Additional Training for Students and Employees

Students, employees, and community members can receive additional training from the Civil Rights & Title IX Office by request.

“By request” trainings for groups (employees, students, and community members) are available year-round. If you would like to request one of these trainings for your group, fill out the additional training topics request form at the bottom of the page.

Additional Training Options:

“Upstanding” is a bystander intervention approach for the prevention of a variety of problematic situations. The purpose of the Upstanding training is to prepare members of the USU campus community with the skills and knowledge needed to safely and effectively intervene when they sense a threat or potential harm to another. This training will be facilitated out of Student Affairs.

Request this program at upstander.usu.edu

The Civil Rights & Title IX Office’s “Boundary Setting” presentation is an interactive presentation that teaches individuals how to set and communicate healthy boundaries within their relationships, including amongst colleagues, supervisors/administrators, supervisees, students, and peers. Specific emphasis is placed on understanding how boundary setting within relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors. This training can be tailored to your group.

The Civil Rights & Title IX Office’s “Conflict Management” presentation is an interactive program that teaches individuals how to identify and reframe conflict to respond more effectively when conflict arises, especially in a workplace or academic setting. Specific emphasis is placed on how navigating conflict appropriately can create healthier relationships. This topic can be combined with other topics.

The Civil Rights & Title IX Office's “Effective Workplace Relationships” presentation is an interactive presentation that supports faculty and staff in developing and maintaining effective workplace relationships. Specific emphasis is placed on how boundary setting, conflict management, and effective workplace relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors. The content of this training blends other topics that can be explored in-depth during the Civil Rights & Title IX Office’s other Employee Relationships programs: Power Dynamics, Conflict Management, and Boundary Setting.

The Civil Rights & Title IX Office’s “Holding Ourselves and Others Accountable” training provides a space for individuals to discuss how to address harm in the USU community by holding each other (and ourselves) accountable ​with empathy. Group discussions help participants ​identify barriers to accountability and develop skills to better support each other in being accountable.

The Civil Rights & Title IX Office’s “Power Dynamics” presentation is an interactive presentation that teaches individuals how to recognize power dynamics within their relationships, including amongst colleagues, supervisors/administrators, supervisees, students, and peers. Specific emphasis is placed on how understanding power dynamics within relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors.

The Civil Rights & Title IX Office’s “Consistent Messaging for Leadership” presentation discusses USU’s position on sexual misconduct within the context of USU’s value system. The presentation addresses maintaining low tolerance thresholds, impact vs. intent, direct vs. indirect messaging, and utilizes discussion opportunities for reflecting on how to improve consistent messaging with regard to sexual misconduct.

The Civil Rights & Title IX Office’s “Consistent Messaging for Students” presentation discusses USU’s position on sexual misconduct within the context of USU’s value system and is predicated on the basis that all students can be leaders within their sphere of influence. The presentation addresses maintaining low tolerance thresholds, impact vs. intent, setting boundaries, & direct vs. indirect messaging.

Additional Training Topics Request Form

Please submit the Civil Rights & Title IX Office additional training request form at least two weeks in advance of your requested date. This will allow time for scheduling a facilitator and venue, if applicable. When given enough advance notice, we can facilitate a custom training that falls within the scope of our office's work (discrimination and sexual misconduct).

The trainings use PowerPoints with videos and sound. If the training is taking place in-person, A/V equipment and a projector need to be made available at the location or laptop hook-ups should be provided for the facilitator(s).

Trainings are best facilitated in groups.

The prevention team may require a brief follow-up conversation via email or phone call/Zoom to discuss your group's training needs more in-depth. The purpose of the follow-up conversation is to ensure the training is impactful for your group.

The below training topics are generally facilitated in single sessions. However, some topics can be combined into a single session. Multiple training topics can be requested as a recurring training series.

If you are interested in combining topics into a single session or scheduling a recurring training series, you can indicate that below.

*Please indicate which training you are interested in
*This training is for
*Training format

Please provide three options for dates and times that would work for your group. This helps us schedule a facilitator and venue, if applicable.

If you’re requesting a training series, please provide date and time options for the first training session in the series. We will work with you to schedule the additional session dates and times.

Please note: Training availability is more limited from July 1 – October 31 during the annual compliance training cycle.

*Do any attendees need a training adjustment or accommodation due to a disability to participate?

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