Academic Calendar 2011-2012 - Chesapeake College

Student Services and PoliciesStudents may seek auxiliary aids and services (e.g. readers or interpreters),academic adjustments, and reasonable modificationsof policies and procedures, where necessary, to have access to andparticipation in all programs, services, and activities at ChesapeakeCollege. All of these requests must be initiated by contacting theOffice of Disability Services, where the student will be given a copyof the procedures for making a request, and where an appointmentwill be scheduled to discuss the student’s request. Students areencouraged to initiate the process as early as possible. The Collegewill endeavor to comply with all requests. However, certainaccommodations and services, particularly interpreter service,alternative formats (e.g. books on tape) and relocation of classes toaccessible locations may require substantial advance notice to beavailable in a timely manner. Therefore, the College requests thatstudents or prospective students needing academic adjustmentsor other services, especially those services listed above, initiatethe process at least one month prior to the first day of classes.Special parking areas close to buildings are provided on campusfor students with disabilities. More information is available on theCollege’s Website under Student Services.CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE STUDENT GOVERNMENTASSOCIATION (SGA) is a cooperative organization based on mutualconfidence between the student body and the administration,faculty, and staff of the College. The College Administration hasgranted the student body a voice in the regulation and conduct ofstudent affairs. Acceptance of this type of responsibility is a valuablepart of the educational development of the individual student.The Constitution and Bylaws of the student body of ChesapeakeCollege is printed in the Student Guide and is available on theCollege’s Website.VETERANS’ AFFAIRS makes available information regardingeducational and other benefits and assists veterans, children ofdeceased or disabled veterans, and widows of service men inapplying for educational benefits, in obtaining educational andoccupational counseling, and in receiving advice in the areas ofacademics and employment. This office maintains effective liaisonswith the Baltimore Regional Office of the Veterans’ Administrationto insure up-to-date information on new programs or changes inV.A. regulations.Payment of Veterans’ benefits checks is made directly to the studentby the Veterans’ Administration. Veterans should plan finances tocover as much as two months of living expenses at the beginningof each semester, as benefit checks do not start arriving before thattime. A student planning to ask for benefits should apply to theVeterans’ Affairs Office at Chesapeake College as soon as possibleafter deciding to enroll, or complete proper paper work availableon the V.A. Website at: www.gibill.va.gov.Payment for college tuition, fees, and books is not dependent uponthe receipt of Veterans’ Administration checks. Veterans should beaware that payment of these charges is due in full from all studentsat the time of registration, and that payments will not be deferreduntil the benefit checks arrive. The student is held responsible forthe payment on time of all college financial obligations.PoliciesStudent Code of ConductNote: The following information is a condensed version of the completeStudent Code of Conduct. For a complete version, refer to the StudentGuide. Copies are also available in the Office of Student Success.Students seeking information on how to resolve issues that mayoccur between the student and the College are encouraged toseek guidance from Counselors in the Office of Student Success,the Vice President of Student Success and Enrollment Services,academic advisors, classroom instructors, the College Catalog, orany appropriate professional employee of the College.I. Academic MisconductThe College has adopted the following policy on AcademicDishonesty.A. DEFINITION:Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to thefollowing:1. Cheating on examinations.2. Plagiarism, the representing of another’s ideas or writingas one’s own, including but not limited to:a. Presenting all or part of another person’s work assomething one has written;b. Paraphrasing or summarizing another’s writingwithout proper acknowledgment;c. Representing another’s artistic or technical work orcreation as one’s own.3. Willingly collaborating with others in any of the aboveaction(s) which result(s) in work being submitted whichis not the student’s own.4. Stealing examinations, falsifying academic records, andother such offenses.5. Submitting work previously presented in another coursewithout permission of the instructor.6. Unauthorized duplication of computer software.7. Unauthorized use of copyrighted or published material.B. DISCIPLINARY ACTION:If, based on substantial evidence, a student is deemed guiltyof academic dishonesty, the College may initiate disciplinaryaction as follows:1. The student may be required to repeat the assignment orthe examination.2. The student may be given a failing grade for theassignment or the examination.3. The student may be given a failing grade for the course,and does not have the option to withdraw. The facultymember will submit a change of grade form to theregistrar as soon as possible with a full explanationfor the failing grade.4. The student may be suspended or dismissed from theCollege.C. APPEAL PROCESS:1. Informal Appeal Process:If a student wishes to discuss a disciplinary action that44