Student Code of Conduct final 2018-2019_01

Some of the ways in which the College will ensure that adequate notification is provided to Students are:
Notification via the College Catalog and/or the Student Handbook or another official College publication.
Notification via College mail placed in their College mailbox, hand delivered, or dropped off to their
Residence Hall room.
Notification via postal mail addressed to the address that the Student has registered with the Registrar’s
office.
Notification via e-mail sent to their Fisher e-mail account.
Notification via notices posted on bulletin boards in the College and/or Residence Halls, and/or on doors.
Verbal Notification.
One or more of these ways may be utilized in any particular instance to notify Students.
In order to allow communication between the College and Students, each Student is required to:
File a permanent home address with the Registrar’s Office and keep up to date.
File a local home address with the Registrar’s Office.
Activate their Fisher email account and check it daily.
Register an active phone number with the Registrar’s Office (and the Office of Housing and Residential
Life, if the Student is a residential Student), where the Student can be reached effectively.
Check their College mailbox daily.
Read all notices posted on bulletin boards, doors, or hand-delivered to him/her in person or to their
residence hall room.
JURY DUTY
According to the Office of the Jury Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, “Every U.S. Citizen 17
years of age or older who is a Massachusetts resident or an inhabitant for more than 50% of the time is eligible to
serve as a juror. If you are a resident of another state but a student at Massachusetts college, you are an
inhabitant for more than 50% of the year and, therefore, eligible to serve as a juror in Massachusetts.”
It is not unusual for Students residing at Fisher College to be summoned to serve as trial jurors. Jury service, on a
short-term basis, can provide Students with a good opportunity to fulfill one of their important responsibilities as
member of the community. Fisher College supports Students in their fulfillment of this civic duty.
Students should carefully read all materials they receive with their summons to service, which contain helpful
information about confirming, postponing, rescheduling, or relocating service, and address many of the most
frequently asked questions. Jury duty is an important legal obligation, and those who fail to respond are subject to
criminal prosecution.
Students who must miss class in order to fulfill their jury service requirement should notify each of their instructors
of the summons and make arrangements to complete any missed work. Staff at the Dean’s Office of your School
of College of registration may also be able to assist you in making arrangement for missed class time due to jury
service. Students may be required to show their summons notice or the certificate of service when making these
arrangements.
If you have any questions about jury duty, including confirming, postponing, rescheduling, or limiting your service,
please consult the Student’s Guide to Jury Duty brochure, available in the Office of the Dean of Students, or
contact the Office of the Jury Commissioner (1-800-THE JURY/1-800-843-5879). Further information can be found
on the Office of Jury Commissioner’s website at www.massjury.com.
(Source: Office of Jury Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
Fisher College advises all Students to read the complete Student Code of Conduct, including the Residential Life
section (even if you are a Commuter Student). Several policies are elaborated in this section, and it is your
responsibility to know them.
35 | P a g e