Reporting

Information regarding reporting policy violations or behavioral concerns can be found below. We appreciate your commitment to maintaining a safe, healthy, and successful campus community. Confidentiality and privacy are important considerations when reporting concerns and requesting support. 

Not sure if you want to make a report? You are still entitled to receive confidential support and care through the University.  The University also provides a number of confidential entities who are explicitly identified, which include physicians at Student Health Services, therapists in Student Well-Being, and other designated individuals who cannot share information you report to them with others.  For a list of defined confidential, non-mandated reporters, please reference the 'Confidential Reports" section at https://equity.mst.edu/title-ix/contact-resources. All other staff, faculty, and offices are not confidential and are mandated reporters who can have private conversations with you about what you have experienced, but they may be required to report information you share with them to the appropriate entity.

 

Statement of Non-Retaliation, False Reporting, Witness Intimidation or Harassment, and Interference.

Retaliation, False Reporting, Witness Intimidation or Harassment, and Interference. Fear of reprisal should not be a deterrent to reporting known or suspected misconduct. 

    • Retaliation is any adverse action taken against a person because of that person’s participation or refusal to participate in the process set forth in CRR 200.020, provided that the exercise of rights protected under the First Amendment does not constitute retaliation prohibited under this section. The phrase “participation in a protected activity” includes participation or refusal to participate in the processes set forth in CRRs 600.030, 600.040, and 600.050.

      Any person who engages in such retaliation shall be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion or termination, in accordance with applicable procedures. Any person who believes they have been subjected to retaliation is encouraged to notify the Primary Administrative Officer. The University will promptly respond to all claims of retaliation in accordance with this policy.  

      The phrase “participation in a protected activity” includes participation or refusal to participate in the processes set forth in CRRs 600.030, 600.040, and 600.050. Any person who engages in such retaliation shall be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion or termination, in accordance with applicable procedures. Any person who believes they have been subjected to retaliation under one of the following policies is encouraged to notify the Equity Officer/Title IX Coordinator. The University will promptly respond to all claims of retaliation in accordance with this policy.

    • False reporting is making an intentional false report or accusation in relation to this policy as opposed to a report or accusation, which, even if erroneous, is made in good faith. False reporting is prohibited.

    • No individual, directly or through others, may take any action which attempts to or actually intimidates any potential Party or witness in the student conduct process, or which may interfere with the student conduct process.

    • All University employees and students must be truthful and candid when making any statement or providing any information or evidence to the University throughout the student conduct process, and all documentary evidence must be genuine and accurate. The fact that a determination has been made that a student has or has not engaged in prohibited conduct is not sufficient grounds, by itself, to declare that a false statement or fraudulent evidence has been provided by a Party or witness.

    • Charging an individual with a policy violation for making a materially false statement in bad faith in the course of any proceedings under this policy does not constitute retaliation provided, however that a determination regarding responsibility, alone, is not sufficient to conclude that any Party made a materially false statement in bad faith.