Frequently Asked Questions about CMU's Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct Policy

You may speak confidentially to the following resources on campus
about your experience or concerns about sexual and gender-based
misconduct. Confidential resources are under no obligation to share your
concerns with the Title IX Coordinator.

• CMU Counseling Center | 989-774-3381
• CMU Care Advocate
• CMU Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates (SAPA) | 989-774-2255
• Sexual Aggression Services | 989-774-6677
• CMU's Employee Assistance Program (Health Advocate) | 866-799-2691
• Health care providers, including medical professionals at CMU's Student Health Services, provide related healthcare services
• Members of the clergy providing related clerical or spiritual guidance
• CMU Ombuds Office | 989-774-3010

No, you have the choice to pursue criminal charges with local law
enforcement or any other state or federal agency, regardless if you file
a complaint under CMU’s Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct policy.

A Complainant (Survivor) of sexual and gender-based misconduct may,

• Report to law enforcement
• Report to CMU’s Title IX Coordinator
• Report to law enforcement and CMU’s Title IX Coordinator
• Report to neither law enforcement or CMU’s Title IX Coordinator

If you want your concern investigated by C​MU, contact CMU’s Office of Civil Rights and Institutional Equity.

Physical and Mailing Address:

103 W. Preston St.
Bovee University Center, 306
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

Phone: 989-774-3253

Email: TITLEIX@cmich.edu

Online Reporting Form:

https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?CentralMichiganUniv&layout_id=2

If
you want your concern investigated by law enforcement, you should
contact the CMU Police Department or the local police by dialing 911.

CMU's Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct Policy prohibits:

• Dating Violence
• Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence
• Gender-Based Harassment
• Sexual Assault
• Sexual Exploitation
• Title IX Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment
• Stalking
• Related Retaliation

A designated official is a CMU employee who is obligated by this policy
to share knowledge, notice, and/or reports of sex-based discrimination,
harassment, and/or retaliation with the Title IX Coordinator. All CMU
employees except those designated as Confidential Resources are
considered Mandatory Reporters.

The Title IX Coordinator will coordinate supportive measures for both
the Complainant and the Respondent regardless of whether the
Complainant chooses to pursue an investigation.

Supportive
Measures are non-disciplinary, non-punitive measures designed to protect
the safety of each party involved; they are not sanctions.

Supportive Measures may include, but are not limited to:

• Changing CMU housing assignment.
• Public safety escort on campus.
• Changing
  academic assignments or schedule, including the ability to take an
  "incomplete", drop a course without penalty, or transfer sections (with
  the agreement of the appropriate faculty).
• Changing work, class,
  or extracurricular activity or any other activity regardless of whether
  there is or is not a comparable alternative.
• Providing training and education programs related to sex and gender-based misconduct.
• Referral for support services, such as tutoring, counseling, or the Employee Assistance Program.
• Restrictions or no-contact directives applied to one or more parties.

The CMU Office of Student Conduct will not pursue alcohol or drug
charges against students reporting incidents of sexual and gender-based
misconduct in good faith.

The CMUPD has a practice of not pursuing
charges for improper use of alcohol against a person subjected to an
alleged act of sexual and gender-based misconduct.