
Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs (OSEMA): 607274-3222
Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services: 607-2747394
Title IX Deputy Coordinator (for reports of sexual harassment
and sexual assault): 607-274-3300
Title IX Deputy Coordinator ( for reports of sexual harassment
and discrimination in Athletics): 607-274-5708
Options, Interventions and Resources
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(Court) Order of Protection
Restriction (Notice)
Safe Room: Residential and Academic Accommodations
Title IX Coordinator/Deputy Coordinator
Criminal and/or Judicial Action
NYS Crime Victim’s Rights (Assistance and Services):
ovs.ny.gov/services.html
On and Off Campus Resources:
• SHARE @ IC: ithaca.edu/sacl/share/
• Counseling and Psychological Services
• Center For Health Promotion
• Hammond Health Center
• Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management
• Center for LGBT Education, Outreach, and Services
• Title IX Information: Harassment and Discrimination
Resources
SHARE @ IC: ithaca.edu/sacl/share/
Annual Security Report: ithaca.edu/sacl/safety/annualsecrep/
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The Advocacy Center of Ithaca
Not Alone - Together Against Sexual Assault (White
House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual
Assault)
Dating Abuse (informational website created by New York
State in cooperation with the Advocacy Center of Ithaca).
Re-Think Rape Video Project (SUNY Oneonta)
Every1 Campaign (Cornell University)
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)
What is Title IX?
• Federal Act originally designed to promote
equality in college athletics
• Has been expanded to include acts of sexual
harassment, sexual violence and
discrimination based on gender or sexuality
What does Title IX mean to IC?
• We must investigate any complaints or
allegations that potentially fall under Title IX
to do the following:
– Provide a remedy to the impacted
student(s),
– Provide support and resources to the
impacted student(s),
– Prevent similar behavior from happening
again.
What else does Title IX mean to IC?
• We need to have a designated Title IX
coordinator (who may appoint deputy
coordinators).
• We must investigate all Title IX complaints.
• We must provide education and resources to
the entire campus community about Title IX,
sexual assault, harassment, violence, etc.
Who has to report Title IX complaints?
• Any faculty or staff who are notified of a
potential Title IX violation needs to report it
to the Title IX coordinator (or deputy) for
investigation. The report needs to include as
much information as possible, including the
student’s name.
• Any student staff member in an official
capacity (OLs, RAs, etc.) need to report as
well.
• All students should know who they can report
to, but they are not obligated in the same
way.
Who doesn’t have to report?
• Only those members of the campus
community with privileged confidentiality do
not need to make a report:
– Clergy
– Health Center staff
– Counseling Center staff
What happens when an incident is
reported to the Title IX coordinator
• The coordinator will reach out to the student
explaining her role and offering resources,
including how to file formal reports with the
Office of Public Safety.
• If the coordinator has enough information,
she will start investigating the incident,
regardless if the reporting student has
responded to her or not.
Confidentiality
• All incidents and identifying information need to
be reported to the Title IX coordinator.
• The Title IX coordinator will take every measure
possible to maintain confidentiality for the
reporting student(s) if it is requested.
• There are some circumstances where the threat
to the community supersedes the want for
confidentiality.
• Privacy is important and we do what we can to
protect a student’s privacy, even if something
can’t be kept fully confidential.
What do students need to know?
• We want students to feel comfortable
reporting these incidents so we can help!
• Students can report to anyone: faculty, staff,
RA, Public Safety, etc
• It is important to remember that all of these folks
will need to tell the Title IX Coordinator for followup.
• There are resources on campus in the IC
community to support students impacted in
by sexual assault or harassment
What do else do students need to
know?
• We will work with the reporting student to
provide whatever support and resources we
can: counseling & health services, housing &
academic accommodations when possible,
etc.
• There are policies in place to
prevent/respond to retaliation for reporting.
• We need everyone’s help to keep our campus
community safe!
Who can should I report to?
Tiffani Ziemann
– Deputy Title IX Coordinator
– Handles all incidents of sexual assault,
harassment or discrimination involving a
student
– tziemann@ithaca.edu
– 607-274-1105
Contact Information
• Visit the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management website for detailed information on
campus safety and security, services, resources, and (download) access to the Annual Security
and Fire Report: ithaca.edu/safety/annualsecrep/
• Office of Public Safety and Emergency Information Contact Information:
• Located in the Center for Public Safety and General Services on Farm Pond Road
• Operational 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, year round
• The Communications Center is staffed by a trained public safety professional at all times
and can be reached by calling (607) 274-3333 or extension 3333 from an on campus
phone.
• Title IX Coordinators
• For general issues:
Traevena Byrd – Title IX Coordinator
Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
tbyrd@ithaca.edu
607-274-3909
• For reports of sexual harassment and discrimination in athletics:
Michelle Manning – Title IX Deputy Coordinator
Assistant Director, Office of Intercollegiate Athletics
mmanning@ithaca.edu
607-274-5708
• For reports of sexual assault:
Tiffani Ziemann – Title IX Deputy Coordinator
Area Coordinator, Office of Residential Life
tziemann@ithaca.edu
607-274-3300
Resources
SHARE @ IC: ithaca.edu/sacl/share/
Annual Security Report: ithaca.edu/sacl/safety/annualsecrep/
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The Advocacy Center of Ithaca
Not Alone - Together Against Sexual Assault (White
House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual
Assault)
Dating Abuse (informational website created by New York
State in cooperation with the Advocacy Center of Ithaca).
Re-Think Rape Video Project (SUNY Oneonta)
Every1 Campaign (Cornell University)
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)