Program for Faculty and Staff

All faculty and staff (including graduate teaching assistants and research assistants) are required to complete an online training program within 30 days of hire and biennially thereafter. This program includes foundational information on relationship violence and sexual misconduct as well as important information about MSU’s policy and mandatory reporting protocols. Failure to complete the required online training will result in notification to Human Resources or Academic Human Resources, which may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

Program Access: https://orrs.msu.edu/train/index.html

Faculty and staff will receive an email, sent to their MSU email account, with instructions to complete the training program upon hire or 30 days before they are due to re-certify.

The program is accessed through the Office of Research and Regulatory Support website. The training program is provided with MSU’s partner EVERFI Inc.

Program Overview

Online training programs for students include information on the following topics:

• Providing information to identify sex discrimination and sexual harassment, including relationship violence and sexual misconduct
• Raising awareness of the impact of these issues on the campus community and encouraging community members to engage in efforts to end these types of violence
• Advising members of the MSU community about their rights and reporting responsibilities under the Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct Policy
• Communicating behavioral expectations for all members of the MSU community as outlined in the policy
• Connecting community members with support and resources
• Training employees on their roles in administering the policy

Accommodations

Individuals who believe they may have an overwhelming or intense emotional reaction to the content of the online training programs should contact the Prevention, Outreach & Education at (517) 355-3865 or empower@msu.edu to request accommodation. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities at (517) 884-7273 (RCPD).