Student Title IX Education

Student Onboarding and Ongoing Education Guide

The State University of New York and MVCC believe that Title IX training and education cannot be accomplished via a single day or a single method of training. MVCC will continue to educate all new and current students using a variety of best practices aimed at educating the entire college community.

All new first-year/full-time students, student leaders, student athletes, and officers of registered/recognized student orgainizations will, during the course of their onboarding to the College, receive training on the following topics:

  • The College prohibits sex-based discrimination and harassment,  and will offer resources to any reporters of such violations while taking administrative and conduct action regarding any accused individual within the jurisdiction of the institution.
  • Relevant definitions. 
  • Policy application and scope. 
  • The role of the Title IX Coordinators, Public Safety Department, and other relevant offices that address Title IX violation prevention and response.
  • Awareness of violence, its impact on reporters and their friends and family, and its long-term impact.
  • The Students’ Bill of Rights and Title IX Policy, including:
    • How to report Title IX violations and other crimes confidentially, and/or to College officials, public safety, and local law enforcement.
    • How to obtain services and support.
  • Bystander Intervention and the importance of taking action, when one can safely do so, to prevent violence.
  • The protections of the Policy for Alcohol and/or Drug Use Amnesty in Title IX cases.
  • Risk assessment and reduction including, but not limited to, steps that potential reporters and potential assailants and bystanders to violence can take to lower the incidence of sexual violence.
  • Consequences and sanctions for individuals who commit these crimes.

Methods of training and educating students may include, but are not limited to:

  • Title IX Coordinator’s welcome messaging;
  • Online training;
  • Social media outreach;
  • First-year seminars and transitional courses;
  • Course syllabi;
  • Faculty teach-ins;
  • Institution-wide reading programs;
  • Posters, bulletin boards, and other targeted print and email materials;
  • Programming surrounding large recurring campus events;
  • Partnering with neighboring SUNY and non-SUNY colleges to offer training and education;
  • Partnering with State and local community organizations that provide outreach, support, crisis intervention, counseling and other resources to reporters of crimes to offer training and education. Partnerships can also be used to educate community organizations about the resources and remedies available on campus for students and employees seeking services; and