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A food service manager or supervisor is on duty at all meals. Never hesitate to approach us during the meal period with any immediate concern. SUNYIT CARD PROCEDURES AND POLICIES The student identification card at the Institute is known as the “SUNYITCard.” Students are issued a SUNYITCard with their photograph and student identification number. The SUNYITCard provides access to library lending privileges, athletic facilities, computer laboratories, the college dining hall, and the residence halls. If your SUNYITCard is lost or stolen, it should be immediately reported to the University Police Department at (315) 792-7106. The SUNYITCard should be protected the same way you would protect cash, a credit card or a bank card. Lost or damaged SUNYITCards may be replaced for a $15 fee by contacting the Bookmark, Kunsela Hall B112, (315) 792-7257. The SUNYITCard should be treated with care. Stickers, creases, worn vending stripes or punched holes will render the card inoperable. The SUNYITCard should not be left in direct sunlight or near any heat source or magnetic field. Terms and Conditions for SUNYITCard Users SUNYITCard users agree to the following terms and conditions: 1. The SUNYITCard is the Institute of Technology’s identification card and is the property of the Institute. Use of the card to fraudulently identify any individual, other than the issued cardholder, is prohibited. 2. Fraudulent use of the SUNYITCard to gain unauthorized campus access or to illegally obtain goods and services is prohibited. 3. The SUNYITCard is not transferable to any other person. 4. SUNYITCard holders are responsible for contacting the appropriate campus offices to report a change in account status or to report the loss or theft of a card. Please refer to the SUNYITCard Replacement Policy SUNYITCard Replacement Policy To obtain a replacement card for a lost, stolen, or damaged SUNYITCard, a $15 fee will be charged. SUNYITCard Replacement Instructions 1. Immediately report lost, stolen, or damaged SUNYITCard to University Police, Kunsela Hall Room B126 or call (315) 792-7106, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2. Replace ment SUNYIT ID must be obtained on the first business day after the card is reported lost, stolen, or damaged. 3. Make payment at the Bookstore, located in Kunsela Hall B112, during regular business hours. Waiver of the $15 fee may be granted by the Director of University Police for extenuating circumstances. Food Service: Dining plan and points program participants must immediately notify the Food Service office at (315) 792-7224 to suspend their dining plan account. Dining plan 27 participants can obtain a one-day temporary admis sion to the Dining Hall at the Campus Dining Hall, to allow for meals when the Bookstore is closed. Once the SUNYITCard has been replaced, it must be presented at the Food Service Office for dining plan account reactivation. Residence Halls: Students residing in the residence halls must inform Residential Life & Housing to deactivate card access. Residential Life & Housing will issue a temporary access code for entry during periods when the Bookstore is closed. Once the SUNYITCard has been replaced, it must be presented at Residential Life & Housing Office for card access reactivation. STUDENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM STUDENT RIGHTS WITHIN THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY With the approval of the College Council, the SUNY Institute of Technology affirms the following student rights and privi leges within the context of the college community: 1. to engage in discussion; to make inquiries; to exchange findings and recommendations; to speak, write, or print freely on any subject; and to sponsor speakers of their choice, in accordance with the guarantees of our Federal and State Constitutions, subject only to the right of the college to make reasonable rules and regulations related thereto. 2. to associate freely with others. 3. to engage in the educational process. 4. to engage in peaceful, orderly, and non-destructive picket ing, protests, and demonstrations, to the extent they do not violate public law or college rules on the use of facili ties, time, place, and manner, and do not interfere with the educational process, or the rights of other members of the college. 5. to be secure in their persons, living quarters, papers and ef fects, from unreasonable, illegal, or unauthorized searches and seizures; and in the event of a legally authorized search, whenever possible to have present an official of the college and the student against whom the legally authorized search is directed. 6. to organize one’s own personal behavior as long as such behavior does not violate public law or rights of others, and does not interfere with the educational process. 7. to be informed of the standards and the norms of conduct established by the college, and the right to have advance notice of any sanctions for violations thereof. 8. to have the benefit of fair and equitable procedures for determining the validity of charges of alleged violations of college standards of conduct. All procedures shall be structured to facilitate a reliable determination of the truth or falsity of charges, while providing due process and fundamental fairness to all persons.
9. to retain unaltered status as a member of the college com munity and to be present on the campus and attend classes during the consideration of any disciplinary matter, except for reasons relating to the safety and well being of members of the college community or college prop erty or a student’s own physical or emotional safety and well-being. 10. to petition for redress of a grievance arising from negligent, malicious, or irresponsible actions of a member of the college community. 11. to have college records reflect only such information as is reasonably related to the educational purposes of the college. 12. to be informed of the existence, custodianship, and gen eral character of all personal records maintained by the college. 13. to inspect all personal records, except those records de termined to be confidential in accordance with properly established criteria. 14. to have protection from disclosure of personal records to unauthorized persons. Information will not be released outside of the college community without the expressed consent of, or waiver by, the student involved, except under guidelines established by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. 15. to establish and elect a representative, democratic student government which is accountable to the college and the student community. 16. to be heard and have one’s views considered at appropriate levels of the decision-making process within the college community. 17. to use designated college facilities as individuals and mem bers of student organizations for extracurricular activities sponsored by registered student organizations and student groups, subject to the priority of academic needs and to reasonable college rules and regulations regarding use of facilities. STATEMENT OF RIGHTS FOR STUDENT CAMPUS CRIME VICTIMS Every victim of a crime who reports the incident to the University Police Department or the Student Affairs staff will be afforded the following rights: 1. The right to have the incident promptly and thoroughly investigated by appropriate college officials. 2. The right to have the incident duly adjudicated by campus, civil, and/or criminal authorities with appropriate jurisdic tion. 3. The right to full and prompt cooperation from the ap propriate college officials in order to notify the proper investigating or judicial authorities. 4. The right to be free from any pressure from college officials who would suggest that the victim: a. not report crimes committed against them to civil and criminal authorities or to campus University Police and Student Affairs officials. b. report crimes as lesser offenses than the victim perceives them to be. 5. The right to have complete access to the college’s counseling services or other available community-based counseling or victim advocate services. 6. The right to receive written notice of these rights from the University Police Department when a crime is reported to them. 7. For victims of violent or sexual assault offenses, the right to re ceive regular information about the proceedings of any college judicial action resulting from the complaint. This includes the composition of the judicial hearing board, the witnesses who will testify, and the final outcome of the judicial proceeding after the appeal process is complete. STATEMENT OF RIGHTS FOR STUDENT CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS A student who reports a sexual assault or other sexual offense, which took place on property under the college’s jurisdiction or at a college-sponsored event, will be afforded the following rights: 1. The right to be free from suggestions by college officials that: a. sexual assault or sexual offense victims are “responsible” for the commission of crimes against them. b. sexual assault victims were contributorily negligent or “assumed the risk” of being assaulted. c. by reporting crimes the college would incur unwanted publicity. 2. The right to have complete access to immediate medical treat ment and/or counseling support services. 3. The right to decline to go forward with criminal proceedi ngs. 4. The right to be treated with dignity and compassion by each college official who is involved in the counseling, investiga tive, or adjudicatory process. 5. The right to receive regular information about the proceedings of any college judicial action resulting from the complaint. This includes the composition of the judicial hearing board, the witnesses who will testify, and the outcome of the judicial proceeding after the appeals process is complete. 6. The same right to assistance, or right to have others present, which is afforded the accused during any college judicial action. 7. The right to request that campus personnel take the neces sary steps reasonably available to prevent unwanted con tact or proximity with an alleged assailant(s). This could include a reassignment of the victim’s campus housing, reassignment of the victim’s academic class schedule, or interim suspension of the alleged assailant(s) from the college. 28
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