36|Page contact a particular person(s) in order to avoid any possible harassment, retaliation, or tampering with an active investigation. Failure to abide by a No Contact Directive may result in individual conduct charges filed against a student for retaliation, harassment and/or failure to comply. C. Investigation In cases requiring an investigation, an appropriate university official will conduct a prompt, impartial, good faith investigation concerning the allegations. Upon completion of the investigation, a written incident report or summary will be submitted detailing the alleged misconduct, supporting information and recommended charges, if applicable. If insufficient evidence exists to charge the student organization, the group will be notified and any interim measures issued may be modified, reduced, or lifted, as appropriate. If sufficient evidence supports conduct charges, the organization will be sent a Notice of Charges referring the group to the Student Organization Conduct Review process defined below (D). Members of student organizations are expected to cooperate in any fact-finding investigation. While students are not obligated to answer questions in an investigation, students are required to appear for any scheduled meeting, hearing, or interview. Failure to participate, obstruct, intentionally mislead, or interfere with an investigation will result in the organization being issued an Interim Suspension and individual Student Code of Conduct charges may also be issued as result of a student’s failure to comply. D. Student Organization Conduct Review Upon completion of an investigation, if sufficient evidence was presented, the case will move through the Student Organization Conduct Review. The organization’s president or senior officer and university advisor will be sent a Notice of Charges, in writing (via email), of the alleged Student Code of Conduct violation(s) and with a specific date and time for an initial meeting with an assigned case officer. During this process the following procedure will be followed: 1. An initial meeting involving the president of the organization and case officer to review the charges and investigation report is scheduled. At this meeting representatives of the student organization may choose to accept or deny responsibility for the violation(s) in question. If additional time is needed, student organization representatives may be given three (3) to five (5) business days to enter a response. a. If accepting responsibility, the student organization will be provided the opportunity to make a statement about the incident for consideration by the case officer prior to issuance of sanction. b. If denying responsibility, a Student Organization Conduct Review hearing will be scheduled. 2. A university official will be appointed as a Hearing Officer, who will act as the decision maker in the matter, will facilitate the Student Organization Conduct Review hearing. Hearing Officers may be the Associate Dean of Students or designee, Associate Director of Student Conduct, a University Conduct Board Hearing Officer(s), Senior Director of Student Involvement and/or Assistant Vice President for Recreational Services and Athletic Resources. 3. A Student Organization Conduct Review hearing may be attended only by the following: a. The university investigator or university official serving as the complainant. b. Two (2) representatives of the student organization one of whom must be an officer of the registered student organization such as the President or Vice President. Other members of the student organization, unless specifically called to the review as a witness, may not attend the proceeding. Student organizations that do not have representatives appear for their review will have their case
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