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Applicants for admission or employment or any employees, students, or
participants in College activities or programs who believe that they have been
discriminated against may pursue an institutional complaint and/or may pursue
other remedies provided by law.
For view of full policy, visit:
Summary of the Non-Discrimination and Harassment Grievance Procedure (see full
document at
Consistent with Olympic College’s efforts to maintain a learning and working environment
in which the dignity and worth of all individuals are respected, the college will not tolerate
discrimination or harassment on any of the prohibited bases outlined in the college’s Non-
Discrimination Policy, located in this Handbook. Any member of the college community,
including students, employees, applicants, visitors, and participants in any college-
sponsored program, whether held on- or off-campus, who believes he or she has been the
subject of discrimination or harassment, or who has knowledge of such violations, is
encouraged to consult these procedures and report such incidents. All complaints will be
taken seriously, and addressed through formal or informal procedures, as summarized
below.
The college encourages the timely reporting of any incidents of discrimination or
harassment to the college's Title IX administrator, the Vice President for Equity and
Inclusion, in CSC 317A or to the EEO coordinator, the Executive Director of Human
Resource Services, in CSC 528, on the Bremerton campus. If the complaint is against that
administrator or coordinator, the complainant should report the matter to the President's
Office for referral to an alternate designee. If the complainant suspects that a crime has
been committed, she or he is encouraged to report it to Campus Safety. For complainants
who wish to submit a written complaint, an electronic formal complaint form can be
accessed through the OC, Report It! icon in the footer of the college website.
The college will seek to protect the privacy of the complainant to the fullest extent
possible. Although it will attempt to honor complainants’ requests for confidentiality, it
cannot guarantee complete confidentiality. Determinations regarding how to handle such
requests will be made by the Title IX administrator or EEO coordinator.
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Discrimination:
Unfavorable treatment of a person based on that person's membership
or perceived membership in a protected class. Harassment is a form of discrimination.
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Harassment:
A form of discrimination consisting of physical or verbal conduct that
denigrates or shows hostility toward an individual because of their membership in a
protected class or their perceived membership in a protected class. Harassment occurs
when the conduct is sufficiently severe and/or pervasive and so objectively offensive that it
has the effect of altering the terms or conditions of employment or substantially limiting
the ability of a student to participate in or benefit from the college's educational and/or
social programs (and/or student housing).
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Sexual harassment:
A form of discrimination consisting of unwelcome, sex- or gender-
based verbal, written, electronic and/or physical conduct. There are two types of sexual
harassment:
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Hostile environment sexual harassment
occurs when the conduct is sufficiently
severe and/or pervasive and so objectively offensive that it has the effect of
unreasonably altering the terms or conditions of employment or substantially
