Actions of the Board may include conciliatory and educational sanctions. Students may be referred to counseling services or may be required to participate in a community service project. Students may be required to pay restitution or fines. Students may be placed on disciplinary probation, removed from housing, suspended, or expelled from the university. The specifics of the hearing procedure are outlined for the accused student and all others involved in the case by the Conduct Officer.
Hearings are closed and appropriate confidentiality is preserved.
The fundamental purpose of the university's regulation of student conduct is to promote and protect the health, safety, welfare, property and rights of all members of the university community, as well as to promote the orderly operation of the university and to safeguard its property and facilities. Acceptance of membership in the university community carries with it an obligation on the part of each individual to respect the rights of others, to protect the university as a forum for the free expression of ideas, and to obey the law. The university's undergraduate student conduct system is designed to enforce the university's conduct regulations. The university reserves the right to institute disciplinary action whether or not the offense results or may result in action by a civil or criminal court. Undergraduate Student Conduct Code A. Acts which disrupt or interfere with the orderly operation of teaching and research.