Tag: Title IX

Sexual Health Awareness Month – Participate in the Teal Ribbon Campaign

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month!

Continue to participate in the Teal Ribbon Campaign. You can pick up your teal ribbon at several campus locations, including the UWAC, Cafeteria, Library, Metz Hall, UPD, Walter Center, Elliot House, and Center for Student Involvement (Main 123). Wear your ribbon throughout the month to show support for survivors and victims of sexual violence.

OLLU is surrounded by a vibrant community filled with resources and supports for sexual assault survivors. Below is a list of some of these community resources:

We invite you to learn more about Our Lady of the Lake University’s Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy on the Title IX page. For questions or support, please contact the Title IX Coordinator or Deputy Coordinators.

Together we can IMPACT. CULTURE. CHANGE.

Message from Your Title IX Office: Cultivating Cultural Humility in Supporting Survivors

In our continued commitment to supporting survivors of sexual harassment and assault, we emphasize the importance of Cultural Humility. This concept is about embracing self-reflection and recognizing that our interactions with individuals of different cultural backgrounds are ever-evolving. It’s not a destination but an ongoing process of curiosity, learning, and growth.

This week, we encourage you to take a moment to watch the Culturally Informed Care for BIPOC & Indigenous Sexual Assault Survivors video (available here). The video explores culturally informed care practices specifically tailored to BIPOC and Indigenous survivors of sexual assault. It offers valuable techniques and approaches that can help you provide the most empathetic, culturally sensitive, and effective support.

Remember, your role as a faculty or staff member can make a significant difference in creating a safe and supportive environment for survivors. We also encourage you to continue to familiarize yourself with the university’s Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy and learn more about the Title IX team and confidential services available to all members of our community.

Together, we can be better equipped to offer meaningful support to every survivor we encounter.

Title IX Coordinador
Guadalupe (Lupita) Marquez, PhD., MLS
Email: gmarquez@Ollusa.edu | Phone: 210-431-4122 | Cell: 210-214-2764

Let’s continue working together to support each other and create a space where everyone can thrive.

Message from Your Title IX Office: Enhancing Support for Survivors Through Cultural Humility

This week, we invite you to reflect on the concept of Cultural Humility, which is an ongoing process that encourages understanding and self-awareness when interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds. It’s about growing through curiosity, self-reflection, and an openness to learn and adapt.

To help foster that growth, we encourage you to watch the video Culturally Informed Care for BIPOC & Indigenous Sexual Assault Survivors (available here). The video highlights important cultural considerations when supporting BIPOC and Indigenous survivors of sexual assault. It offers insight into culturally sensitive techniques and practices to ensure survivors receive the best care and support possible.

As a reminder, it’s also important to familiarize yourself with the university’s Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy. You can also learn more about the Title IX team and confidential services available to you and other survivors. These resources are in place to ensure a safe, supportive campus community for all.

Title IX Coordinador
Guadalupe (Lupita) Marquez, PhD., MLS
Email: gmarquez@Ollusa.edu | Phone: 210-431-4122 | Cell: 210-214-2764

Let’s continue working together to support each other and create a space where everyone can thrive.

Employees required to complete compliance training by March 1

As part of ongoing compliance efforts, all employees are required to complete the 2024 annual employee compliance training modules to reduce or prevent incidents of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and other types of inappropriate behavior on our campus. This training also includes information about campus safety, protecting privacy rights, and communicating this information to the appropriate university officials. To support employees with their obligations, OLLU has provided the following online training modules to help employees learn how to recognize and prevent unlawful harassment. Additionally, these training programs support our compliance with regulatory agencies governing the practices of higher education institutions.

All OLLU employees are expected to know and understand the university’s policies on unlawful harassment and discrimination and to abide by them.  As a reminder, employees of OLLU who, in the course and scope of their employment, witness or receive information regarding the occurrence of an incident that the employee reasonably believes constitutes sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking against an OLLU student or OLLU employee, are required by law to promptly report the incident to the Title IX Coordinator within 72 hours of obtaining the information. We believe that all human beings are inherently sacred and deserve dignity and respect and every community member is expected to be respectful in all interactions as part of the learning experience. 

 This training is mandatory for all full-time and part-time OLLU employees included in the email notice. 

The deadline to complete training is March 1.

You are assigned to complete the following FOUR courses: 

  • FERPA: Protecting Student Privacy (10 minutes) 
  • Understanding the Clery Act (15 minutes) 
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Faculty and Staff (25 minutes) 
  • Title IX Mosaic: Prevent Sexual Violence Together (45 minutes) 

To begin training, follow these FOUR steps: 

  1. Go to https://learn.ue.org/Login2.aspx   
  2. Enter your login credentials. 
  • Username: Your @ollusa.edu email address
    • Note: Do not use @lake.ollusa.edu email address 
  • Password:Ollu2024!
    • Note: Password is case-sensitive 
  • The first time you log in, the system will prompt you to reset your temporary password and set a security question.
    • Helpful Hint: You can change your password to be the same as your OLLU portal and email log in password.
  1. Once you are logged in, be sure to complete all of the training modules assigned to you in the “My Courses” section of the home page.
     
  2. You will receive an email containing a link to your completion certificate, upon successful completion of each course. Please keep a copy for your own records. A history of your completed courses is available in “My Completions.” The system will automatically document your completion so there is no need to forward your certificate as proof of completion. 

Thank you for your time and cooperation in completing this essential training program. 

Tips for Completing Courses  

Need Help?  

If you have any issues with sign-in or accessing the courses, call Support at 844-348-3650, or visit the Support Site Learning Portal at portalhelp.ue.org for options to live chat or create a help ticket.  

All other questions should be directed to compliance@ollusa.edu.

Employees required to complete compliance training by March 1

As part of ongoing compliance efforts, all employees are required to complete the 2024 annual employee compliance training modules to reduce or prevent incidents of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and other types of inappropriate behavior on our campus. This training also includes information about campus safety, protecting privacy rights, and communicating this information to the appropriate university officials. To support employees with their obligations, OLLU has provided the following online training modules to help employees learn how to recognize and prevent unlawful harassment. Additionally, these training programs support our compliance with regulatory agencies governing the practices of higher education institutions.

All OLLU employees are expected to know and understand the university’s policies on unlawful harassment and discrimination and to abide by them.  As a reminder, employees of OLLU who, in the course and scope of their employment, witness or receive information regarding the occurrence of an incident that the employee reasonably believes constitutes sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking against an OLLU student or OLLU employee, are required by law to promptly report the incident to the Title IX Coordinator within 72 hours of obtaining the information. We believe that all human beings are inherently sacred and deserve dignity and respect and every community member is expected to be respectful in all interactions as part of the learning experience. 

 This training is mandatory for all full-time and part-time OLLU employees included in the email notice. 

The deadline to complete training is March 1.

You are assigned to complete the following FOUR courses: 

  • FERPA: Protecting Student Privacy (10 minutes) 
  • Understanding the Clery Act (15 minutes) 
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Faculty and Staff (25 minutes) 
  • Title IX Mosaic: Prevent Sexual Violence Together (45 minutes) 

To begin training, follow these FOUR steps: 

  1. Go to https://learn.ue.org/Login2.aspx   
  2. Enter your login credentials. 
  • Username: Your @ollusa.edu email address
    • Note: Do not use @lake.ollusa.edu email address 
  • Password:Ollu2024!
    • Note: Password is case-sensitive 
  • The first time you log in, the system will prompt you to reset your temporary password and set a security question.
    • Helpful Hint: You can change your password to be the same as your OLLU portal and email log in password.
  1. Once you are logged in, be sure to complete all of the training modules assigned to you in the “My Courses” section of the home page.
     
  2. You will receive an email containing a link to your completion certificate, upon successful completion of each course. Please keep a copy for your own records. A history of your completed courses is available in “My Completions.” The system will automatically document your completion so there is no need to forward your certificate as proof of completion. 

Thank you for your time and cooperation in completing this essential training program. 

Tips for Completing Courses  

Need Help?  

If you have any issues with sign-in or accessing the courses, call Support at 844-348-3650, or visit the Support Site Learning Portal at portalhelp.ue.org for options to live chat or create a help ticket.  

All other questions should be directed to compliance@ollusa.edu.

Notice of required Title IX Training coming this week 

In compliance with state and federal law, the OLLU Office for Institutional Equity and Compliance is providing notice that this week all students and employees will receive a pop-up “ToU acknowledgment” document that will require the user to read and acknowledge before accessing MicroSoft Office 365. The document includes important information about the OLLU Title IX Sexual Misconduct Policy and Grievance Procedures.

Students will be required to read and acknowledge the Title IX Policy Student Training document, and employees will be required to read and acknowledge the Title IX and Clery Act Employee Training document.  

To view each training document as a full-size PDF, visit https://ollusa.sharepoint.com/sites/OLLUCompliance/SitePages/Trainings.aspx.  

This information is being provided as orientation on the university’s sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking policy, and as part of OLLU’s ongoing efforts to provide comprehensive primary prevention and awareness outreach programs to the campus community. Opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in programs and training related to preventing sexual misconduct will be announced throughout the academic year.

For any questions about the training documents, contact OLLU Equity and Compliance Officer/Title IX Coordinator, Nicole Monsibais, at nlmonsibais@ollusa.edu.

To view the entire Title IX Sexual Misconduct Policy and Grievance Procedures, visit www.ollusa.edu/titleix.

To report an incident, visit https://www.ollusa.edu/campus-safety/report-incident.html.

OLLU Announces the Office for Institutional Equity and Compliance 

Driven by feedback from the OLLU community, President’s Council has approved expanding the Compliance and Title IX Office to become the Office for Institutional Equity and Compliance (OIEC). With this intentional focus on equity, the position of Equity and Compliance Officer/Title IX Coordinator has replaced the Compliance Officer/Title IX Coordinator position, currently held by Nicole Monsibais, MPA, JD. As the Equity and Compliance Officer/Title IX Coordinator, Monsibais is also responsible for chairing the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility (IDEA) Council, a body officially established in 2022 as part of Strategic Plan Initiative 2.9 Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity.

The transformation of this office and position reflects the institution’s commitment to: 

• Advancing the work of the IDEA Council in cultivating a sense of belonging by promoting a sustainable framework of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility excellence,

• Continuous improvement, transparency, and accountability, and

• Maintaining a culture of compliance through strategic collaborations advancing the university’s mission and core values.

Future opportunities to learn more and get involved with this essential work will be announced in the coming weeks.

 For questions, please email nlmonsibais@ollusa.edu. 

Employees required to complete annual compliance training by March 31

Full-time and part-time OLLU employees who received the following email notice from the Compliance Office on Feb. 24, 2023 are mandated to complete annual compliance training modules by March 31, 2023:

Dear OLLU Faculty and Staff,

As part of our ongoing compliance efforts, you are required to complete the 2023 annual employee compliance training modules to reduce or prevent incidents of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and other types of inappropriate behavior on our campus. This training also includes information about campus safety, protecting privacy rights, and communicating this information to the appropriate university officials. To support employees with their obligations, OLLU has provided the following online training modules to help employees learn how to recognize and prevent unlawful harassment. Additionally, these training programs support our compliance with regulatory agencies governing the practices of higher education institutions.

All OLLU employees are expected to know and understand the university’s policies on unlawful harassment and discrimination and to abide by them.  As a reminder, employees of OLLU who, in the course and scope of their employment, witness or receive information regarding the occurrence of an incident that the employee reasonably believes constitutes sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking against an OLLU student or OLLU employee, are required by law to promptly report the incident to the Title IX Coordinator within 72 hours of obtaining the information. We believe that all human beings are inherently sacred and deserve dignity and respect and every community member is expected to be respectful in all interactions as part of the learning experience. 

This training is mandatory for all full-time and part-time OLLU employees included in this email notice. 

The deadline to complete all training courses is March 31, 2023 

You are assigned to complete the following NINE courses: 

  • Data Security: Phishing (10 minutes) 
  • Data Security: Malware (10 minutes) 
  • Data Security: Passwords (10 minutes) 
  • Data Security: Physical Security and Unintended Disclosures (10 minutes) 
  • Data Security: Mobile Security and Third-Party Websites (10 minutes) 
  • FERPA: Protecting Student Privacy (10 minutes) 
  • Understanding the Clery Act (15 minutes) 
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Faculty and Staff (25 minutes) 
  • Title IX Mosaic: Prevent Sexual Violence Together (45 minutes) 

To begin training, follow these FOUR steps: 

  1. Go to https://learn.ue.org/Login2.aspx   
  1. Enter your login credentials. 
  • Username: Your @ollusa.edu email address 
  • Note: Do not use @lake.ollusa.edu email address
  • Password: Ollu2023!  
  • Note: Password is case-sensitive
  • The first time you log in, the system will prompt you to reset your temporary password and set a security question. 
  • Helpful Hint: You can change your password to be the same as your OLLU portal and email log in password. 
  1. Once you are logged in, be sure to complete all of the training modules assigned to you in the “My Courses” section of the home page. 
  1. You will receive an email containing a link to your completion certificate, upon successful completion of each course. Please keep a copy for your own records. A history of your completed courses is available in “My Completions.” The system will automatically document your completion so there is no need to forward your certificate as proof of completion. 

Thank you for your time and cooperation in completing this essential training program. 

 Tips for Completing Courses  

Need Help?  
If you have any issues with sign-in or accessing the courses, call Support at 844-348-3650, or visit the Support Site Learning Portal at portalhelp.ue.org for options to live chat or create a help ticket.  

All other questions should be directed to the OLLU Compliance Officer at compliance@ollusa.edu.  

OLLU to host first Curriculum Disruption Week

OLLU will host its first Curriculum Disruption Week starting today – and continuing through Friday – to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX.

Faculty, staff and student organizations are asked to take some time this week to “disrupt” their schedules and reflect on how Title IX relates to or has impacted their discipline, area or group.

Students are encouraged to participate through in-class or online discussions, assignments, activities, creative uses of social media (#TitleIX50atOLLU) and any other manners of engagement around Title IX to explore its past and present, its successes, failures and the collective hopes for its future.

Brittany Chozinski, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Nicole Monsibais, JD, Compliance Officer/Title IX Coordinator, are happy to address any concerns. Surveys will be emailed during Disruption Week, asking students about their class/group/office’s participation in the disruption and their interest in a PechaKucha-style showcase on Nov. 9.

Notice of required Title IX training coming this week

In compliance with state and federal law, the OLLU Title IX Office is providing notice that this week all students and employees will receive a pop-up “ToU acknowledgment” document the that will require the user to read and acknowledge before accessing Office 365. The document contains important information about the OLLU Title IX Sexual Misconduct Policy and Grievance Procedures.

Students will be required to read and acknowledge the Title IX Policy Student Training document, and employees will be required to read and acknowledge the Title IX and Clery Act Employee Training document.  

To view each training document as a full-size PDF, visit https://ollusa.sharepoint.com/sites/OLLUCompliance/SitePages/Trainings.aspx.  

This information is being provided as an orientation on the university’s sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking policy, and as part of OLLU’s ongoing efforts to provide comprehensive primary prevention and awareness outreach programs to the campus community. Opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in programs and training related to sexual misconduct will be announced throughout the academic year.

For any questions about the training documents, contact OLLU Title IX Coordinator, Nicole Monsibais, at nlmonsibais@ollusa.edu.   

To view the entire Title IX Sexual Misconduct Policy and Grievance Procedures, visit www.ollusa.edu/titleix.