Augsburg University strives to maintain a University community free of sexual misconduct and is committed to addressing sexual misconduct in all its forms. The University works to create and maintain a positive learning, working, and living environment in which community members are aware of and respect the rights of others and in which community members take responsibility for their actions.
To that end, the University prohibits sexual misconduct and will take steps to prevent its recurrence and to correct its effects. Sexual misconduct is a broad term that includes various types of misconduct, including but not limited to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual exploitation.
Sexual Assault includes but is not limited to an offense that meets any of the following definitions:. Use the button on the following heading to expand content on Domestic Violence Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence includes a felony or misdemeanor crime committed by a person who a is a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim under the Minnesota family or domestic violence laws or if the crime occurred outside of Minnesota, the jurisdiction in which the crime occurred , or a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim, b is cohabitating, or has cohabitated, with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, c shares a child in common with the victim, or d commits acts against a victim who is protected from those acts under the Minnesota family or domestic laws.
While not exhaustive, the following are examples of conduct that can constitute Domestic Violence when committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim or a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim: 1 physical harm, bodily injury or assault; 2 the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault; or 3 terroristic threats, criminal sexual conduct, or interference with an emergency call.
For purposes of this Domestic Violence definition, consent will not be a defense to a complaint of physical abuse. Use the button on the following heading to expand content on Dating Violence Dating Violence. Dating Violence is violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim.
