A workgroup of faculty, staff, and students have spent this academic year soliciting feedback about the current Code of Student Conduct. The Associate Provost/Dean of Students charged the group to propose a revised Code that considers the following:
The workgroup is proposing a significant revision to the Code, and interested in soliciting feedback about the draft changes. Below are links to the revised sections, as well as a survey for members of the Seattle University community to provide further feedback:
Interested community members should provide feedback no later than Sunday, June 4, 2023 to be considered in the new Code.
The following summarizes the recommended changes:
Process Changes
Prohibited Conduct Changes
Language Changes
Formatting Changes
The Code of Student Conduct is updated from time-to-time to ensure its alignment with best practices as well as legal and regulatory requirements. Minimal updates were made to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2022-23 academic year. These updates were published and effective August 10, 2022. This year’s review resulted in a few minor edits, which include the following:
During the 2022-23 academic year, the Associate Provost/Dean of Students will empanel a committee of students, faculty, and staff to conduct a thorough review of the Code of Student Conduct and recommend changes for upcoming years. More details will be shared with the University community as they are available.
The Code of Student Conduct is updated from time-to-time to ensure its alignment with best practices as well as legal and regulatory requirements. Minimal updates were made to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2021-22 academic year. These updates were published and effective August 23, 2021. This year’s review resulted in a few minor edits, which include the following:
The Code of Student Conduct is updated from time-to-time to ensure its alignment with best practices as well as legal and regulatory requirements. Minimal updates were made to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2020-2021 academic year: these updates were published and effective August 1, 2020. This year’s review resulted in a few minor edits, which include the following:
The Code of Student Conduct is updated from time-to-time to ensure its alignment with best practices as well as legal and regulatory requirements. Substantial revisions were made to the Code of Student Conduct for 2019-2020. These revisions were based on a comprehensive two-year review process that began in March 2017, and involved a university-wide Code of Student Conduct Review Committee comprised of faculty, staff, undergraduate, graduate, and law students.
Summary of Revisions
The purpose of the Code of Student Conduct Review Committee is to advise the Vice President for Student Development by reviewing the Code of Student Conduct and making recommendations to align it with best practices. The Committee completed a comprehensive review of the Code of Student Conduct during the 2017-18 academic year. The Code was then edited and revised throughout the 2018-19 academic year. The 2019-20 Code reflects the recommendations of the review committee.
Committee Chair: David Lance, J.D., Associate University Counsel
Previous Committee Members
Student Members:
Faculty/Staff:
Minor revisions to the 2018-19 Code of Student Conduct were published and effective on March 29, 2019. These revisions included:
The Code of Student Conduct is updated from time-to-time to ensure its alignment with best practices as well as legal and regulatory requirements. Minimal updates were made to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2018-19 academic year and were effective September 12, 2018. Proposed changes were reviewed by the Chair of the Code of Student Conduct Review Committee and the Vice President for Student Development prior to publication.
Key updates reflected in the current version include:
General: Updates to department names, staff names and titles, and department locations.
Change – Redhawk Commitment (page 5): A new Redhawk Commitment was developed by a cross-campus committee during the last academic year.
Clarified/Added – Section 3.3.5 (page 9): Exposure now includes two examples to assist in clarifying the policy. The examples include public urination and/or defacation.
Terminology – Section 5.1 (page 42): “Supporters” are now referred to as “Advisors.”
Changed – Section 5.2 (page 43): We’ve extended the amount of minimum written notice given to respondents prior to a hearing from 2 business days to 3 business days. This change was made to ensure that students are able to reschedule or pursue needed accommodations.
Changed – Section 5.2.1 (page 47): We’ve extended the appeal window for the Integrity Formation and Sexual Misconduct processes to 5 calendar days. This change was made to ensure that all students have an appropriate and equal amount of time within which to file an appeal request.
Clarified – Section 5.3 (page 48): Examples of possible sanctions listed within the code are now alphabetized.
Clarified/Added – Section 5.3 (page 49): Disciplinary probation as a sanction now clarifies participation in study abroad programs as a possible impact.