Students at Saint Mary’s University are free to help create an environment that is stimulating to both their educational and social growth. Along with that freedom comes a responsibility to respect the rights of fellow students to pursue their own growth. The best discipline is self-discipline. The best correction is self-correction. However, no group of people can live without rules and regulations. While it is the university’s desire to place as little emphasis on the imposition of regulation, the large number of individuals sharing the campus makes it incumbent upon university officials to delineate boundaries and to establish limits for the common good.
The vice president for student development and dean of students are responsible for establishing, implementing and articulating the university’s philosophy on student conduct and limits of the community. The general expectations for student behavior, and the consequences for those who choose to ignore those expectations, are covered in this section of the Online Handbook.
Community expectations have been established for the welfare of the Saint Mary’s community. Coupled with the judicial process, community expectations have the ultimate goal of building community while challenging and educating students in an atmosphere where self- and mutual-respect prevail.
Complaints against individuals for disruption of the campus expectations should be directed to the vice president for student development or the dean of students. Proven violations of community expectations may be grounds for penalties as serious as expulsion from Saint Mary’s University. The university may withhold transcripts, grades, diplomas, housing privileges, or other official records pending the disposition of student disciplinary matters.
The university reserves the right to adopt or amend any policy herein. Not every behavioral expectation can be specified in a rule or regulation; students will be expected to use common sense, courtesy, and judgement.
The university can prosecute a person in the courts for an unlawful act occurring on university property.
The university may take action for off-campus behavior that reflects negatively on the university or any member of the Saint Mary’s University community. |
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