Reporting Options
At Southern Oregon University, you have options for disclosing your experience.
- You may disclose your experience to the university by reporting your concern directly to the Office of Equity Grievance and Title IX. If you do so, the Title IX Coordinator or a member of the Equity Grievance/Title IX team will assist you through the process. You can report your experience to the University using the Discrimination, Harassment & Sexual Misconduct Reporting Form. Employees are required to report information disclosed to them and should use this form to do so.
- You may report your concern anonymously to the Office of Equity Grievance and Title IX using the Discrimination, Harassment & Sexual Misconduct Reporting Form. Anonymous reports will be documented, but the Office’s ability to respond to such reports may be limited. Employees who become aware of a concern involving discrimination, harassment, or sexual misconduct must report that information. The only exception is for employees who have been designated as confidential employees.
- You may also choose to make a confidential disclosure to confidential resources.
- Anyone can also make a report to local law enforcement by calling 911 or visiting reportingoptions.org.
Resources
If you have experienced sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, intimate partner violence, bias or discrimination, there are resources to support you.
Equity Grievance Panel Members
A group of specially trained SOU employees serve as Equity Grievance Panel Members. They serve on panels when there is a hearing related to any potential violations of the Equal Opportunity, Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct Policy (GEN.009). There is a yearly training that all Equity Grievance Panel Members complete. Equity Grievance Panel Members will also serve on appeal panels. For each hearing or appeal EGP members are selected by the Director of Equity Grievance/Title IX Coordinator. All EGP members as well as involved parties will have the opportunity to request a change of panelist if there is a conflict of interest for the EFP member.
Training for Equity Grievance Team Members
All members of the Equity Grievance team participate in yearly training and policy review led by the Director of Equity Grievance/Title IX Coordinator. In addition members of the Equity Team have participated in trainings from ATIXA.
Diversity and Equity Definitions
Learn more about some of the most common Diversity and Equity definitions. Find a collection of terms organized by definition category including Competencies, Identities, Harm and Impacts Definitions and Compliance Definitions.
You can make a report to any of these positions on campus:
Interim Director of Equity Grievance/Title IX Coordinator
Sarah Olejniczak, Ph.D
olejniczaks@sou.edu
Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Dr. Carrie Vath, Dean of Students
541.552.6652
Stevenson Union 321
vathc@sou.edu
Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Alana Lardizabal, Director of Human Resources
541.552.8110
Churchill 161
lardizaba@sou.edu
Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Tom Johnson
tjohnson3@sou.edu
Deputy Title IX Coordinator
LaShun McGhee
mcgheel@sou.edu
The Following Individuals Assist SOU’s Equity Grievance & Title IX Office:
Sarah Olejniczak, Ph.D, olejniczaks@sou.edu
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- WAICU Advanced Title IX Investigator Training Day 1
- WAICU Advanced Title IX Investigator Training Day 2
- Responding to Campus Conduct with Restorative Justice: Implementation Considerations
- A Restorative Approach to Gender-Based Misconduct
- Considerations for College Students on the Spectrum
- Power-Conscious Approaches to Addressing Sexual Violence Among College Students
- Incorporating Restorative Practices in Investigation and Student Support Meetings
- VAWA Reauthorization 2022: Implications for the Title IX Field
- Title IX Coordinator Two: Additional Topics for New and Experienced Coordinators
- Leading and Strategizing as a New Title IX Coordinator Bootcamp
- Advancing Your DEI Strategy Across Viewpoints
- 2023
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Considerations
- NABITA BIT Standards and Best Practices Part 1
- NABITA BIT Standards and Best Practices Part 2
- NABITA Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment Part 1
- NABITA Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment Part 2
- From One Title IX Coordinator to Another: A Practical Approach to Navigating Beyond Compliance in a Post Regulator World
- Driving Down the 493: A Deep Dive into SB 493, Education Code 66281.8 and the Overlap with Title IX
- Being an Effective Title IX Advisor: From Investigation to Hearing
- Violence Risk Assessment for Title IX
Bobby Whitehead, Investigator, bwhitehead@grandriversolutions.com
- 2018
- 2019
- The Four Corners of Title IX Compliance: Intermediate (Title IX 201)
- OCR Letter to Spring Arbor University
- Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America and University of Tennessee Health and Sciences Center Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
- Title IX Resource Guide 2015
- UC Berkeley, Letter of Findings
- UC Berkeley, Resolution Agreement
- EXAMPLE No Contact Order
- EXAMPLE Investigative Report #1
- EXAMPLE Investigative Report #2
- Department of Education, Q&A
- Department of Education, Letter to Title IX Coordinators
- Department of Education, Dear Colleague Letter
- Department of Education, Dear Colleague Letter on Title IX Coordinators
- Department of Education, Title IX Guidance 2001
- Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students
- Case Study 1 – Jane and Darrian Scenario
- Case Study 2 – Daga Bah Scenario
- Case Study 3 – Problem Professor Scenario
- Brown University, Title IX Decision-Finding Complainant
- Brown University, Title IX Decision-Finding Respondent
- Copy of BEYOND DISCIPLINE Part 1 Copyrighted Hierophant Enterprises Inc 2009
- Copy of BEYOND DISCIPLINE Part 2 Copyrighted Hierophant Enterprises Inc 2009
- ACPA Intermediate Title IX Day 1
- ACPA Intermediate Title IX Day 2
- ACPA Intermediate Title IX Day 3
- ABA Recommendations for Improving Campus Student Conduct Process for Gender-Based Violence
- 2020
- 2021
- 2023
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- Accessibility and Selection of Instructional Materials
- Affirmative Action and Employment Opportunity
- Assistance (Service and Support) Animals
- Clery Act Policy Campus Safety and Security Reporting
- Conflict of Interest Specific to Consensual Relationships
- Disabled Veterans, Vietnam Era Veterans and Disabled Persons
- Diversity
- Equal Opportunity, Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct