Unlawful Harassment
Unlawful harassment involves conduct (discrimination) aimed at any legally protected category, a person's age, disability (including service-connected disabilities), gender (including pregnancy related conditions), military status or military obligations, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, race, or religion. Review the NSHE/GBC Non-discrimination policy. (found in the current GBC catalog) Please see the Campus Safety Hate Crimes page for more information.
- It is unwelcome;
- It is offensive to both recipient and a “reasonable person;”
- It unreasonably interferes with work performance or academic progress;
- It mocks or shows hostility toward a person because of a characteristic that is protected;
- It is judged under the same standards of unwelcome, severe, or pervasive.
- Using racial, ethnic, gender slurs, reinforcing negative stereotypes;
- jokes or pranks based on protected characteristic;
- intimidating, threatening, or hostile acts related to a protected characteristic;
- or circulating any material that mocks, demeans, or shows hostility toward an individual or a group based on a protected characteristic.
- investigate;
- take prompt effective action to end the harassment;
- remedy the effects;
- and take action to reasonably prevent the recurrence; and do so in a prompt, equitable, and effective manner.
For more information contact
Arysta Sweat
Director of Accessibility Services/Title IX Coordinator
Great Basin College, Elko Campus
775.327.2075
arysta.sweat@gbcnv.edu
