{"id":302,"date":"2020-08-14T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:54:43","slug":"equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Equal Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n

Nondiscrimination Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Transylvania University is committed to providing an educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination or harassment based on protected characteristics and prohibits retaliation against an individual engaged in a protected activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the policy of Transylvania University not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin (including ancestry), ethnicity, immigration or citizenship status, age, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression), disability (physical or mental), genetic characteristics, veteran or military status, or any other protected category under applicable local, state, or federal law in all University programs and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This policy is in compliance with the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and all other applicable federal, state and local statutes, ordinances and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any member of the Transylvania University community who believes they have experienced discrimination, harassment, or retaliation on the basis of that person\u2019s actual or perceived membership in a protected class or activity may bring their concerns to the Office of Title IX. Transylvania University has developed internal policies and procedures that provide a prompt, fair, and impartial resolution of said allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internal Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Title IX Coordinator at Transylvania University oversees the compliance of Transylvania University\u2019s Equal Opportunity, Anti-Harassment, and Nondiscrimination Policy. Complaints or notice of alleged policy violations or inquiries or concerns regarding this policy and procedures may be made internally to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erik Emery
Clery\/Title IX Compliance Officer
439 West 4th Street Lexington KY
Email: titleix@transy.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

External Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Concerns about Transylvania University\u2019s application of the Policy and compliance with federal civil rights laws may be addressed to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C.  20202-1100
Customer Service Hotline #: (800) 421-3481
Facsimile: (202) 453-6012
TDD#: (877) 521-2172
Email: OCR@ed.gov
Web: http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/ocr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Department Comment Line: 202-353-1555
Department of Justice Main Switchboard: 202-514-2000
TTY\/ASCII\/TDD: 800-877-8339
Electronic Contact Form: https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/doj\/webform\/your-message-department-justice<\/a>
Web: https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For complaints involving Employees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission<\/a> (EEOC)
Louisville Area Office
600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Place
Suite 268
Louisville, KY 40202
United States
Phone: 1-800-669-4000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
File a Title IX Report<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Equal Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011Discrimination Policy<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Discrimination and Harassment Grievance Procedures Process A<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Discrimination and Harassment Grievance Procedures Process B<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nondiscrimination Statement Transylvania University is committed to providing an educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination or harassment based on protected characteristics and prohibits retaliation against an individual engaged in a protected activity. It is the policy of Transylvania University not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin , ethnicity, immigration or citizenship status, age, sex (including pregnancy,<\/p>\n

Continue to “Equal Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011discrimination”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"560,84,96,152,176,188","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-302","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nEqual Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011discrimination - Transylvania University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nondiscrimination Statement Transylvania University is committed to providing an educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Equal Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011discrimination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nondiscrimination Statement Transylvania University is committed to providing an educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Transylvania University | Campus Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transylvaniauniversity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-15T16:54:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@transy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\\\/\",\"name\":\"Equal Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011discrimination - Transylvania University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-14T17:41:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-15T16:54:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Nondiscrimination Statement Transylvania University is committed to providing an educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/\",\"name\":\"Transylvania University | Campus Life\",\"description\":\"Explore the campus and community of Transylvania University\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Transylvania University | Campus Life\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Transy_Stacked_201-BLK_RGB_300.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Transy_Stacked_201-BLK_RGB_300.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Transylvania University | Campus Life\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/campus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/transylvaniauniversity\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/transy\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/TransylvaniaUniv\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/transylvaniauniversity\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@transylvaniau1780\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/edu\\\/transylvania-university-20446\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Equal Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011discrimination - Transylvania University","description":"Nondiscrimination Statement Transylvania University is committed to providing an educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Equal Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011discrimination","og_description":"Nondiscrimination Statement Transylvania University is committed to providing an educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination","og_url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\/","og_site_name":"Transylvania University | Campus Life","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transylvaniauniversity","article_modified_time":"2026-01-15T16:54:43+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@transy","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\/","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\/","name":"Equal Opportunity, Anti\u2011Harassment and Non\u2011discrimination - Transylvania University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-08-14T17:41:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-15T16:54:43+00:00","description":"Nondiscrimination Statement Transylvania University is committed to providing an educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/equal-opportunity-harassment-non-discrimination\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/","name":"Transylvania University | Campus Life","description":"Explore the campus and community of Transylvania University","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/#organization","name":"Transylvania University | Campus Life","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Transy_Stacked_201-BLK_RGB_300.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Transy_Stacked_201-BLK_RGB_300.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Transylvania University | Campus Life"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transylvaniauniversity","https:\/\/x.com\/transy","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TransylvaniaUniv","https:\/\/instagram.com\/transylvaniauniversity\/","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@transylvaniau1780","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/edu\/transylvania-university-20446"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4599,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions\/4599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}