• College Officials – Administrative and executive Officers and their designees. • Complainant – Any person who submits a charge alleging that a student violated this Student Code of Conduct or the general College rules. • Criminal Activity – Any alleged violation of local, State, or Federal laws. • Off-campus – Off-campus classes, including on line, utilize LMC resources including faculty, internet, or intranet services, whether or not directly operated by LMC. • On-campus – All property owned, operated, maintained, controlled, or leased by LMC. • Property Belonging to LMC – All land, buildings, facilities, or other grounds or structures, including adjacent streets and sidewalks, or any item in possession of or owned, used, loaned, leased, maintained, or controlled by LMC or funded by LMC budgets, including computers and network systems, library materials, classrooms, and laboratories used for LMC purposes. • Reinstatement Committee – this committee will review and make decisions related to suspended students requests for reinstatement to the College. Requests will only be considered after the original suspension has lapsed. • Student – an individual, who is currently enrolled, has been enrolled, or who has applied to be enrolled in the College. • Student Appeals Committee – A group of persons authorized by the Executive Dean, Student Services (or his/his designee) to consider whether a student has violated the Student Code of Conduct.
Jurisdiction
This Code applies to: • The on-campus conduct of all students and registered student organizations. • The off-campus conduct of students and registered student organizations in direct connection with the use of College resources, including the campus network; academic course requirements, such as internships, field trips, international study, or experiential learning activities; any activity supporting the pursuit of a certificate or degree, such as research at another institution; and any activity sponsored, conducted, or authorized by LMC or by registered student organizations. • Off-campus conduct that negatively impacts LMC such as threats of violence or physical harm, unlawful harassment, or other conduct which may have a negative impact or may place its community (inclusive of students, employees or faculty) at risk. This Code also applies to: • Any activity that causes substantial risk of destruction of property belonging to LMC or causes serious risk of harm or endangers the health or safety of members of the LMC community, including students, staff, and members of the public when participating in LMC events or activities. • Or any activity in which a police report has been filed, a summons or indictment has been issued, or an arrest has occurred for criminal activity.
local laws. Violation of statutory laws or the College student conduct regulations or specific departmental rules may lead to disciplinary action(s) by LMC.
Student Responsibilities
Students are expected to conduct themselves as responsible individuals in accordance with institutional policies, rules, and regulations. In developing responsible student conduct, the institution prefers advisory, guidance, admonition, and example. However, when these means fail to resolve problems of student conduct and responsibility, appropriate disciplinary procedures will be followed.
Prohibited Conduct
Misconduct for which students are subject to disciplinary action falls into the general areas of academic dishonesty, threatening physical and verbal behavior, and violations of civil or criminal statutes and/ or institutional policies, rules and regulations. A student found to have committed or attempted to commit the following misconduct is subject to disciplinary sanctions: • Academic Honesty: This means that all academic work will be done by the student to whom it is assigned without giving or receiving unauthorized aid of any kind. Instructors will exercise care in the planning and supervision of academic work so that honest effort will be positively encouraged. Cheating and plagiarism are the two most obvious violations of academic honesty. No student shall engage in behavior that, in the judgment of the instructor of the class, constitutes cheating, fabrication, lying, plagiarism, or theft of academic property. In brief, plagiarism is borrowing ideas, words, organization, etc., from another source or person and claiming them as original. Any dishonest activity may result in failure of specific assignments or an entire course. Falsifying, forging, or altering of student records, College documents, and records or instruments of identification or providing false information to any official, College employee, or office also constitutes academic dishonesty and is subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal from Lake Michigan College • Alcohol and Drugs: The unlawful manufacture, distribution, possession and/or sale of drugs, and unauthorized use and/ or sale of alcohol on any LMC property or off campus sites such as hospitals or clinics is illegal and counter to the mission of the College. • Assault and Battery: Any conduct, including but not limited to, physical harm or abuse, bullying, verbal abuse, use of profanity, threats, intimidation, harassment, or coercion, or any behavior that threatens or endangers the health, safety, or well-being of any person is prohibited at any location providing College services. • Assembly: No student or students shall assemble in a manner that obstructs the free movement of persons about the campus or that interferes with the normal operation of College programs and services.
Student Rights
Students of LMC are guaranteed all rights, privileges, and freedoms granted to a citizen of the United States. In addition, they are entitled to an environment that is conducive to learning and individual growth. To this end, students enrolling at LMC assume a responsibility for the College’s student conduct regulations, just as they assume a citizen’s responsibility to abide by Federal, State, and Lake Michigan College • 2010-2011 College Catalog
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