Washington and Lee Sexual Discrimination and Misconduct Policy
All forms of sexual discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, domestic and dating violence, stalking, and retaliation of any form are an affront to human dignity and fundamentally at odds with the values of Washington and Lee University. W&L also prohibits failure to provide equal opportunity on the basis of sex in athletics. The University community has a responsibility to maintain an environment free from all forms of sexual discrimination and misconduct. It is committed to taking all appropriate steps to eliminate prohibited conduct, prevent its recurrence, and address its effects. Further information can be found in the Interim Sexual Discrimination and Misconduct Policy (https://www.wlu.edu/general-counsel/code-of-policies/discrimination-harassment-and-retaliation/sexual-discrimination-and-misconduct-policy).
Information on reporting sexual misconduct, including how to make an anonymous report
https://my.wlu.edu/sexual-misconduct-resources
Questions relating to sexual misconduct should be directed to:
Lauren Kozak
Title IX Coordinator and Director of Disability Resources
Washington and Lee University
Baker Hall 221
Lexington, VA 24450
kozakl@wlu.edu
540-458-4055
NCAA Board of Governors Policy on Campus Sexual Violence
The NCAA Board of Governors has adopted an Association-wide policy addressing campus sexual violence for member institutions. This policy requires member institutions to have a written policy directing staff to gather certain information from prospective, continuing, and transfer student-athletes.
In compliance with this policy, all prospective, continuing, and transfer student-athletes must complete a disclosure form annually related to their conduct that resulted in an investigation, discipline through a Title IX proceeding, or in a criminal conviction for sexual, interpersonal, or other acts of violence. A prospective, continuing, or transfer student-athlete’s failure to accurately and fully disclose investigatory activity, a disciplinary action, or criminal conviction could result in penalties, including loss of eligibility to participate in athletics as determined by Washington & Lee University.
Athletics department staff involved in recruiting a perspective student-athlete or transfer student-athlete shall collect the disclosure forms and gather other information that reasonably yields information from the prospective or transfer student-athlete’s former institution(s) to put University recruiting leadership on notice that the prospect has been under investigation, disciplined through a Title IX proceeding or a criminal conviction for sexual, interpersonal, or other acts of violence.
The terms sexual violence, interpersonal violence, and “other acts of violence,” for purposes of the above requirements, have the following meanings:
- Sexual Violence—A term used to include both forcible and non-forcible sex offenses, ranging from sexual battery to rape.
- Interpersonal Violence—Violence that is predominantly caused due to the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator, including dating and domestic violence.
- Other Acts of Violence—Crimes including murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault or any assault that employs the use of a deadly weapon or causes serious bodily injury.
