Student Conduct Hearing Board is comprised of ten student representatives and eight faculty representatives. When there is a decision to handle a student   conduct case by  means of a formal hearing, which happens about 5-7 times a year, a panel of two faculty and three students will be drawn from the Board to hear the case. The panel will listen to evidence, decide if the Student Conduct Code has been violated, and determine which, if any, sanctions to impose, ranging from a warning to expulsion from the University. Training and consultation are provided by the University Legal Counsel and the Director of Student Judicial Programs. Hearings usually take place on campus in the evenings. Most are confidential in order to protect the privacy of student educational records.

STUDENT CONDUCT HEARINGS BOARD

CHARGE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Student Conduct Hearing Board, as designated in OAR 571-21-0055, shall be responsible for adjudicating on student conduct cases referred to the Board. The Board shall specifically: (1) Convene a formal hearings panel of two (2) faculty and three (3) students drawn from the Board to hear the case; (2) Listen to evidence; (3) Decide if the Student Conduct Code has been violated; and, (4) Determine which, if any, sanctions to impose, ranging from a warning to expulsion from the University. Training and consultation are provided by the University Legal Counsel and director of Student Judicial Programs.

MEMBERSHIP:

Membership of the Hearings Board is fixed by OAR statute and consists of a pool of 8 faculty and 10 students.

REPORTING:

The Student Conduct Hearings Board shall report to the University Senate. At a minimum this report shall be in the form of an annual written report submitted by the Committee Chair to the Secretary of the University Senate no later than the final University Senate meeting in May. The committee shall also make additional written or oral reports to the Senate as necessary.