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UM Title IX Student Services

Cam McDonnell - Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Gender pronouns: She/Her/They/Them

Email: Cam.Mcdonnell1@maine.edu

Phone: 207.581.1485

Office: Memorial Union Room 235

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  • Reporting & Complaint Options
  • Accommodations
  • Resources & Support (for all parties)
  • Prevention, Education, Outreach

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  • Stalking & Unauthorized Recordings
  • Sexual Misconduct & Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Domestic & Dating Violence

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  • Pregnant, parenting and students living with a pregnancy-related conditions (e.g., pregnancy loss or termination, preeclampsia)
  • Trauma survivors -- regardless of the time past since an incident

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Title IX Student Services:

What we generally cover….

What we facilitate….

We also support….

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“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

Title IX (Education Amendments of 1972):

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Sensitive subject matter ahead….

Title IX Student Services:

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Title IX Definitions

As defined in the UMS Student Conduct Code (effective Aug. 1, 2025)

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Title IX Definitions:

  • Stalking
    • engaging in a course of conduct* directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to:
      • fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or
      • suffer substantial emotional distress
    • *Course of conduct means:
      • Two or more acts, including but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person or interferes with a person’s property

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Title IX Definitions:

  • Sexual Harassment
    • unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, including sexual assault and sexual violence. Sexual harassment, including sexual assault, can involve persons of the same or opposite sex. Consistent with the law, this policy prohibits two types of sexual harassment:
      • Quid Pro Quo
      • Hostile Environment

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  • Sexual Assault
    • an offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape

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Title IX Definitions:

  • Dating Violence
    • violence committed against a person by an individual who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with that person

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  • Domestic Violence
    • a felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed by:
      • a current or former spouse or intimate partner; or
      • a person with whom the victim shares a child in common; or
      • a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner; or
      • a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred, or;
      • any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.

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Affirmative Consent:

  • Clear, unambiguous, and affirmative voluntary agreement to participate in sexual activity
  • It is an active – not passive – expression
  • Power between parties must be equal
  • Parties cannot consent when asleep, unconscious, mentally incapacitated due to drugs, alcohol, or other conditions
  • Must be present in a long standing relationship�

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Affirmative Consent:

  • To be able to say, “yes,” one must be able to say “no”
  • Consent, or past history of consent, to some activities does not imply “yes” to other activities
  • Consent can be taken away at any time during the sexual encounter�

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Mandatory Reporting

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Mandatory Reporting:

  • “Responsible Employees” must take immediate and appropriate steps to:
    • Stop the harassment
    • Remedy the effects
    • Prevent a recurrence

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Who are the responsible employees?

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Reporting Your Concerns:

How can you report a concern you have about yourself, a student, or others?

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  • Maxient - Label/tag as “Title IX”
  • umaine.edu/titleix/
  • (207) 581-1485
  • um.titleix@maine.edu
  • Memorial Union, 235

….but then what happens?

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Reporting Your Concerns:

Hi, my name is Cam….

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  • Resources
  • Complaint Options
  • Support
  • Accomodations

Always tell a student I will reach out to them!

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Pregnancy & Parenting examples:

  • Telecommuting (Zoom)
  • Extended bathroom/lactation breaks
  • Parking spaces closer to classroom(s)
  • Notetakers or recording technology
  • Additional time away to attend doctor’s appointments
  • Academic pause-play postpartum, for all parents
  • Waiver of absences and/or missed work, including exams due to pregnancy/birth

Harassment-related examples:

  • Reporting options
  • Extended time on exams
  • Retroactive course withdrawals and refunds
  • Housing relocation, at no cost to the complainant
  • Waiver for absences and/or missed work
  • Mutual No Contact Directives

Resources & Accommodations by Title IX

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Incidents of Sexual Assault (and other crime statistics)

University of Maine (Orono)

  • Many occur within first weeks of semester (the Red Zone)
  • Res Life most common referral source
  • 9/10 involve alcohol use
  • Most complainants are women
  • Most respondents are men
  • Nationally, 1 in 6 women (RAINN)

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When and what to Report

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Safety Planning - Black Bear Safe App

New features include: Panic Button, Social Escape, and more!

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Safety Planning: Black Bear Safe App

Apple App Store

Google Play Store

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Additional Resources:

Private

On Campus

  • Title IX Student Services: 207-581-1485
  • UMaine Police Department:

911/ 207-581-4040

Confidential

On Campus

  • Cutler Health Center: 207-581-4000
  • Counseling Center: 207-581-1392
  • Confidential Resource Advisor:
    • Jen England 207-572-5372 (call/text)

Off Campus

    • 1-800-871-7741

1-800-863-9909�

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Resources

  • Confidential Resource Advisor (CRA)
  • Student Wellness Resource Center (Somewhere in the Union)
    • https://umaine.edu/wellness/
  • Title IX Student Services (Memorial Union 235)
  • UMO Title IX Incident Reporting Form (Online)
  • UMS Title IX Resources (Online)
    • https://www.maine.edu/title-ix/

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Q&A

Questions from the group?