Code of Conduct

The following regulations are excerpted and adapted from the University of New Hampshire booklet on Rights and Rules for use in the UNH Cambridge Summer Program.

The University has the right to expect that students, as members of the academic community, will conduct themselves in ways that are consistent with the educational mission of freedom to learn and that they will respect the right of their fellow citizens. Any departure from these standards that can be shown to be injurious to the Program’s pursuit of its normal activities may be subject to appropriate disciplinary action, which could include dismissal from the Program.

Infractions include but may not be limited to the following:

• Cheating in coursework
• Dishonesty
• Possession or use of hazardous weapons or substances, including fireworks and gun, on College property
• Lack of respect for others (including verbal abuse, harassment of another person, fighting, sexual harassment or assault, physical assault)
• Use of physical force or threat of physical force in obstructing activities of other members of the Program
• The possession, trafficking, or use on College property of any illegal drug
• Creating fire hazards or making false fire alarms on College property
• Tampering with fire-safety equipment
• Failure to evacuate or properly report hazardous or serious incidents
• Indulging in lewd or indecent behavior in public
• Theft
• Trespassing and/or unauthorized entry on any College-held property or on a specific area to which access is usually denied to students in general (such as a student room) or to certain students (such as unauthorized use of showers, bathrooms, etc. by members of the opposite sex when such access is explicitly denied)
• Destruction, damage, misuse, or defacement of property
• Misconduct, damage, or loss caused by guests whom a student is host
• Illegal gambling
• Disturbing the peace by making unreasonable noise, which includes but is not necessarily limited to the use of mechanical and amplifying equipment
• Failure to adhere to established in-house regulations when properly publicized by the responsible Program officers, particularly when they concern subjects such as health, safety, building operations, and standards of behavior

The Need for Quiet

Particular attention is called to the need for quiet within the College. It it’s Notes for Conference Members, Gonville and Caius College observes: “The College is a working academic community most of whose Fellows and research students are in residence throughout the year. Conference members are kindly asked to respect their need for quiet.” Your fellow students have the same need.

Discipline

The Director of the Program shall serve as hearing officer or “judicial body.” She or he will take care to observe the right of every student to due process (as defined in the Rights and Rules section of the UNH student handbook, copies of which are available online). The student may appeal the Director’s decision by immediate petition to an Appeal Board made up of UNH faculty members, other than the director, who are teaching in the program.

Penalties

Letter of Censure: This is to be sent to the student and to the dean of students at his or her own home institution.

Jeopardy: A student in jeopardy shall be suspended for a specified period of time and have that suspension stayed with the understanding that further violations may mean the immediate activation of the suspension.

Suspension and dismissal: As indicated in the Program’s Agreement Release, UNH has the right to terminate with no refund of fees a student’s participation in the program for failure to maintain appropriate standards of conduct or for any action which UNH considers to be detrimental to or incompatible with the interest, harmony, and welfare of other students.

Relations with Civil Authorities

Students are separately accountable both to civil law and to standards of conduct maintained by UNH. When these areas of jurisdiction overlap, it is appropriate for the institution to take steps in protecting its own interests. Therefore, the Program reserves the right to follow its normal adjudicatory process whenever a student is accused of a criminal act that also violates Program policy.