The chaplain's staff orchestrates additional service activities. Each year they organize a Community Service Week for the Mount Vernon community. Advocates a drug-free lifestyle MVNC prohibits alcohol, drug, and tobacco use for all students and employees. MVNC strives for a redemptive solution when substance use comes to light. The initial steps involve a judicial council review.
Initial treatment involves counseling, drug or alcohol education, or medical rehabilitation.
If these redemptive attempts fail, the councils may initiate suspension, expulsion, or termination. All students must complete the course Principles of Health and Fitness, in which a special unit is dedicated to substance abuse and the drug-free lifestyle. We continuously use feedback to refine policies and procedures. This feedback was especially valuable in developing judicial councils. Previously, administrators disciplined violators of lifestyle guidelines.