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2.2.11 Graduate Student Conduct Board

(Bylaws)

  1. The Graduate Student Conduct Board is responsible to the Vice President for Student Life and Mission.

  2. The committee consists of the following members: the Dean of Students, chair; Dean of the School of Social Work or designee; Dean of the School of Education and Psychology or designee; Chair of the Department of Biology or designee; Chair of the Department of Communication and Languages or designee; and one graduate student appointed annually by Graduate Council.

    A substitute for a member of the committee may be found in the case of a potential conflict of interest. In consultation with the committee, the chair chooses the substitute from persons with the same campus classification (graduate student or faculty in a department).

  3. The work of the committee is to provide students with a fair and objective review of the facts surrounding alleged violation(s) of the WWU Student Code of Conduct and/or the Drug and Alcohol Policy to determine appropriate sanctions for violations. The Graduate Student Conduct Board of Walla Walla University will hear cases as outlined in the WWU Student Code of Conduct, convening if the Dean of Students determines that charges have merit and if the case cannot be resolved by mutual consent of the parties involved.

  4. The Graduate Student Conduct Board of Walla Walla University operates at the express permission of Walla Walla University administration. The Graduate Student Conduct Board has authority to issue and enforce sanctions that may include probation, fines, suspension, and/or expulsion.

  5. The committee meets when called by the chair or appointed designee in the absence of the chair. At the request of three members, the Dean of Students must call a special meeting.

  6. A quorum for the Graduate Student Conduct Board will consist of five (5) members.

(Procedures)

  1. Protocol

    1. The chair sets the agenda.

    2. Committee responsibilities include

      i. Attending scheduled meetings

      ii. Reviewing cases prior to meeting times, as available

      iii. Interviewing interested parties to the case during scheduled meetings

    3. For full protocols, including determining cases to be brought forward, the investigation and interview process, and the appeals process, see the current Walla Walla University Student Handbook and Code of Conduct.

  2. Communication

    1. Decisions and recommendations of the committee must be in writing and include the rationale for each decision.

    2. The Dean of Students will be responsible for providing written documentation to the involved parties of a student conduct case, with input from the committee on specific language.

  3. Documentation

    1. Records of student conduct proceedings are kept by the chair for a period of seven years after the close of the case and then destroyed.

    2. Any student conduct procedure must be carefully documented by the chair. Such documentation must include all documents submitted by the parties involved in the student conduct case, minutes of the committee meetings at which the case was considered, and a written summary, with dates, of all oral communications pertaining to the case which the chair has with either of the involved parties.