Community Conduct Council

The Community Conduct Council (CCC) will be appointed at the beginning of each academic year to hear non-academic student conduct cases and will consist of a pool of faculty, administrative staff, and students who receive ongoing training regarding issues involving student conduct.

The Vice President for Student Services, in consultation with the Student Life and Academic Atmosphere Committee, Dean of Students, Associate Dean of Students and Student Body President will appoint all faculty, administrative staff and student members of the Community Conduct Council.

From the Community Conduct Council, hearing boards will be appointed by the Associate Dean of Students to hear the following cases:

Organization cases: a hearing board composed of seven members of the Community Conduct Council including one faculty member, one administrative staff member and five students will hear cases involving charges brought against a student organization.

Individual cases: a hearing board composed of five members of the Community Conduct Council including one faculty member, one administrative staff member and three students will hear cases involving charges brought against an individual or a group of individuals.

Special cases: a hearing board composed of three members of the Community Conduct Council including one faculty member, one administrative staff member and one student will hear cases under the following circumstances:

    1. a board cannot be fully constituted;
    2. timing makes it impossible to have an expeditious hearing;
    3. or the case involves highly sensitive information and both the complainant and respondent agree to have the case heard as a special case.

Decisions regarding use of a board to hear a special case are made by the Associate Dean of Students and are final.

The Associate Dean of Students shall appoint a chair for each board from the members of the Community Conduct Council chosen for a particular board. Such person will organize and chair the hearing.

The absence of not more than one member of a seven or five person board shall not be cause for delay or adjournment of a hearing.

Members of the Community Conduct Council may not serve as advisers to respondents in hearings unless they forfeit their appointment to the CCC.