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Hearing Process and Procedures

Notice of Charges

The Dean of Students and Alumni Services, or designee, will provide a written “Notice of Charges and Referral to the Behavioral Standards Committee” to the student which describes the charges facing the student, along with any supporting documentation as appropriate. This document will be sent to the student before the hearing date is scheduled.  

Once the hearing date is scheduled, the Dean of Students and Alumni Services will provide a written "Notice of Hearing Date" to the student designating the date the hearing will take place and the hearing procedures. The Behavioral Standards Committee will make every effort to conduct a hearing within 15 class days, not including term breaks, following the date of referral from the Dean of Students and Alumni Services, or designee.

The Behavioral Standards Committee will receive a copy of the Notice of Charges and Referral to the Behavioral Standards Committee, along with any supporting documentation. The Committee may also be briefed by the Dean of Students and Alumni Services, or designee, to fully describe the Notice of Charges.

Findings

The Behavioral Standards Committee will determine if it is more likely than not that there has been a violation of the Standards of Conduct.

The Behavioral Standards Committee will prepare written findings, which specifically state their findings on each conduct charge, the University policy violated by any conduct violations, and the recommended sanction(s), if any.

All Behavioral Standards Committee findings and recommended sanctions will be reported to the Dean of Students and Alumni Services who will impose any sanctions. These sanctions may take into consideration any past conduct violations of the charged student found valid by the University. A letter of findings and sanctions, if any, will subsequently be placed in the charged student's file, and forwarded to the charged student. The Dean of Students and Alumni Services will forward a copy of the final decision to the Behavioral Standards Committee. The other involved parties (students, faculty) cannot be informed about the final decision/sanction except under the following limited circumstances:

  1. If the knowledge is necessary to protect the health and safety of the student or other persons;
  2. If the other involved students are alleged victims of a crime of violence that student may receive the final results of any disciplinary proceeding against the alleged perpetrator of the offense. The “final result” is limited to the name of the student, the violation and the sanction;
  3. If following the exhaustion of all appeals the final result of the BSC hearing is a conclusion that a crime of violence occurred in violation of the institution’s rules of policies.