Definitions
(1) “College” means The Evergreen State College.
(2) “Student” means any person: (a)currently enrolled at the College; (b) accepted for admission or readmission to the College; (c) enrolled at the College in a prior quarter or summer session, and eligible to continue enrollment in the quarter or summer session that immediately follows; or (d) applicants who become students, for violations of the Code committed as part of the application process; (e) applicants who become students, for violations of the Code that occur following a student’s submittal of the application through his or her official enrollment; and (f) former students for violations of the Code that occurred while a student; or (g) any person who resides in College housing.
(3) “Faculty member” means any person employed by the College to conduct teaching activities or who is otherwise considered by the College to be a member of its faculty.
(4) “Staff member” means any person employed by the College for non-teaching purposes.
(5) “College official” means any person employed by the College performing assigned teaching, administrative or professional responsibilities.
(6) “Member of the College Community” means any person who is a student or College official. A person’s status in a particular situation shall be determined by the Vice President for Student Affairs.
(7) “Guest” means any person who is not a member of the College community on College premises at the invitation and/or hosting of a student.
(8) “College premises” means all land, buildings, facilities, and other property in the possession of or owned, used, leased or controlled by the College including adjacent streets and sidewalks.
(9) “Adjacent” means properties that border the Evergreen property line and/or border the streets that surround College property.
(10)“College-sponsored event or activity” means activities or events involving planning or funding, or other approved authorized participation by the College.
(11) “Organization” means any number of persons who have complied with the formal requirements for College recognition and is an officially recognized College organization. A group’s status in a particular situation shall be determined by the Vice President for Student Affairs.
(12) “Policy” means the written regulations of the College found in the College website, catalog, or the individual requirements of a program or service posted anywhere on College premises or at College-sponsored events or activities.
(13) “Vice President for Student Affairs” is that person designated by the College President to be responsible for the administration of the Code and for performing other duties and obligations of the position.
(14) “Senior Student Conduct Administrator” means the primary College official responsible for administering the Code.
(15) “Student Conduct Administrator” means a College official authorized to administer the Code in response to a complaint.
(16) “Complainant” means any person who submits a complaint alleging that a student violated the Code. When a student believes that he or she has been the victim of or observed another student’s misconduct, he or she will have the same rights under the Student Conduct Code as are provided to the Complainant, even if another member of the College community submitted the complaint itself. The Complainant has the right to inquire about the status of the complaint.
(17) “Respondent” means any student alleged to have violated the Code.
(18) “No Contact Order” means an order of “no contact” with a member of the College community. In the case where a “no contact order” is issued, a student may be required to organize his or her activities in order to avoid contact with designated individuals.
(19) “Conduct Hold” means a block placed on the student’s official file with the registrar by the Senior Student Conduct Code Administrator prohibiting a student from registering for academic credit or receiving a copy of his or her transcript until the hold is removed by the Senior Student Conduct Code Administrator.
(20) “Resolution and Sanction(s)” means those tasks or consequences, and associated deadlines, the Respondent must execute to address violations of the Code.
(21) “Contract of Accountability” means a written mutual agreement between the Respondent and Student Conduct Administrator which states the determination of responsibility and the required resolution and sanction(s).
(22) “Required Resolution and Sanction” means the decision of the Student Conduct Administrator regarding the Resolution and Sanction(s) appropriate to the level of responsibility for violating the Code as determined in the determination of responsibility.
(23) “Final Determination” means a decision by the Student Conduct Appeals Board stating the outcome of the hearing.
(24) “Notice” means delivery via the student’s assigned College account electronic mail address. Service will be considered delivered upon the message being sent to the student’s account.
(25) “Calendar day” means every day of the month including weekends and state holidays. In cases where a specified date falls on a weekend or holiday, the working day closest to the date due will be used (i.e., if the tenth day deadline falls on Saturday the document will be done on Friday).
(26) “Business day” means any calendar day, exclusive of weekends and federal and school holidays, in which the College is open to the public for the conduct of business.