V Definitions

1. The term "university" means the University of New Haven and all related campuses including all land, buildings, facilities, and other property owned, used, leased, or under the control of the university.

2. The term "student" includes all persons taking courses at the university, both full-time and part-time, pursuing undergraduate, graduate, or professional studies. Graduate students who serve as assistants or otherwise, and all other students employed part-time, are classified as students rather than as faculty or other university employees. Persons who withdraw after allegedly violating the Student Code of Conduct, who are not officially enrolled for a particular term but who have a continuing relationship with the university, or who have been notified of their acceptance for admission are considered students as are persons who are living in university residence halls although not enrolled in this institution. A person shall be considered a student during the period while the student is under suspension from the institution. The Student Code of Conduct applies at all locations where the university offers its educational programs.

3. The term "faculty member" means any person hired by the university to conduct classroom or teaching activities or who is otherwise considered by the university to be a member of its faculty.

4. The term "university official" includes any person employed by the university and performing assigned administrative or professional responsibilities.

5. The term "member of the university community" includes any person who is a student, faculty member, or university official and any other person employed or retained by the university. A person's status in a particular situation shall be determined by the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs.

6. The term "university premises" includes all land, buildings, facilities, and other property in the possession of or owned, used, or controlled by the university, including but not limited to off-campus facilities and adjacent streets and sidewalks.

7. The term "university property" means all real and personal property owned or used by the university and includes without limitation all such property in the possession of, or subject to the control of, the university.

8. The term "organization" means any number of persons who have complied with the formal requirements for university recognition/registration.

9. The term "group" means three or more persons who are associated with each other and who have not complied with university requirements for registration as an organization.

10. The term "registered student organization" means a group or association of students which has complied with the requirements of registration as enumerated by the Office of the Dean of Students.

11. The term "university-sponsored activity" means any activity on or off campus which is initiated, aided, authorized, participated in, or supervised by the university.

12. The term "Student Conduct Board" means any person or persons authorized by the Associate Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students to determine whether a student has violated the Student Code of Conduct and to recommend sanctions that may be imposed when a rules violation has been committed.

13. The term "Student Conduct Administrator" means a university official authorized on a case-by-case basis by the Associate Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students to impose sanctions upon students found to have violated the Student Code of Conduct. The Dean may authorize a Student Conduct Administrator to serve simultaneously as a Student Conduct Administrator and the sole member or one of the members of the Student Conduct Board. The Dean may authorize the same Student Conduct Administrator to impose sanctions in all cases.

14. The term "Appeals Review Board" means any person or persons authorized by the Associate Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students to consider an appeal from a Student Conduct Board's determination as to whether a student has violated the Student Code of Conduct or from the sanctions imposed by the Student Conduct Administrator.

15. The term "shall" is used in the imperative sense.

16. The term "may" is used in the permissive sense.

17. The Associate Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students is that person designated by the University President to be responsible for the administration of the Student Code of Conduct.

18. The term "policy" means the written regulations of the university as found in, but not limited to, the Student Code of Conduct, Student Handbook, university web page and computer use policy, and Graduate/Undergraduate Catalogs.

19. The term "cheating" includes but is not limited to: (1) the use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations; (2) the use of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; (3) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the university faculty or staff; (4) engaging in any behavior specifically prohibited by a faculty member in the course syllabus or class discussion; (5) other conduct of a like or similar nature.

20. The term "plagiarism" includes but is not limited to: (1) the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment; (2) the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling and/or distribution of term papers or other academic materials; (3) other conduct of a like or similar nature.

21. The term "Complainant" means any person who submits a charge alleging that a student violated this Student Code of Conduct. When a student believes that s/he has been a victim of another student's misconduct, the student who believes s/he has been a victim will have the same rights under this Code as are provided to the Complainant, even if another member of the university community submitted the charge itself.

22. The term "Accused Student" means any student accused of violating this Student Code of Conduct.

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