Relationship & Sexual Violence Prevention Team

(Formerly Title IX Prevention Team)

• Co-chaired by the Office of Title IX and the Center for Health Education and Wellness staff
• Composed of more than 30 members across the campus and the greater Knoxville community
• Includes student, faculty, and staff representation from Athletics, University Housing, Student Conduct and Community Standards, the Office of the Dean of Students, the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life, the Office for Campus Culture and Community, and numerous other campus departments, as well as the Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee and the Knoxville Family Justice Center
• Provides leadership to the university’s sexual misconduct prevention through primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention efforts
• Ensures that campus-wide prevention (student, faculty, and staff) is aligned with evidence-informed research and the patterns and trends of the UT community
• Provides oversight and support in the development of annual prevention plans for student life, intercollegiate athletics, and faculty and staff

Athletics Prevention Team

• Chaired by Office of Title IX staff
• Composed of the deputy Title IX coordinator for intercollegiate athletics and director of internal operations and special projects, the assistant director of mental health and wellness, the assistant director of student-athlete development, and the deputy Title IX coordinator for prevention, training, and evaluation
• Provides leadership to the intercollegiate athletics sexual misconduct prevention through primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention efforts
• Ensures that intercollegiate athletics prevention efforts are aligned with evidence-informed research and the patterns and trends of the UT community
• Facilitates information sharing, program review, prevention plan updates, and tracking of assessment outcomes

Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life Prevention Team

• Chaired by the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life staff
• Composed of representatives across campus who are actively engaged in prevention and education, including staff representatives from the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life, the Office of Title IX, the Center for Health Education and Wellness, Student Conduct and Community Standards, the Student Counseling Center, the Center for Care and Resilience, the Office of the Dean of Students, and Metro Drug Coalition
• Discusses health and safety trends within the national landscape of the sorority and fraternity community
• Establishes a prevention plan that enhances OSFL’s We’re Committed campaign and educates the UT sorority and fraternity community on OSFL’s priorities of well-being (sexual misconduct, alcohol misuse, drug prevention, bias prevention, and hazing prevention)
• Develops prevention education for the UT sorority and fraternity community that is current, applicable, and engaging
• Provides individualized programming and support for OSFL signature prevention efforts such as the Health and Safety Summit, the new member orientation health and safety module, and bystander intervention training

Title IX Response Teams (Employee and Student)

• Address individual reports of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and stalking
• Ensure consistency across case response
• Provide oversight of supportive measures, investigations, and individual case resolutions