Title IX

Every person on this campus – whether a student, staff member or faculty member – deserves a learning and working environment that is free from harassment. The attention being paid to sexual harassment and misconduct has given us a unique opportunity to raise awareness about our campus policies, resources and reporting options.

In these past weeks, it’s been horrifying to listen to the testimony of over 100 young women about the sexual abuse they experienced from a doctor associated with one of our fellow Big Ten campuses. It’s been impossible for me to watch these events without asking what we at UW-Madison need to learn from this.

MADISON (WKOW) — University of Wisconsin campuses are updating or introducing new sexual harassment and sexual violence policies, following a mandate from the regents in December 2016 saying each campus needed its own, set guidelines.

UW-Madison’s Title Coordinator, Lauren Hasselbacher, explained the conduct was always prohibited, but the literature was found in different places.  “This was really an effort to put it into one place, make it easy to understand and have it apply to employees, faculty, staff, students, visitors, guests and really just be one cohesive policy,” she said.