RECEIVING SUPPORTIVE MEASURES
Members of the Hanover Community impacted by Sexual Harassment are encouraged to use counseling and support services, listed in the Resources section.
EMPLOYEES WITH AUTHORITY TO INSTITUTE CORRECTIVE MEASURES
The college designates certain employees who have the authority to institute corrective measures on its behalf. Under this policy, their knowledge of Sexual Harassment conveys Actual Knowledge to the Hanover.
The following employees have been designated by the college as having the authority to initiate corrective measure on its behalf:
Title IX Coordinator(s)
Casey Heckler
Associate Dean of Students/Title IX Coordinator
812-866-6740, heckler@hanover.edu
Brown Campus Center 214
Holly Sipe
Director of Human Resources, Deputy Title IX Coordinator
812-866-7097, sipe@hanover.edu
Long Administration Building 102
President of the Hanover/Institution Dr. Lake Lambert
President of Hanover College
812-866-7056, lambert@hanover.edu
Long Administration Building 201
Dr. Carey Adams
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
812-866-7005, adamsc@hanover.edu
Long Administration Building 202
Dr. Lindsay Faulstick
Dean of Students and Vice President of Student Life
812-866-7079, faulstick@hanover.edu
Brown Campus Center 215
Lynn Hall
Vice President for Athletics
812-866-7385, hall@hanover.edu
Horner Center 209
When one of the above employees learns of alleged sexual harassment, that employee should contact the Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Student Life as soon as possible.
Employees may have additional reporting obligations provided by law and/or other Hanover policies.
Corrective action may be taken against any individual who has a duty to report and who fails to respond in a manner consistent with the provisions of applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures
EMPLOYEE DUTY TO REPORT
All Hanover employees have reporting responsibilities to ensure the Hanover can take appropriate action.
All Hanover employees, except those exempted by legal privilege of confidentiality or expressly identified as a confidential reporter, have an obligation to report incidents of Sexual Assault. Any employee who receives a disclosure of Sexual Assault or becomes aware of information that would lead a reasonable person to believe that a Sexual Assault may have occurred involving anyone covered under this policy, must report all known information immediately.
In addition to the requirement of reporting incidents of Sexual Assault, the following members of the Hanover Community have an additional obligation to report all other incidents of Sexual Harassment, when they receive a
disclosure of Sexual Harassment or become aware of information that would lead a reasonable person to believe that Sexual Harassment may have occurred involving anyone covered under this policy. These individuals must report the incident within five business days of becoming aware of such information:
- Executive officers;
- Deans, directors, department heads/chairs (including those serving in assistant or associate roles);
- Graduate and undergraduate chairs;
- Supervisors who have hiring or firing power over at least three employees who are not student or post-doc employees;
- Faculty and staff who serve as advisors to or coaches of Hanover-recognized Student groups;
- Any individual, whether an employee or not, who serves as a coach of a club sports team;
- All individuals, including Student-employees (such as Resident Advisors) working in Student Life, Campus Safety, Intercollegiate Athletics, except those who serve in non-supervisory positions in dining services, clerical, or custodial/maintenance capacities;
- Hanover Campus Safety designed by the college under the Clery Act not otherwise specified in this provision; and
- Individuals serving in any of the positions described above on an acting or interim basis.
Employees are not required to report disclosures of information regarding Sexual Harassment pursuant to this policy in the following circumstances, unless an individual covered under this policy is implicated or the individual is explicitly seeking assistance from the college:
- At public survivor support events including, but not limited to: “Take Back the Night,” candlelight vigils, protests, and survivor speak-outs;
- To Student-employees when they are operating outside of their official work capacity; or
- During an individuals’ participation as a subject in an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved human subjects research protocol.
Employees with a duty to report should refer to the chart in Reporting Allegations of Sexual Harassment. Contacting the Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Student Life to share all known information will satisfy the employee duty to report.
Employees may have additional reporting obligations provided by law and/or other Hanover policies.
The following categories of employees are exempt from the duty to report Sexual Assault and other Sexual Harassment, due to their legal or professional privilege of confidentiality or their designation by the college as a confidential reporter:
Professional and pastoral counselors
A professional counselor is a person whose official responsibilities include providing mental health counseling to members of the Hanover Community and who is functioning within the scope of that license or certification and their college employment.
- This definition applies even to professional counselors who are not employees of the college but are under contract to provide counseling at the college.
- This also includes an individual who is not yet licensed or certified as a counselor but is acting in that role under the supervision of an individual who is licensed or certified (e.g., a Ph.D. counselor-trainee acting under the supervision of a professional counselor at the Hanover).
- A pastoral counselor is a person who is associated with a religious order or denomination, is recognized by that religious order or denomination as someone who provides confidential counseling and is functioning within the scope of that recognition and their role at the Hanover.
- Other employees with a professional license requiring confidentiality who are functioning within the scope of that license or certification and their Hanover employment.
Corrective action may be taken against any individual who has a duty to report and who fails to respond in a manner consistent with the provisions of applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Counseling Services:
Sara Crafton, M.Ed
Director of Counseling Services
Brown Campus Center 302
812.866.7074
Crafton@hanover.edu
Pastoral Care:
Catherine Knott, M. Div, Th. M
Brown Campus Center 207
812.866.7087
knott@hanover.edu
REPORTING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Any person may report sexual harassment. By way example, this includes::
- Students
- Employees
- Parents
- Any Hanover Community member or other individual who is directly involved in, observes, or reasonably believes that Sexual Harassment may have occurred.
Reports can be made to the Title IX Coordinator in the following ways:
- In-Person: Brown Campus Center 214
- Mail: 517 Ball Drive, Hanover, In 47243
- Phone: 812-866-6740