Title IX - Preventing Sex Discrimination

Implementation Team Accomplishments

  • Separated Labor Relations and Title IX/DHR into separate departments. 
    • Hired Director of Staff Labor Relations
    • In Title IX – hired AVP of EODR (started 1/31/24), hired additional Investigator (started 2/5/24), hired confidential administrative support staff member, and promoted investigator to Deputy Title IX Coordinator/DHR Administrator/Investigator
    • Created and filled new position:  Director of Climate and Culture
  • Working on relocating Title IX office to a more accessible location  
    • Heard loud and clear from Restorative Circles, campus wide in-person feedback session and in person meeting with campus members the need for the Title IX office to be in a more accessible location & trauma informed space.
  • Developed a draft Community Agreements in Fall 2023 and updated it beginning of Spring 2024.
    • Broadened membership of ‘Other Conduct of Concern’ Sub-committee during Spring 2024 to carry on this important work. Members include:
      • TIm Sistrunk, Professor Department of History / President of the Chico chapter of the California Faculty Association and GE Pathway Coordinator
      • Melissa Mache, Professor Kinesiology/ Department Chair
      • Nate Farrington, Adventure Outings Program Director
      • Nathaniel Heggins Bryant, Assistant Professor of English
      • Meleta Wilson, Director Student Rights and Responsibilities
      • Gloria Lopez, Assistant Professor Department of History
      • Matthew Teague Miller, Associate Professor/ Chair Department of Music, Theatre and Dance
      • Holly Kralj, Senate Vice Chair/Professor Doctor of Nursing Practice
      • Jaiden Griffin, School of Arts
      • Catina Swift, Director of Professional Development
      • Seya Lumeya, Director of Climate and Culture
    • For Spring 2024, timeline in place for broader campus conversations to update and adopt it for Chico State.
  • Established a successful model of cooperation between TITLE IX and Faculty Affairs and Success (FAAF), Student Conduct, and Labor Relations including bi-weekly meetings.
  • Made improvements to Title IX trainings for students so that they are mobile device friendly and removed content identified as activating/triggering (p.s. people are moving away from the word triggering)
  • Piloting an alternative, in-person option for Title IX compliance training for faculty - scheduled for April 5 th from 1-2 PM. 
  • Your voice and feedback matters- we encourage campus to continue to use the  online feedback form to provide continued input