UF Title IX Coordinators

Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President for Human Resource Services

The University of Florida has zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment, sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence or stalking.  In addition, federal laws, specifically Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and 34 C.F.R. Part 106, prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender in education programs or activities.   Sexual harassment of students, staff and faculty–which includes acts of sexual violence–is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title IX.

The Office of the Vice President for Human Resource Services has been assigned the responsibility for coordinating Title IX compliance as it relates to harassment.  To assist with this compliance, I am pleased to announce that Elnora Mitchell has been appointed as the University Title IX Coordinator.  In addition, five Deputy Title IX Coordinators have been appointed to assist with activities in support of Title IX.  Contact information for Elnora and her team is provided below.

Elnora Mitchell	Chris Loschiavo, JD
University Title IX   Coordinator	Deputy Title IX Coordinator   for Students
Assistant Director	Assistant Dean of Students and Director
Office of Institutional Equity & Diversity	Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution
352-273-1725	352-392-1261
emitch@ufl.edu	chrisl@dso.ufl.edu
John Rouse	Lynda Tealer
Deputy Title IX   Coordinator	Deputy Title IX   Coordinator
for Employees and   Faculty	for University   Athletics
Manager of Investigations	Senior Associate Athletics Director for Admin
352-392-1072	352-375-4683 6055
jsrouse@ufl.edu	lyndat@gators.uaa.ufl.edu
Lt. Scott Summers	Omar Andujar
Deputy Title IX   Coordinator	Deputy Title IX   Coordinator
for Criminal   Investigations	for Youth Activities
Criminal Investigations Division	Director of Youth Conference Services
352-392-4705	352-392-2171
ssummer@ufl.edu	omarandujar@ufl.edu

The Title IX coordinators, along with colleagues from the campus community, have developed an awareness campaign to highlight the university’s commitment to an environment free of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct. This campaign will include the distribution of posters in key locations throughout the campus to encourage awareness, prevention and reporting.  Additional information, including samples of the posters may be found via the following: www.hr.ufl.edu/prevent.

Please contact Elnora Mitchell if you have any questions.