If you choose to file a complaint or are accused of violating the Code of Student Conduct, it will be your responsibility to appear before a hearing body and personally present any testimony, evidence, or witnesses that you wish to be considered by the hearing body in reaching its decision. Depending on the nature of the incident, the severity of the conduct, and prior incidents of misconduct, one of the following judicial hearing bodies will process the complaint. A written decision of the hearing will be provided to the accused student within 4 class days after the close of the hearing. Appeals must be made in writing and submitted within 4 class days from the receipt of the decision. The method of appeal depends upon the judicial hearing body which resolved the case.
All appeals are final within the campus judicial system.
Each party is allowed to have an advisor of his or her choice who can assist the individual throughout the judicial process, but the primary responsibility rests with the complainant and with the accused student. Counseling and other personal support resources are available if the need arises. University judicial proceedings are confidential in nature and subject to strict confidentiality provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. Students have the right to inspect and review their disciplinary file, and to challenge the contents of the file through a formal hearing. The Office of Judicial Affairs will not release information contained in the disciplinary file to third parties without the student's written consent.