The University of Pikeville (UPIKE) is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances prohibiting discrimination in post-secondary education institutions.
UPIKE does not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission based on actual or perceived:
- Age
- Citizenship status
- Color
- Creed
- Disability (physical or mental)
- Domestic violence victim status
- Ethnicity
- Family responsibilities
- Gender expression
- Gender identity
- Genetic information (including family medical history)
- Height
- Marital status
- National origin (including ancestry)
- Personal appearance
- Place of business
- Political belief or affiliation
- Pregnancy or related conditions
- Race
- Religion
- Residence
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
- Source of income
- Veteran or military status (including disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, active-duty, wartime, or campaign badge veteran, and Armed Forces Service Medal veteran)
- Weight
- or any other protected characteristic under applicable local, state, or federal law, including protections for those opposing discrimination or participating in any grievance process within the institution, with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and/or other human/civil rights agency.
This Policy covers nondiscrimination in both employment and access to educational opportunities. Therefore, any member of the UPIKE community whose acts deny, deprive, unreasonably interfere with or limit the education or employment, and/or social access, benefits, and/or opportunities of any member of the campus community, guest, or visitor based on that person’s actual or perceived protected characteristic(s), is in violation of this Policy.
UPIKE will promptly and effectively address any such discrimination of which it has Knowledge/Notice.