Office of Student Behavior

Student Conduct Code Statement

The following statement has been prepared to inform you of University disciplinary policies and practices and to acquaint you with your options in regard to the disposition of the complaint that has been made against you.

Alleged violations of the conduct code (no matter how minor or severe) are matters of concern to the University. Allegations of such individual or group misconduct may be reported from the University police, departments, individual students, faculty, staff, or campus guests. All allegations of conduct code violations are forwarded to the conduct code coordinator to determine (1) if the alleged misconduct appears, as judged by available evidence, to violate the conduct code and (2) which item(s) in the code may have been violated. For your information, a copy of the conduct code is printed in the current UMD Catalog and is available on the web at:

http://www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/code/

You may also obtain a hard copy of the conduct code by calling Kathy Skelton at (218) 726-8969 or stopping by 297 Darland Administration Building.

The conduct code coordinator is interested in making a fair determination of the truth or falsity of the reported complaint. Emphasis will be placed on assisting students to understand and accept responsibility for their behavior within recognized limits. While the thrust of this emphasis is toward responsible self-development, the nature of the offense often will require, in fairness to the community, the imposition of sanctions. The sanctions could include probation, restitution, compliance with rules and regulations, University service, forced counseling, suspension, expulsion, and other responses appropriate to the alleged violation. After you have met with the conduct code coordinator, you will be sent a sanction letter containing a summary of your discussion.

If you feel that you have been treated unfairly or that the actions required or sanctions imposed are inappropriate, you may reject the conduct code coordinator's decision. You must inform the conduct code coordinator within ten weekdays of receipt of the sanction letter if you decide to reject the decision. The Student Behavior Judiciary Committee (SBJC) would be convened to hear the case to determine guilt or innocence. If you are found to be guilty, the SBJC imposes the sanction. Unless you appeal this sanction, you must fulfill the SBJC’s sanction and cannot revert to the sanction that had been imposed by the conduct code coordinator.

If the SBJC finds you guilty and you appeal the decision, the UMD Campus Assembly Committee on Student Affairs is convened to determine if a full appellate review is warranted. If the appeal request is denied, the student must fulfill the sanction imposed by the SBJC. If the appeal is warranted, an appeal review hearing will be scheduled. The Student Affairs Committee has been designated by the chancellor to hear appeals and be the final appeal source on this campus. A formal appeal process, therefore, exists. You must inform the conduct code coordinator within ten weekdays of receipt of the SBJC’s sanction letter if you decide to exercise the appeal process.