Published to Newsletter on Jan 25, 2023
A new campus website designed to make it easier to find support for, or to report, instances of harm that staff and faculty experience will soon be available at The University of New Mexico. The website and mobile app, known as Wayfinder, will help university employees learn about the supportive services and reporting options that they can access when they experience harm in the workplace.
The Wayfinder website, which can be found at https://wayfinder.unm.edu/, is an in-house, UNM-specific app co-produced by the Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and IT Applications, with support from a variety of campus partners, from campus Ombuds and Advocates to the Office of Compliance, Equity, and Equal Opportunity (CEEO) and the Committee on Academic Freedom & Tenure (AF&T). The site relies on research and best practices in conflict resolution and User Experience (UX) design, particularly trauma-informed design principles, to help users to learn about their options safely and privately. The project has increased communication and buy-in across university units, who perceive the site as a benefit to the campus community.
The Wayfinder site helps UNM employees learn about the nature and impact of choices available to those employees who have experienced or witnessed acts such as bullying, discrimination, harassment, violence or threat of violence, retaliation and threats to academic freedom.
More information on this site can be found here.
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