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  • Institutional Equity leadership announcement

    Stephen Begala | August 3, 2021
    It gives me great pleasure to announce that Keesha Mitchell, JD, has been named associate vice president of the Office of Institutional Equity. She has served as interim leader of OIE since November 2020, when she came to Ohio State from the Ohio Attorney General's Office. She was selected for the ongoing role after a national search. As associate vice president of OIE, Keesha oversees the...
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  • Title IX Coordinator Selected

    July 13, 2021
    I am pleased to share that Melissa E. Mayhan, J.D., has joined the Office of Institutional Equity as our deputy associate vice president and Title IX coordinator. In this role, she will oversee the university’s compliance with laws prohibiting sex-based discrimination, as provided by the Title IX section of the federal Education Amendments of 1972. Missy previously was senior associate general...
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  • Office hours April 21-23

    Stephen Begala | April 21, 2021
    The Office of Institutional Equity recognize that events outside of campus may impact our Buckeye community. If you need help, we can offer assistance or guidance around supportive measures (including academic accommodations/deadline extensions, no contact directives, housing modifications, counseling support). OIE will be offering three Zoom sessions this week to offer answer questions or discuss...

  • Interim leader named for Institutional Equity

    Rob Messinger | November 5, 2020
    Keesha Mitchell, JD, will join the university as interim associate vice president for the Office of Institutional Equity, effective Nov. 23. Keesha is a tested and capable public servant, who has served for the last 21 years in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. For the last 10 years, Keesha has been the chief of the health care fraud section, where she has supervised a staff of 120 that included...

  • New Title IX rule prompts university policy changes

    John Strawn | August 14, 2020
    In May 2020, the U.S. Department of Education announced new Title IX regulations governing how federally funded schools address incidents of sexual harassment among students, faculty and staff. Ohio State recently revised two interim university policies and a faculty rule to comply with the regulations, which took effect Aug. 14. The revisions update definitions, supportive measures, procedures...

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