The University of New Mexico is committed to providing a positive and supportive environment in which all students, faculty, staff, applicants for employment, and campus visitors are treated with dignity and respect. As part of its ongoing efforts to provide information regarding cultural diversity, equal opportunity, and the issue of sexual harassment, the University will soon begin offering two online courses, titled 'Preventing Sexual Harassment' and 'Civil Rights at Work' at UNM.
This training will provide faculty, staff and students with valuable information, helping them learn their rights and responsibilities, and hopefully preclude future incidents.
These online courses will provide education to the entire University community about a number of issues related to discrimination in the workplace. Through a series of scenario presentations and activities, you will learn important principles that you can apply to your everyday work and learning activities.
The Preventing Sexual Harassment online course will be mandatory for all UNM employees, meaning both staff and faculty will be required to participate in the training annually. Current staff will be able to access this training via the departmental web sites of Employee and Organizational Development and Office of Equal Opportunity starting May 19, 2008, and will be required to complete the training no-later-than July 1, 2008.
All new employees (staff and faculty) will need to complete the training within two weeks of their hire date at the University of New Mexico. Faculty members will also have access to this training starting May 19, 2008, but will have until Oct. 1, 2008 to complete the training due to their unique school schedule.
The Preventing Sexual Harassment course will be available in Spanish language and also in staff, faculty, supervisor/manager and student/student employee versions.
Employees can access this module by clicking on any of the following links:
Preventing Sexual Harassment Mandatory Training Module
http://training.newmedialearning.com/psh/unewmexico/
Civil Rights at Work at UNM Online Course
http://training.newmedialearning.com/ped/unewmexico/
Office of Equal Opportunity
http://www.unm.edu/~oeounm/index.htm
Employee and Organizational Development
http://www.unm.edu/~hrinfo
As employees it is crucial that you reaffirm to the University’s commitment to foster an environment that recognizes the worth and potential of every individual and that promotes the highest degree of respect among all members of our University community.
Please refer to the training fact sheet designed to provide further information regarding the Mandatory Preventing Sexual Harassment training.
For further details regarding this training contact the Office of Equal Opportunity at 277-5251.