Undergraduate Catalog - Lake Erie College

• Security 440-375-7575
• Student Life Office 440-375-7504
• Student Success Center, Dr. John Spiesman 440-375-7426
• Lake County Victim Assistance hotline 440-953-5823
• Forbes House (Lake County’s shelter for victims of domestic violence) 440-357-1018
• Painesville Police Department 911 or 440-350-5434
Any student who commits domestic violence on campus may be subject to college disciplinary action, up to and including
expulsion from the campus. Corrective or disciplinary action may also be taken against students who are convicted or
issued a temporary or permanent restraining order as a result of domestic violence when such restraining order has a
direct impact on the victim student. No students will be penalized or disciplined solely for being a victim of domestic
violence on campus. Any disciplinary action on behalf of the college has no impact of any criminal procedures brought
forth as a result of the domestic violence.
All students need to take seriously domestic violence and its effect on campus. Lake Erie College will take all reasonable
measures to foster a safe educational environment for all students, faculty and staff.
Email
All students, faculty and staff are issued a campus email address. Email is the major form of communication on the Lake
Erie College campus. Students are required to check their campus email on a daily basis for announcements, news or
correspondence from faculty and staff members. Email should be read, responded to and deleted in a timely manner.
All users: webmail and campus network
User
username@lec.edu (replacing username with own)
Pw
(users password)
Email is accessible on and off campus. To gain access off campus, visit www.lec.edu and select “webmail” link on the
main page. Password will be the same as being on the network while on campus.
Fraternization
The faculty and staff of Lake Erie College assist the College in meeting its mission of providing a quality higher educational
environment for its students that supports the goals of the College. Students should be assured that the relationships
they develop with faculty and staff members will always be built upon the highest ethical precepts of the educational
profession.
Virtually all faculty members, administrators and staff members are, or can appear to be, in a position to exercise power or
authority, directly or indirectly, over students, whether or not an individual student is enrolled in their classes, are subject to
their direct supervision, or have some form of business to transact with offices at the College. Many students are at a stage
in their development when they may be particularly vulnerable to the influence of faculty members, administrators, and
staff members who are in positions where they can affect the terms and conditions of a student’s standing at the College.
If a student consents to a romantic relationship with a faculty member, administrator or staff member, the existence
of such a relationship could have unintended adverse effects on the educational environment of the College. In some
cases such a relationship can end unhappily or become problematic, resulting in charges of sexual harassment, and
even physical or psychological abuse.
Because of the commitment to maintaining an environment that supports our educational goals and in order to promote
the efficient and fair operation of the College ,and to avoid misunderstandings, complaints of favoritism, supervision
problems, security problems, morale problems, questions regarding academic achievement, and possible claims of sexual
harassment, the College prohibits romantic, sexual and exploitative relationships between employees and students
including but not limited to: dating, pursuing to date, and pursuing or having romantic or sexual relationships with
students. Employees or students who violate this policy will be subject to discipline, up to and including termination
of employment for employee violators.
There are exceptional circumstances in which the spouse or partner of a college employee is a student at the College.
This fraternization policy does not apply in such circumstances. The President, in consultation with the President’s
Cabinet and Director of Human Resources, is the administrative officer who determines whether an exceptional
circumstance applies.
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