Pursuant to the authority of the UW System Board of Regents Policy, Section 14, Section 36.12 of the Wisconsin Statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, and other state and federal civil rights and employment laws, UW Colleges prohibits members of the university community from engaging in any form of unlawful discrimination or harassment in employment, education, or participation in programs or activities on the basis of age (40+), race, ancestry, color, national origin, cultural background or ethnicity (specifically involving harassment by employees), creed/religion, disability, sex (including sex discrimination, sexual harassment and sexual violence under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, as well as student discrimination under Wisconsin Statutes Section 36.12), sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth or related conditions), genetic testing, honesty testing, military obligations (including membership in the national guard, state defense force or any other reserve component of the military forces of the United States or the State of Wisconsin), Vietnam-era veterans, special disabled veterans, and veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, arrest or conviction record, and use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer’s premises during nonworking hours.
From page 2 of the University of Wisconsin Colleges' Student Rights and Regulations Handbook
http://www.uwc.edu/students/uwc-student-rights-regulations-booklet.pdf
