University of Missouri renaming Office for Civil Rights and Title IX
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The University of Missouri announced that the Office for Civil Rights and Title IX is now known as the Office of Institutional Equity.
The updated name represents the office’s central role in supporting MU students, faculty and staff, said Maurice Gipson, vice chancellor of the Division of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in a release.
"The Office of Institutional Equity provides essential resources to our campus community and supports the Division of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity's mission to foster a living, learning and working community where everyone is valued,” said Gipson. “The office's new name emphasizes institutional equity is a university priority.”
Staff for the Office of Institutional Equity help enforce MU’s nondiscrimination policies; educate the community about those policies; connect students, faculty and staff to sources of support if they experience discrimination or retaliation; and listen to the concerns of the campus community. Staff members also investigate sex-based reports, including sexual misconduct, dating or intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual exploitation or invasion of sexual privacy.
