Services

Faculty, staff, and students may meet with Equal Opportunity (EO) staff to consult about concerns they think might be related to discrimination or harassment.  These consultations aim to clarify issues and identify appropriate actions, options, possible solutions, and available resources and support.  Issues and disputes unrelated to EO may be referred to other campus units for appropriate resources or resolution. 

A facilitated conversation is a constructive dialogue between two or more individuals that allows for voices to be heard and perspectives to be shared.  Because it is a conversation, working toward a particular resolution or agreement is not the intended outcome.  In addition, the facilitated conversation is not part of and does not imply or initiate any formal complaint or investigation.  Rather, the conversation offers an informal resolution to the concerns an individual has engaged our office to address.

Mediation is a process for parties to resolve a dispute with the help of an unbiased EO Specialist who guides them in a discussion regarding their conflict/differences and toward jointly resolving the concern.  The EO Specialist does not “take sides.”  The EO Specialist guides the process, and the parties do the work of making decisions and coming up with solutions.