One of the oldest community colleges in California, MJC has two main campuses in the city of Modesto and serves more than 18,000 day and evening students each semester.
Located near the city of Sonora in the wooded Sierra Nevada foothills, Columbia College is a primary resource of adult learning for residents throughout the Mother Lode region.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Sexual harassment is unwelcome, sexual, sex-based, and/or gender-based verbal, written, online, and/or physical conduct.
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
A hostile environment is created when sexual harassment is sufficiently severe, or persistent or pervasive, and objectively offensive that it unreasonably interferes with, denies, or limits someone's ability to participate in or benefit from the institution's educational and/or employment, social, and/or residential program.
NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONTACT
Non-consensual sexual contact is any intentional sexual touching, however slight, with any object, by a person upon another person, that is without consent and/or by force.
NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
Non-consensual sexual intercourse is any sexual intercourse, however slight, with any object, by a person upon another person, that is without consent and/or by force.
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
Occurs when one person takes non-consensual or abusive sexual advantage of another for his/her own advantage or benefit, or to benefit or advantage anyone other than the one being exploited, and that behavior does not otherwise constitute one of other sexual misconduct offenses.
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Intimate partner violence is violence or emotional and/or psychological abuse between those in an intimate relationship toward each other.
STALKING
Stalking 1: A course of conduct, directed at a specific person, on the basis of actual or perceived membership in a protected class, that is unwelcome, and,would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.
Stalking 2: Repetitive and menacing pursuit, following, harassing, and/or interfering with the peace and/or safety of another.
RETALIATION
Retaliation is any adverse action, taken against a person participating in a protected activity, because of that person's participation in that protected activity subject to limitations imposed by the First Amendment and/or academic freedom.
