Any individual member of the University community may submit a complaint that a student allegedly violated the Community Standards. The individual will be listed as the complainant on the notice of the charges to the charged student.

The College may submit a complaint that a student allegedly violated the Community Standards. The College will be listed as the complainant on the notice of the charges to the charged student.

The complaint will be prepared in writing and directed to the Associate Dean of Students, or designee, within 30 business days of discovery of the

The Associate Dean of Students, or designee, will determine whether a charged student’s alleged violation of the Community Standards will be addressed through an informal conference or formal discipline hearing.

Upon receiving a written complaint, the Associate Dean of Students, or designee, may take one or more of the following
steps:

1. Conduct an investigation to determine if the written complaint is likely to have occurred

2. Dismiss the written complaint. Such disposition will be final and there will be no subsequent action

3. Schedule an informal conference

4. Schedule an administrative or Student Discipline Committee hearing

5. Impose interim restrictions when the Associate Dean of Students, or designee, believes that the student’s continued presence on the campus endangers the physical safety or emotional state of the student or others or disrupts the educational process of the University