Emergency Removal

The Vice President of Student Affairs (or designee) may order the immediate removal of a Student from the campus so as to:

A. Ensure the safety and well-being of Members of the University Community;

B. Protect University property;

C. Ensure the Student’s own physical or emotional safety and well-being;

D. Prevent an ongoing threat of disruption of, or interference with, the normal operations of the University; or

E. Protect any Student from Sexual Harassment or retaliation for the report of Sexual Harassment.

Such removal shall be accompanied by denial to the Student of access to the campus, including classes, and/or to all other University activities or privileges for which the Student might otherwise be eligible, as the Vice President of Student Affairs deems appropriate. During the period of removal from campus, the Student may not come onto University property for any reason other than meeting with appropriate University official(s), when asked to do so, regarding resolution of the emergency removal and the Student conduct resolution.

Any Student so removed shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing no later than ten (10) Working Days following the removal. The hearing shall be limited to whether the emergency removal should continue pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing. A Student Conduct Board shall hold the hearing under the hearing procedures (see V.F above). The Vice President of Student Affairs’s decision upon the Student Conduct Board’s recommendation shall be final and is not subject to appeal.

An emergency removal does not replace the regular disciplinary process, which shall proceed on the normal schedule, up to and through a Student conduct hearing, if required.

When a Student is removed for their own emotional and personal safety, a resolution on the decision regarding the Student’s removal from campus will be addressed through an informal meeting with the Student Conduct Officer. The goal of the meeting is to create a plan for most effectively meeting the Student’s personal and scholarly needs as a continuing Student.