Overview
The team is dedicated to fostering an inclusive residential community by providing resources and support for residents who have been negatively impacted by an incident in their community or on campus. We focus on restorative, educational and supportive strategies to empower residents and staff, the team helps ensure they have access to attentive staff and valuable university resources.
Inclusive Community, Discrimination, and Harassment Concerns
Members of the residential community living on-campus that have been harmed or negatively impacted by an incident based on their identity can report their concern to a M Housing full time professional staff or a student Residence Education Staff member.
These concerns may include, for example:
- Feeling targeted because of an identity they hold or something personal to the individual
- Not feeling a sense of belonging or inclusion, intercultural conflict, or something occurring nationally or on campus.
- It may also include being impacted by discrimination, harassment, bullying, bias or prejudice-motivated actions or unfair treatment by an employee, resident, or visitor of M Housing.
All M Housing staff are required to share information about possible discrimination, discriminatory harassment, sexual or gender-based misconduct or related retaliation with the Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office (ECRT).
How to Report a Concern
Michigan Housing encourages anyone to report concerns, which can be reported in the following ways:
Michigan Housing: There are multiple support avenues to report a concern within our residential spaces.
- Community Connections and Engagement Team – The M Housing Community Connections and Engagement Team, made up of full time staff, are available to meet with residents and provide follow up when they are impacted by a situation. The team can be reached at [email protected]. Their offices are located in The Connector (West Quad) at 603 East Madison Street.
- Residence Education Student Staff – Diversity Peer Educator (DPE), Resident Advisor (RA) and ResStaff Coordinators (RSC) serve as a resource to support residents who are harmed or impacted because of their identities. For guidance on how to contact a DPE, RA, and RSC, please ask a staff member at the Community Center or call the nightly duty phone number located at the Community Center.
- Hall Director or Community Center Manager – Residents can find contact information for their Hall Director and Community Center Manager – full time staff – on the M Housing website. On that page, select the “Housing” tab at the top right of the page to find the desired Housing community. The staff names and contact information are noted under “Helpful Information” located on the right of the page.
Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office
Members of the residential community may also report concerns directly to ECRT by visiting https://ecrt.umich.edu/reporting/report-a-concern/ or at 734-763-0235.
Additional On-Campus Resources
- Division of Public Safety and Security (DPSS) at [email protected], 734-763-1131, or dpss.umich.edu.
- Dean of Students Office (DOS) at [email protected], 734-764-7420, or deanofstudents.umich.edu/.
- University Health and Counseling (UHC) at [email protected], 734-764-8320, or uhc.umich.edu.
- Additional Student Life Resources can be found at studentlife.umich.edu.
Guiding Principles
Michigan Housing’s response framework is guided by these principles:
Support, Education and Resources
M Housing is committed to providing support for those who have been targets of or feel impacted by an incident based on their identity. The more we understand how residents are experiencing interactions within their housing community, the better equipped we are to provide support, education and resources to residents and the community.
Reporting
All M Housing staff are trained to report any incident that could impact any M Housing community member (residents, permanent staff, ResStaff, student staff and visitors) personal safety, their well-being, or their ability to feel included in the community.
For awareness:
- Some incidents may involve conduct that does not violate any law or university policy.
- Some cases, however, do involve conduct that may violate federal, state, or local laws or university policies and M Housing staff will support residents in connecting to the appropriate campus units as necessary.
- The act of reporting a concern or incident does not mean that such a report will lead to disciplinary action, follow-up, or engagement with individual students.
Preserving Freedom of Speech, Expression and Association
Freedom of speech and artistic expression are at the heart of the academic enterprise. M Housing is committed to a broad marketplace of ideas and diversity of viewpoints. Nothing about this framework or its implementation is intended to limit protected speech, expressive activities or association.
Last updated 1-21-26