Office for Institutional Compliance and Title IX Coordinator at Missouri State-West Plains
The Missouri State University System is a community committed to providing equal opportunity to its academic and work settings and ensuring its campuses are free of discrimination and harassment.
The Office for Institutional Compliance (OIC) housed on the Missouri State University Springfield campus was established as a system-wide department charged with ensuring the University’s compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination and harassment in education and employment. Accordingly, the OIC is responsible for investigating complaints of discrimination or harassment, advising units about hiring policies and processes consistent with applicable laws, and providing compliance training to the University community.
For more information on the West Plains Campus, please contact: Alyssa Collins, (AlyssaCollins@MissouriState.edu), Institutional Compliance Liaison, 128 Garfield, West Plains, Missouri 65775, (417) 255-7265 or Melissa Berry, (MBerry@missouristate.edu, Director, Office for Institutional Compliance, 901 S National Ave, Carrington Suite 205, Springfield, Missouri 65897, (417) 836-4252.
Title IX
The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its education programs and activities, and it is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) not to discriminate. The University is committed to maintaining an environment that is safe and free from sexual violence, sexual harassment, and sexual assault including domestic or dating violence, and stalking.
The Title IX office housed on the Springfield campus oversees all issues having to do with sexualized violence, sexual assault, rape, sexual misconduct, dating and domestic violence, sexual harassment, sex discrimination, stalking, and pregnancy and parenting rights. For more information see the University's Title IX Policy.
For more information on Title IX on the West Plains Campus, please contact: Carla Neff, (CarlaNeff@MissouriState.edu), Title IX Liaison, 128 Garfield, West Plains, Missouri 65775, (417) 255-8043 or Melissa Berry, (MBerry@missouristate.edu, Title IX Coordinator, 901 S National Ave, Carrington Suite 205, Springfield, Missouri 65897, (417) 836-4252.