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Title IX Training Sessions for Faculty and Staff
Posted Sept. 14, 2015Beginning this month, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action will be conducting a series of customized Title IX* trainings for faculty, staff and students.
The monthly sessions will consist of topics such as:
- What is Title IX? Defining sexual harassment/sexual misconduct;
- How and where to report issues related to Title IX;
- Statistics on sexual violence;
- The university’s responsibility; and
- What happens after you report a Title IX issue?
Advance registration is required for these facilitator-led trainings, and dates are subject to change or cancelation if an insufficient number of participants sign up. All sessions will be held at Heer Hall in Room 107.
Please choose from the sessions below by selecting the audience (Faculty and Staff or Student Only) and date you are requesting. All sessions also can be found by searching the Human Resources Training Catalog, facilitator-led training, under Title IX Faculty/Staff Training and Title IX Student Training sessions.
| Date | Audience | Times |
| Sept. 24, 2015 |
Faculty & Staff Session Student Only Session |
9:30–10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.–noon |
| Oct. 22, 2015 |
Faculty & Staff Session Student Only Session |
2–3 p.m. 3:30–4:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 12, 2015 |
Faculty & Staff Session Student Only Session |
9:30–10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.–noon |
| Dec. 3, 2015 |
Faculty & Staff Session Student Only Session |
2–3 p.m. 3:30–4:30 p.m. |
*Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions such as Kent State University. Sex discrimination includes sexual harassment and sexual assault, which will not be tolerated at Kent State.
If you have questions, you may contact the Office of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action at 330-672-2038 or via email at aa_eeo@kent.edu.