TITLE IX Office

Title IX Office

Title IX is a comprehensive federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity) in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes sexual harassment and sexual violence, which includes sexual assault, sexual coercion, domestic/intimate partner violence, and stalking. Nondiscrimination protections apply to student recruitment, admissions, educational programs (including individual courses), research, housing, counseling, financial and employment assistance, health and insurance benefits and services. Title IX also prohibits retaliation against any person who reports or assists in making a report of sexual misconduct or who participates in the investigation and resolution of a complaint in any way.

Life University is committed to creating an environment that is free from sex-based discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual violence. The university fosters a healthy campus climate and a campus that provides a safe space to learn, work, live and engage. The Title IX Office is dedicated to supporting the university’s efforts and compliance with the Title IX regulations. The Title IX Office facilitates a prompt and equitable response and resolution to reports of sexual misconduct. Please review the information provided below to review the Sexual Misconduct Policy, to report an incident, and to find the answers to frequently asked questions.

Title IX Office Support Staff

Title IX Coordinator

FeAunté Preyear
Title IX Coordinator
Executive Administrative Offices
1250 Life’s Way Building 200
Marietta, GA 30060
(770)426-2686
Feaunte.Preyear@LIFE.edu

Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Rebecca Koch
Director of Services Initiatives
1269 Barclay Circle
Marietta, GA 30060
(770)426-2600
Rebecca.Koch@LIFE.edu

Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Cory Viehl
Associate Dean of Academic Administration,
College of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies (CGUS)
1269 Barclay Circle
Marietta, GA 30060
(770)426-2600
Cory.Viehl@LIFE.edu

Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Dr. Ron Lunk
Director of Academic Quality
1269 Barclay Circle
Marietta, GA 30060
(770)426-2600
Ronald.Lunk@LIFE.edu

Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Dr. Bernadette Lavender
Associate Dean, College of Chiropractic
1269 Barclay Circle
Marietta, GA 30060
(770)426-2600
Bernadette.Bigoms@LIFE.edu

Frequently Asked Questions

Provide supportive measures and resources.
- Examples of supportive measures include counseling, mutual no-contact order, academic assistance, alternate housing assignment, administrative leave, alternate work assignment, and other measures.
Stop the behavior from continuing or escalating.
Facilitate informal resolutions.
Investigate and resolve incidents through the grievance resolution procedures outlined in the Sexual Misconduct Policy.
Provide education and prevention.

You have concerns about your safety or the safety of others.
An incident has negatively affected your academics, employment, or student involvement.
You need assistance and support, but you do not want to disclose details or names.
You would like a No Contact Order to prohibit communication between you and another party.
You would like the University to facilitate an informal resolution or investigate the incident.
You are prepared to provide the information regarding the incident.

You can contact the Title IX Coordinator at (770) 426-2686 or titleix@life.edu.
You can fill out an electronic form on the Title IX website by clicking on the Report an Incident button.
You can contact Campus Safety at (770) 426-2911.

To make a formal complaint, an individual must be participating in, or attempting to participate in the university’s education programs or activities or employed by the university. Formal complaints cannot be made anonymously except for formal complaints filed by the Title IX Coordinator when the Title IX Coordinator believes that with or without the complainant’s participation in the grievance process, it would be clearly unreasonable not to address the complaint.

There are no time period limits in the Sexual Misconduct Policy. Therefore, all incidents, no matter the date of the incident, should be reported. All incidents reported to a responsible employee should be reported to the Title IX Office. The Title IX Coordinator will determine whether jurisdiction exists to conduct an investigation. Even in incidents where there is no jurisdiction, the Title IX Coordinator can provide supportive measures and assist with accessing university resources.

As a responsible employee, you have a duty to report any incident of sexual misconduct that you observe or otherwise learn about, to the Title IX Coordinator. It does not matter if one of the involved parties is not a student or a campus community member at the university. Responsible employees should advise the reporting party that you have a duty to report any information that you receive to the Title IX Coordinator.

The responsible employees, at Life University, include all exempt employees, all faculty members, and resident assistants in Housing.

If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding Title IX or the university’s Sexual Misconduct Policy, you should contact the Title IX Coordinator at (770) 426-2686 or TitleIX@LIFE.edu

An individual may also file a complaint of sex-based discrimination with the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights regarding an alleged violation of Title IX by visiting www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html or by calling 1-800-421-3481.