All members of the university community involved in any way with a Student Conduct Proceeding are expected to keep strictly confidential both the existence of a Student Conduct Proceeding; all information included in an Incident Report or presented to either the Conduct Board, the Conduct Board Advisor, or Administration during a Student Conduct Proceeding, and the outcome of the Student Conduct Proceeding including any sanctions imposed. If you have been notified that an incident report has been submitted against you, this means an official Student Conduct Proceeding will be initiated and Confidentiality applies.
An accused student may discuss their case during the pendency of a Student Conduct Proceeding with the following people:
1. Their parents;
2. Their Student Advocate;
3. The Honor Council or Judicial Board Chair;
4. The Advisor to the Honor Council or the Judicial Board;
5. An appointed Investigating Committee;
6. An Initial Meeting official;
7. A Hearing Body; and
8. Faculty, administration, and/or staff of the University.
An accused student may not discuss their case with any other person, except as provided above. If a student is found to have violated this Code and given a sanction, s/he/they may disclose to others the nature of the sanction; however s/he/they may not disclose to others any other information related to the Student Conduct Proceeding, except as provided above. A failure by any student to maintain confidentiality as identified in this section of the Code will result in a referral to the Honor Council.
The Conduct Board reserves the right to publish the results of all Student Conduct Proceedings that result in a finding that a student has violated the Code once each semester is completed. All such results shall be published without any student names. However, if information has been improperly disclosed relating to a Student Conduct Proceeding, in violation of the confidentiality requirements as outlined in this Code, the Conduct Board reserves the right to publicly release a statement, without any student names, to clarify the facts relating to a Student Conduct Proceeding.