Filing of Charges - Written charges may be filed by a member of the faculty, administration or staff against a student or student organization. The charges should be filed within two weeks of the incident with the Vice President for Student Affairs. Inquiry - The charges will be investigated within two weeks by an appropriate University official designated by the Vice President for Student Affairs. The action is binding unless the student follows appeal procedures. Based upon review and conference, the Vice President for Student Affairs will inform the student in writing of support or amendment of disciplinary action.
Decision is binding and final.
The Chairperson of the Campus Grievance Committee will be notified by the Vice President for Student Affairs of the student's desire for a formal hearing. The date for the hearing will be set no sooner than three days after the receipt of the written request or at the two week deadline to insure the student an opportunity to prepare for the hearing. The private hearing shall be conducted in such a manner as to do substantial justice to the parties involved and shall not be unduly restricted by rules, procedures or evidence. The burden of proof rests upon the member of the campus community or official bringing the charge and only information presented at the hearing will be considered by the Committee in its deliberation. Previous sanctions are not considered as evidence or used in the establishment of guilt but may be considered in the determination of sanctions.