D. Board Hearings

The director of Student Conduct (or designee) will be responsible for assembling the board hearing panels according to the guidelines listed below. (Note: See section 3.F. for separate Process for Policies Related to Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence.) For each complaint, a panel will be chosen from the available pool.  The assistant provost for communications and operations and assistant dean of students for student health & wellness and honor code (or their designees) are non-voting members of the boards, act as conveners for the hearings, and assure that University procedures are followed throughout the hearing.  A non-voting chair of the panel will be appointed to lead the hearing.  (When necessary or appropriate, the convener may also serve as the chair.)  Due to the number of individuals involved in the process, the timeline for scheduling a board hearing may be longer than for an administrative hearing, but will typically be completed within 60 days from notice of the complaint.

Honor Board:  The Honor Board hears all academic policy violation cases for which the student denies responsibility. It may also hear social policy cases referred by the Office of Student Conduct that involve gross violation(s) of community standards.  A quorum is three students, one faculty member and one student life administrator. The full Honor Board consists of a minimum of twelve students (elected by the student body or administratively appointed by the SGA President), seven faculty (three appointed by the Academic Council and four appointed by the provost/vice president for academic affairs), and five student life administrators (appointed by the vice president of student life).  These members are trained annually by the assistant dean of students for student health & wellness and honor code and/or the director of Student Conduct. 

Organizational Honor Board:  For cases involving registered student organizations, student members of the Honor Board serve on a five-person hearing panel and make recommendations related to responsibility and sanctions (when appropriate) to the assistant dean of students for student health & wellness and honor code, who makes the final decision.

Appeal Boards (See Section 6.I. for information on appeals and appeal boards.)