Hocking College is committed to building a diverse faculty, staff, and student body for employment and
education to ensure the highest quality workforce, to reflect diversity, and to improve opportunities for
minorities and women.

The College embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity, affirmative action,
and eliminating discrimination. This commitment is both a moral imperative consistent with an
intellectual community that celebrates individual differences and diversity, as well as a matter of law.

Discrimination against any individual based upon protected status, which is defined as age, ancestry,
color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military status,
national origin, race, religion, sex or pregnancy, sexual orientation, or veteran status is prohibited.