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Frequently Asked Questions

If you experience a conflict with another individual, the Office of Student Support and Development may work with you to offer supportive measures through the duration of the process and possibly beyond.  You must communicate with us when you need support and still take ownership for your academic coursework.  These measures may include:

  • Counseling
  • Extensions of deadlines or other course-related adjustments
  • Mutual No Contact Orders
  • Changes in work or housing locations
  • Modifications of work or class schedules/taking classes remotely
  • Campus escort services
  • Leaves of absence
  • Increased security and monitoring of certain areas of the campus

This means a report will be filed with the Office of Student Support and Development alleging you have violated at least one community standard or policy. You will then receive notification of the allegations from your community standards, policies and procedures review staff member that will identify the community standard or policy which you have allegedly violated and will provide the date, time and location of your community standards, policies and procedures review meeting.

In addition, if the documentation is related to a conflict with another individual, the Office of Student Support and Development may work with you to offer supportive measures through the duration of the process and possibly beyond.  You must communicate with us when you need support and still take ownership for your academic coursework.  These measures may include:

  • Mutual No Contact Orders
  • Relocating from a residence hall room/building
  • Changing class sections/taking class remotely

Yes.  Failure to attend the community standards, policies and procedures review meeting will only result in further disciplinary action and will not look favorable in your disciplinary file. The community standards, policies and procedures review meeting is your opportunity to share your account of the incident and to take personal accountability and responsibility or to provide clarification about your involvement or lack thereof in the situation.

No. The College process is used to determine whether College standards have been violated. It results in a College disciplinary record, which is maintained in the Office of Student Support and Development. Students can be charged with a criminal law violation and a College community standards or policy violation at the same time. Being charged under one system does not preclude being charged under the other.

Under federal and state law, educational records, including community standard and policy review records, are confidential. The student is the custodian of the records and the College may only release information to parents if the student signs a consent to disclose form. However, the College may and will notify your parents/guardians after you are found responsible for violation of the College’s Alcohol and Drug Free Policies or if there is cause for concern about your health or well-being.

Being removed from the residence halls is a potential sanction for certain community standard and policy violations or patterns of behavior that are inconsistent with community expectations. However, removal typically happens as a result of multiple community violations or involvement in major policy violations. Students will be made aware if this is a potential outcome in their community standards, policies and procedures review meeting.