Part 3 - Roles within the Conduct Process

3.1

Conduct Officer: The Conduct Officers are professional staff members who act as conduct officers in reaching resolution of student conduct complaints, which are Residence Life Graduate Assistants, Resident Directors, the Assistant Director of Residence Life, Director of Residence Life, the Dean of Students, the Associate Dean of School of Professional Studies, Dean of the School of Education and Vice President for Student Affairs educate Complainants and respondents with regard to College Student Conduct System procedures; act as conduct officers in reaching informal resolutions of conduct complainants; and manage student referrals to College and community resources designed to assist students in fulfilling conduct sanctions. The Conduct Officer investigates allegations of individual student and student organization misconduct, then renders a decision from the information gathered. The Conduct Officer investigates allegations of individual student and student organization misconduct, then renders a decision from the information gathered.

3.2

The Complainant:The reporting individual or College office which files a complaint that proceeds to a formal conduct process is the “complainant”. The student or student organization against whom the complaint is filed is the “respondent”.