Student Handbook - University of Dubuque

Approved UD-related postings may be placed on the following bulletin boards only:• Blades Hall: bulletin board on the second floor by classrooms.• Dunlap Technology Center: bulletin board on main level outside of computer labs.• University Science Center: anywhere along tack strips in the hallways.• Peters Commons: bulletin boards specified for general UD posting in hallways and theUnderground, and the off-campus posting board on lower level by the elevator.• Residence Halls: 21 copies may be delivered to Office of Residence Life in Peters Commonsand these will be hung in the resident halls.• Van Vliet Hall: bulletin boards at the bottom of the lower level stairwells.Postings should not be placed in the following locations:• Any glass doors or windows in any building• Walls or doors in any building• Alumni Chapel• *Chlapaty Recreation and Wellness Center: No postings unless approved by Recreation andWellness Staff• *Myers Library: No postings unless approved by Library Staff• *Stoltz Center: No postings unless approved by Athletics StaffQuestions about the posting policies may be directed to the Office of the Vice President andDean of Student Life (563/589-3128) or mkruser@dbq.edu.SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICYSeminary students see specific information in Seminary Section.The University of Dubuque strives to foster respect for the dignity and worth of all members ofthe University community by providing an educational and professional environment free ofunwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conductthat is oppressive or intimidating. The University has a zero tolerance policy regarding sexualharassment.DefinitionSexual harassment is unwanted sexual or gender-based behavior that occurs when one personhas formal or informal power over the other. The three elements to sexual harassment are: 1) Thebehavior is unwanted or unwelcome; 2) The behavior is sexual or related to the gender of theperson; 3) The behavior occurs in the context of a relationship where one person has more formalpower than the other (such as a supervisor over an employee or a faculty member over a student)or more informal power (such as one peer over another). Sexual harassment exists when any offour conditions are met: 1) Submission to the conduct is made a term or condition, either explicitlyor implicitly, of obtaining education or employment; 2) Submission to or rejection of the conduct isused as a factor in decisions affecting that person’s education or employment; 3) The conduct haseither the purpose or effect of “substantially interfering” with a person’s education or employment;or 4) The conduct creates an “intimidating, hostile, or offensive” educational or work environment.71