Student Conduct Code

Article III: Authority

1. The Dean of Students Office shall empanel student conduct hearing boards as needed and shall appoint a member of the administrative staff to serve as a limited voting chair of each hearing board. Administrative chairs shall only vote in event of a tie. Each hearing board must have an equal number of student and faculty representatives, but not less than one each, to hold a hearing.
2. When convening a hearing board will unnecessarily delay the timely hearing of a case or when insufficient members to hold a hearing are available, a case may be referred to an administrative hearing conducted by a designated Student Affairs dean serving as a conduct hearing officer following the general procedures established for a hearing.
3. The Dean of Students Office shall determine which conduct hearing board or conduct hearing officer shall be authorized to hear each case.
4. The Dean of Students Office shall develop policies for the administration of the program and procedural rules for the conduct of hearings that are consistent with provisions of the Student Conduct Code. Such policies and procedures must be included with notification to a student that he or she has been accused of violating the Student Conduct Code.
5. Decisions made by a conduct hearing board or conduct hearing officer shall be final, subject to the normal appeal process.
6. A Dean of Students Office staff member may be designated as a mediator of disputes within the student community or in student conduct cases. All parties must agree to mediation and to be bound by the decision with no right of appeal.