Prevention, Education and Training
UND offers on-line, on-campus, and module-based educational opportunities for University students and employees for preventing and responding to discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct. We also provide resource guides that explain our process and provide information on support.
Trainings Provided by the Equal Opportunity & Title IX Office
The Equal Opportunity & Title IX Office offers a variety of customized on-campus or virtual training sessions that cater to both students and employees. These training sessions are designed to cover UND policies and procedures and discuss broader equal opportunity topics. Additionally, the Office offers the flexibility to adjust session length to fit scheduling needs. To request a training for your group, please consult the list of trainings and email beth.valentine@und.edu with “Training Request” in the subject line.
Employee-focused Training
This live training session is an interactive alternative to the mandatory online Equal Opportunity & Title IX Compliance training hosted in the Vector Solutions Learning Management System (LMS). This training is designed to provide participants with an overview of UND's Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Sexual Misconduct Policies, and the roles and responsibilities of individuals within the University community regarding nondiscrimination.
This training will introduce new and current employees to the Equal Opportunity & Title IX Office. It will address what services the office provides, summarize UND’s Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Sexual Misconduct Policies, explain how UND responds to reports of misconduct, identify on-campus resources, and provide information on how to request accommodations. It will also address employee specific reporting obligations (including reporting obligations for graduate teaching assistants), how to support students who have experienced misconduct or who require an accommodation, and responsibilities under UND’s consensual relationship policy.
This session will focus on institutional resources and individual best practices for promoting equality in our workplaces through speaker presentation, discussion, and scenario based exercises.
Student-focused Training
This training will introduce new and current students to the Equal Opportunity & Title IX Office. It will address what services the office provides, summarize UND’s Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Sexual Misconduct Policies, explain how UND responds to reports of misconduct, identify on-campus resources, and provide information on how to request accommodations.
This training is geared towards graduating students who are entering the workforce. It will address some of the legal protections they have against discrimination and harassment in most workplaces as well as provide resources on how to report workplace discrimination and harassment. This training can be paired with the Bystander Intervention Training (or a shortened form of that training) to provide upcoming graduates will additional skills responding to discriminatory conduct in the workplace.
This training is geared towards students who will be attending educational opportunities in workplaces outside of UND's campus, such as clinicals or internships. It will address resources, protections, and support they have as UND students when engaged in a UND-sponsored educational activity – even if that activity occurs off of UND property. This training can be paired with the Bystander Intervention Training (or a shortened form of that training) to provide students will additional skills on how to respond to discriminatory conduct in the workplace.
Training for Both Students & Employees
This session will provide concrete tips and strategies to make your events and meetings more accessible. After briefly defining accessibility and its importance, this session will cover ways to improve accessibility in on-location, digital, and hybrid gatherings. Attendees will have access to resources and checklists to use outside of the training.
This session will provide concrete tips and strategies to make your content After briefly defining accessibility and its importance, this session will cover ways to improve accessibility in your documents, such as Microsoft Word Documents and PowerPoints, and pre- recorded media. Attendees will have access to resources and checklists to use outside of the training when creating content. This session assumes an introductory level or higher proficiency with Microsoft Office but is not targeted towards those with expertise in accessibility. A basic introduction to accessibility checking in Adobe Pro is available based on interest of attendees.
This training will discuss how to respond to microaggressions and instances of harassment or discrimination using established bystander intervention techniques. Participants will then apply these techniques to hypothetical cases, practicing how they would respond.
Module-based Training
In addition to the customized training listed above, UND employees and students have access to module-based training through VectorSolutions (formerly SafeColleges).
Discrimination and Harassment Prevention
All new employees are enrolled in the on-line course Discrimination Awareness in the Workplace. The course provides awareness of discrimination and aims to create an inclusive and welcoming environment.
- Additional courses focusing on supervisory practices are available through VectorSolutions.
- In-person educational opportunities are available upon department request to Equal Opportunity & Title IX.
Sexual Misconduct
All new employees are enrolled in the on-line courses that provide information about recognizing and responding to sexual misconduct and employee obligations under Title IX regulations. All employees are required to complete the Title IX Compliance training annually. Department chairs or directors may request to have an in-person training in lieu of the annual on-line Title IX Compliance training. Employees who do not complete the mandatory training will not be eligible for pay increases.
First-year and transfer students new to UND are required to complete an interactive on-line program about consent, healthy relationships, bystander intervention, as well as the realities of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and more.
- Additional courses related to sexual harassment are available through VectorSolutions.
- Customized in-person education for employees and students relating to sexual misconduct policies and campus resources is available through Equal Opportunity & Title IX.
- Our CVIC at UND campus prevention and educational specialist provides in-person education to students and employees around sexual violence, healthy relationships and bystander intervention.