Faculty
Actions
Connecting with the Office of Institutional Equity.
Telling your supervisor about your concerns so they can assist with support and connecting you with Human Resources.
Access a list of personal support services on Office of Faculty Affairs.
Access mental health support through the UCCS Health Circle Primary Care Clinic and through other resources listed here.
Preserve emails by downloading them as PDFs, and preserve social media and other online comments by taking screenshots that show the message, sender/poster, online location and date and time.
Ask someone else to help you preserve evidence if it is too difficult to do this yourself.
Keep the PDFs and screenshots in a safe location such as a secure cloud storage service or external hard drive and consider organizing them in a log.
If you believe you are being targeted on the basis of race, color, national origin, pregnancy, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran (military service) status, marital status, political affiliation or political philosophy, consider speaking with UCCS' Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance to learn about your options.
You might consider paying an outside service to remove all personal information from the internet, including, but not limited to, name, physical addresses, date of birth, phone numbers and/or email addresses. This can help reduce the likelihood of escalation resulting from doxxing (see provided definition) or attempts by outside groups to make your communication channels unusable.
- You can work with OIT to remove personal information from University of Colorado websites.
- To remove personal information from other sites, please refer to the support resources at the bottom of the page. Please note that the university neither endorses nor sponsors any of the services listed, nor does it offer a subsidy to CU community members who might decide to utilize them. These resources are for your educational purposes only. CU community members are encouraged to do their own vetting before deciding to utilize these, or similar, resources.
Whether to respond (including how and when) is unique to each situation, but it is generally recommended that you do not engage.
Any language in a communication that contains actual or implied threats of harm should be reported immediately to the Department of Threat Assessment (Behavioral Intervention Team). If you believe that you are in imminent danger, please call 911.
A threat is defined as an expression of intent to do harm or act out violently against someone (including self), something or someplace. A threat can be spoken, written, or symbolic. Not all threats, nor those who threaten, are equal in their potential for harm, but all threats that are brought to the attention of the Behavioral Intervention Team will be taken seriously and evaluated.
You should generally not respond to any communication that resembles a threat, as this could escalate a situation.
If you have been a victim of harassment or intimidation that isn't covered by this page, please visit the Office of Institutional Equity to learn more about support and resources available to you.