Disciplinary Committee

1. The purpose of the Disciplinary Committee is to provide students an opportunity for a hearing when they feel there has been an unfair imposition of non-academic disciplinary action. A Disciplinary Committee will not be convened for an action involving Admonition and Warning or Probation.
2. The Disciplinary Committee shall be composed of two (2) faculty members, one (1) staff member, and two (2) students. The Disciplinary Committee may not convene unless all five (5) members are present for a hearing.
3. The student must submit a timely written summary of their appeal to the Director of Student Life. The Director will forward the written summary to the members of the Disciplinary Committee for their review. In case of disciplinary actions involving probation during a pre-hearing, the Committee may decide by simple majority vote if the appeal merits convening the Committee for an in-person hearing. The Disciplinary Committee will offer to the accused student a hearing for all cases involving suspension or expulsion. The Director of Student Life will then contact the student with the Committee’s decision, informing the student of the date and time of the hearing, as applicable. It is at the Disciplinary Committees sole discretion whether to require the accused and witnesses to be present at the hearing or to allow the accused and/or witnesses to appear via telephone.
4. The Disciplinary Committee is empowered to uphold the disciplinary action or modify some or all of the discipline ranging from no action to permanent expulsion from the College. If the committee chooses to lower the disciplinary action imposed by the Director of Student Life, the committee may do so during the pre-hearing if it chooses. No enhancement of a penalty shall be given absent a Committee hearing where the accused and witnesses are given an opportunity to present their case and speak.
5. The student may appeal the committee’s decision to the Deputy Chancellor of Academic and Student Services.