Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles for SCUHS

4. The Chair and a staff member from the Office of Student Affairs shall ensure each hearing is adequately
memorialized. The cost of the memorialization shall be borne by the University. A copy of the memorialization
shall be supplied to the grievant upon request. The Chair shall record the date, place and time of the hearing
and all participants of the hearing. The memorialization will become a part of the official record maintained by
the Office of Student Affairs. Audio or video recorders may be utilized for this purpose.
5. If the student appealing does not appear within one half hour of the time agreed upon for the hearing, the
hearing will be cancelled and the appeal dismissed, unless a valid excuse, as judged by the Student Appeals
Board, is presented within 48 hours. If the accused does not appear, the hearing will proceed without them.
Failure of an advisor to appear for either party shall not constitute grounds for postponing or delaying the
hearing.
6. Members of the Student Appeals Board shall meet in executive session (with all other person excluded)
following the conclusion of the hearing. In this session the committee shall consider the evidence and reach its
recommended decision, basing that recommended decision only on the evidence and exhibits received at the
hearing. The Student Appeals Board will determine by majority vote whether a preponderance of the evidence
presented demonstrated that an appeasable action was committed and if so will recommend remedies.
7. The Student Appeals Board will then prepare a written report which will consist of the Board’s detailed
findings of fact, any conclusions resulting from those findings, a finding for or against the student filing the
appeal, and its recommendation for resolving or terminating the matter. A minority position may be expressed
either as a section in the Board’s report or as a separate report. Within five (5) business days of the conclusion
of the hearing, the Chair will ensure that the report is completed and shall send copies to the persons involved
in the appeal, including the Executive Director of Student Affairs, and return the grievance file to the Executive
Director of Student Affairs.
Final Appeal
(SCU Policy 6.7.2.6)
If the resolution provided by the Student Appeals Board is not satisfactory to the student filing the complaint,
the student may file a request for reconsideration via a final appeal. Such a request must be submitted in writing
within a 5-day period from the date of the initial grievance decision. A request for reconsideration shall be
submitted to the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs. If the respondent is the Vice
President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, the President will appoint another University
administrator to issue a decision.
The Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs shall review the information provided
concerning the grievance, the request for reconsideration, and details regarding the grievant’s desired remedy
and issue a final decision with 14 calendar days of receiving the request for reconsideration. The Vice President
for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs’ decision may include one of the following options:
1. To support the initial grievance resolution provided by the Student Appeals Board, designating that resolution
to be fair and appropriate, based on the information reviewed; or
2. To determine that an alternate decision is appropriate based on his/her review of the grievance case
information. This shall supersede any previously made decisions.
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