University of Maine System Tobacco and Smoke Free Administrative Procedure

Effective August 31, 2020

Effective January 1, 2013, UMFK became a tobacco-free institution, prohibiting the use of any tobacco or non-FDA approved nicotine product, including smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes. This policy applies to all full-time and part-time staff, faculty, students, contractors, vendors, the local community, and visitors.

I. SUMMARY

The University of Maine System (“UMS”) joins with the American College Health Association (ACHA) in supporting the findings of the U.S. Surgeon General that tobacco and nicotine use in any form, active and passive, is a significant health hazard. UMS further recognizes that secondhand smoke has been classified as a Group A carcinogen by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). UMS supports the finding that smoking and the use of tobacco products is detrimental to the health and safety of everyone and thus promotes an environment where the students, faculty, staff, contractors, vendors, and visitors are not exposed to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and are supported in efforts to live tobacco-free.

The success of this policy depends on the thoughtfulness, consideration, and cooperation of everyone. It is the responsibility of all members of a UMS campus community to comply with this policy.

II. POLICY STATEMENT

In compliance with Federal and State Laws, the University of Maine System is dedicated to providing students, staff, faculty, and visitors with a safe and healthy environment. As such, UMS offers tobacco and smoke-free communities.

This Tobacco and Smoke Free Policy applies to all students, faculty, staff, contractors, vendors, and visitors. Organizers of, and attendees at public events, including, but not limited to, conferences, meetings, lectures, social events, cultural events and/or athletic events using university owned, leased and affiliated property are required to abide by the policy.

In addition to prohibiting smoking and the use of tobacco and nicotine products, and to best support a tobacco and smoke free lifestyle, UMS prohibits:

1. Selling or distribution of all tobacco products and paraphernalia in all UMS locations and at UMS sponsored events;
2. Advertising and promotion of tobacco products on any UMS owned, leased and affiliated property;
3. Advertising and promotion of tobacco products in all UMS publications, including, but not limited to, newspapers and magazines;
4. Accepting donations or gifts from tobacco companies; and
5. Littering the remains of smoking or tobacco products or packaging on any UMS owned, leased, or affiliated property.

This policy prohibits the use of any smoking, tobacco and nicotine delivery products:

1. On all UMS owned, leased and affiliated property;
2. At all UMS sponsored events, both on and off campus, whether indoors or outdoors;
3. In all UMS owned, leased, or rented vehicles;
4. In all personal vehicles on UMS owned, leased, and affiliated property.

In addition, UMS encourages all students, employees and guests to be respectful and courteous to our community neighbors and avoid smoking within 20 feet of entryways, windows, vents and doorways, and any location that allows smoke to circulate back into a UMS owned, leased or affiliated building.

The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Individuals are encouraged to consult with the appropriate office on their campus.

III. DEFINITIONS

1. University of Maine System (“UMS”): means collectively or singularly, any of the following campuses: University of Maine at Augusta; University of Maine at Farmington; University of Maine at Fort Kent; University of Maine at Machias; University of Maine (Orono); University of Maine at Presque Isle; University of Southern Maine; and all other UMS owned and leased real Property.
2. Smoking: “Smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated, cigar, cigarette, pipe or joint, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, including hookahs and cannabis (medical and recreational), whether natural or synthetic in any manner or in any form. “Smoking” also includes the use of an electronic smoking device which creates an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or in any form, or the use of any oral smoking device or any other device intended to simulate smoked tobacco for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking in this policy.
3. Tobacco: All tobacco-derived or containing products, including but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, cigarillos, bidis, kreteks; all smokeless and dissolvable tobacco products, including but not limited to, dip, spit/spit-less, chew, snuff, snus and nasal tobacco, and any product intended to mimic tobacco, containing tobacco flavoring or delivering nicotine, including but not limited to electronic nicotine delivery systems, e-cigarettes, e-cigar, e-hookahs, vape pen, or any other product name or descriptor. Or the use of any other type of tobacco or nicotine product for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of tobacco in this policy. This does not include products specifically approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the purpose of cessation of smoking or nicotine replacement therapy.

IV. EXCEPTIONS

1. Religious and Ceremonial: Religious and ceremonial tobacco use with prior approval from the Chief Student Affairs Officer or designee.
2. Research: Research with prior approval from the Institutional Review Board with notification to the appropriate Human Resources office, Vice President for Research or other comparable/appropriate area.

V. ENFORCEMENT

Everyone is required to comply with this system-wide Tobacco and Smoke Free Policy. Enforcement of this policy is viewed as a shared responsibility of all those in the campus community. Each campus is responsible for developing and communicating procedures for reporting and enforcing violations. The primary goal is to achieve voluntary compliance by educating students, faculty, staff, contractors, vendors, and visitors about the policy and providing smoking cessation assistance, as applicable.

Members of the campus community who see violations of this policy are encouraged to share policy information and/or follow reporting procedures for their location.

Violations may be handled in the following manner:

1. Students who are found in violation of this policy may be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the UMS Student Conduct Code;
2. Employees who are found in violation of the policy may be subject to progressive disciplinary action up to and including termination;
3. Visitors who violate this policy may be required to leave UMS property; or
4. Contractors and vendors who violate this policy may be required to leave UMS property and it may impact their ability to remain a UMS contractor.

University of Maine System Academic Integrity Policy

Academic integrity violations strike at the heart of the educational mission of the University of Maine System. The academic community of the University of Maine System recognizes that adherence to high principles of academic integrity is vital to the academic function of the University. Academic integrity is based upon honesty. All students of the University are expected to be honest in their academic endeavors. All academic work should be performed in a manner that will provide an honest reflection of the knowledge and abilities of each student. All members of the academic community should regard any breach of academic honesty as a serious offense.

In accordance with the System’s mission, campuses within the System have increased cooperative programs with each other to provide better access to courses and programs for students. Students are taking University courses while still in high school, the number of non-traditional students is increasing as is enrollment in on-line and asynchronous courses, and students are increasingly taking courses from multiple campuses during the same semester. All of these factors represent positive change because they represent increased educational opportunity for all students. These factors also require that the University of Maine System adopt this System Academic Integrity Policy to set forth specific and uniform standards of academic integrity that will apply to all courses on all campuses within the System.

Each University campus may adopt procedures for carrying out the provisions of this Policy within the guidelines set forth by this Policy as described below, as long as those campus procedures are consistent with this Policy. Professional schools, such as the School of Law, having a professional code of ethics may adopt additional procedural provisions to be applicable to their own students, as long as they are consistent with this Policy and all procedural requirements of this Policy are met.

Responsibilities:

While the institution offering the course has jurisdiction in matters of academic integrity, the entire academic community shares the responsibility for establishing and maintaining standards of academic integrity. Those in charge of academic tasks have an obligation to make known the standards and expectations of acceptable academic conduct in all academic contexts (e.g. classrooms, online, research, laboratories, clinicals, internships, etc.). Each student has an obligation to know and understand those standards and expectations. While the academic community recognizes that the responsibility for learning and personal conduct is an individual matter, all students, faculty, and staff are expected to help to maintain academic integrity at the University by refusing to participate in, or tolerate, any academic dishonesty.

Violations:

Academic integrity means not lying, cheating, or stealing. To cheat on an examination, to steal words or ideas of another, or to falsify the results of one’s research corrupts the essential process by which knowledge is advanced. Cheating, plagiarism, fabrication of data, giving or receiving unauthorized help on examinations, and other acts of academic dishonesty are contrary to the academic purposes for which the University exists.

Violations of academic integrity include any actions that attempt to promote or enhance the academic standing of any student by dishonest means. Academic integrity means that one’s work is the product of one’s own effort, and that one neither receives nor gives unauthorized assistance in any assignment. Because advanced academic work depends on the sharing of information and ideas, academic integrity at the college level includes rigorous adherence to the conventions for acknowledging one’s use of the words and ideas of other people.

Put plainly: academic honesty is very important. It is dishonest to cheat on exams, to copy term papers or to submit papers written by another person, to fabricate experimental results, or to copy parts of books, articles, or websites into your own papers without putting the copied material in quotation marks and clearly indicating its source.

Types of Academic Integrity Violations

The following is a listing of most, but not necessarily all, actions that are violations of academic integrity:

1. Plagiarism
   Plagiarism is the submission of another’s work as one’s own, without adequate attribution. Plagiarism is academic theft. Examples include, but are not limited to:
   1. Submitting as one’s own work an examination, paper, homework assignment, or other project (laboratory report, artistic work, computer program, etc.) that was created entirely or partially by someone else, including works purchased from a vendor.
   2. Failure to use quotation marks to signal that one is using another person’s precise words. Even brief phrases must be enclosed in quotation marks.
   3. Creating an academically dishonest paraphrase. When paraphrasing (presenting another person’s ideas or information in one’s own words), one must find truly one’s own way of expressing the original meaning. Simply inserting synonyms into the source’s sentence structures is plagiarism.
   4. Failure to identify the source of quotations and paraphrases. Of course one must cite the source of quotations; one must also cite the source of ideas and information that is not common knowledge even when paraphrased (presented in one’s own words). Sources include unpublished as well as published items –for example, books, articles, material on the Internet, television programs, instructors’ lectures, and people, including other students, friends, and relatives.
   5. Failure to identify the source of the elements of a nonverbal work (for example, a painting, dance, musical composition, or mathematical proof) that are derived from the work of others.
2. Cheating
   Cheating is the act or attempted act of deception by which a student seeks to misrepresent that they have mastered information on an academic exercise that they have not mastered. Cheating is also the use or attempted use of unauthorized assistance in an examination, paper, homework assignment, or other project. Examples include, but are not limited to:
   1. Copying answers from another student’s examination.
   2. Communicating in any way with another student or a third party during an examination without the permission of the instructor.
   3. Using unauthorized materials or devices (including notes, textbooks, calculators, and communication devices) during an examination without the permission of the instructor.
   4. Obtaining and/or reading a copy of an examination before its administration without the permission of the instructor.
   5. Collaborating with other students or third parties on a take-home examination, paper, homework assignment, or other project without the permission of the instructor.
   6. Duplicate work: submitting a paper or other project in more than one course without the permission of the instructors. Students are expected to produce original work for each course. A student should not submit identical or substantially similar papers or projects in two different courses (in the same or different semesters) unless both instructors have given their permission.
3. Fabrication
   ​​​​​​​Fabrication is the use of invented information or the falsification of research or other findings in an academic exercise. Examples include, but are not limited to:
   1. Fabrication of a citation: inventing a citation for a research paper or other project.
   2. Alteration of an assignment: changing a graded examination, paper, homework assignment, or other project and re-submitting it to the instructor to claim an error in grading.
   3. Changing findings, excluding valid data that doesn’t support one’s thesis, or engaging in other similar activities.
4. Contributing to academic dishonesty
   Contributing to academic dishonesty is assisting another student’s academic dishonesty. Examples include, but are not limited to:
   1. Writing a paper or other project for another student.
   2. Allowing another student to copy from one’s examination, paper, homework assignment, or other project.
   3. Assisting another student on a take-home examination, paper, homework assignment, or other project if one knows such assistance is not authorized by the instructor.
5. Other forms of dishonest academic conduct
   ​​​​​​​Other forms of dishonest academic conduct include any actions by which one seeks an unfair academic advantage over others. Examples include, but are not limited to:​​​​​​​
   1. Destroying or altering the academic work of another student.
   2. Lying about or otherwise misrepresenting the work of another student.
   3. Selling or giving away all or part of an unadministered test including answers to an unadministered test.
   4. Bribing any other person to obtain an unadministered test or any information about the test.
   5. Entering a building or office for the purpose of obtaining an unadministered test.
   6. Continuing to work on an examination or project after the time specified for the student has elapsed.
   7. Entering a building or office for the purpose of changing a grade in a grade book, on a test, or on other work for which a grade is given.
   8. Changing, altering, or being an accessory to the changing and/or altering of a grade in a grade book, on a test, a ﾒchange of gradeﾓ form, an electronic record, or other official academic record of the University that relates to grades.

Procedures:

Alleged violations of the Academic Integrity Policy are to be administered through the procedures below as soon as they have been detected. These procedures are designed to create a fair and consistent system for dealing with alleged violations. Students are strongly encouraged to respond to violations of academic integrity that they witness by reporting the violation to the instructor of the course in which it occurred.

While their case is pending or after they have been found in violation of the Academic Integrity Policy, students may not withdraw from the course in which the alleged or established violation occurred.

1. If a faculty member (including an instructor or graduate teaching assistant) has information that a violation of academic integrity may have occurred during an academic term, the faculty member will inform the student in private (either in person or in writing) of the information the faculty member has, the specific incident and the aspect of academic integrity that is alleged to have been violated. The student shall be provided with the opportunity to explain the circumstances and the action. The allegation may be dropped by the faculty member if an explanation by the student is accepted as being adequate.
2. If, after hearing the student’s explanation, the faculty member chooses to continue the complaint, the faculty member will complete an Academic Integrity Violation Form within ten business days in order to document the violation and any informal resolution or any academic sanction(s) imposed by the instructor. This action includes notifying the Student Conduct Officer and the appropriate academic administrator. The Academic Integrity Violation Form can be found on the University of Maine System website: Faculty Reporting Form
3. The faculty member will provide the student with a copy of the completed Academic Integrity Violation Form in person or via email.
4. Upon receipt of the Academic Integrity Violation Form, the student has ten business days to:
   1. Admit to the violation of the Academic Integrity Policy by signing the appropriate line on the form. If this option is chosen, or if the student does not return the form, the academic sanctions imposed by the instructor automatically apply. The academic administrator will supply a copy of the form to the Student Conduct Officer.
   2. Contest the faculty member’s finding regarding the violation of the Academic Integrity Policy and/or the appropriateness of the imposed sanction(s) by signing the appropriate line on the form and submitting a letter requesting review to the Dean of the College or designated academic administrator. The letter (no more than two pages in length) requesting review shall state the violation(s) and/or sanction(s) to be reviewed and a detailed rationale for the request for review.

Sanctions:

A student who admits to being responsible or who is found to be responsible for a violation of academic integrity will be subject to appropriate academic sanctions. Academic sanctions will be determined in accordance with the procedures outlined below. The exact academic sanction will depend on the particular circumstances of each individual case. Academic sanctions imposed under this policy are completely separate and independent from any disciplinary action, which may be taken against the student under the University of Maine System Student Conduct Code. A student may receive both an academic sanction and a disciplinary sanction for the same act of academic dishonesty. A disciplinary sanction may only be imposed upon the student in accordance with the University of Maine System Student Conduct Code.

Repeated violations or those deemed sufficiently serious may be referred directly to the Student Conduct Officer for appropriate action under the Student Conduct Code. Whether an allegation of academic misconduct is ﾒsufficiently seriousﾓ will be determined by the College Dean or designated academic administrator in consultation with the Chief Student Affairs Officer.

The following is a list of possible academic sanctions that may be imposed upon students for violations of academic integrity. This list shall not be taken to be exhaustive and may be modified or enlarged to meet particular circumstances in any given situation. A combination of two or more of these academic sanctions may be imposed when justified by the type of violation.

1. The faculty member can impose appropriate grade penalties up to and including F or zero grades on an assignment, exam or paper, and/or in one or more courses. Faculty members may be permitted to exercise discretion in prescribing lesser penalties or additional academic tasks appropriate to allow the student to complete a course and thereby receive a grade representing demonstrated knowledge of the course.
2. The faculty member, the Dean, or other appropriate academic administrator may impose other academic actions as may be appropriate (e.g. referral to the academic program for consideration of continuance in that program).

​​​​​​​Further Procedures:

1. If a student contests the faculty member’s finding, a hearing will be scheduled before the Dean of the College or, in the absence of a Dean of the College, another academic administrator designated by the Chief Academic Officer or their designee.
   1. Within seven business days of receipt of the letter requesting review, the Dean of the College or designated academic administrator will notify the student and faculty member of the date, place, and time of the hearing.
   2. Prior to the hearing, the Dean of the College or designated academic administrator will review the Academic Integrity Violation Form, information provided by the faculty member, and written and verbal statements provided by the student, the faculty member, and any witnesses. At the hearing, the student may ask questions of the faculty member or other witnesses through the dean or designated academic administrator.
   3. The reporting faculty member will attend the hearing, and can ask questions of the student or other witnesses through the dean or designated academic administrator.
   4. Students may bring a support person with them to the hearing, but the support person shall not be permitted to speak during the hearing except quietly to the student.
   5. The Dean of the College or designated academic administrator will make a determination regarding the request for review within two weeks of the hearing. The outcome of the review may result in a higher sanction, lower sanction, the same sanction, or no sanction at all being imposed. The Dean or designated academic administrator will notify the student and faculty member in writing of their final decision and provide a copy to the Student Conduct Officer.
2. The student or faculty member may each request a review of the Dean’s or designated academic administrator’s decision by submitting a letter (no more than two pages) requesting review of their decision to the Dean or designated academic administrator no later than two weeks after receipt of the Dean’s or designated academic administrator’s decision. The letter shall state the violation(s) and/or sanction(s) to be reviewed and a detailed rationale for the request for review. If either party requests a review, the other party shall be provided with a copy of the request for review letter. The review of the Dean’s or designated academic administrator’s decision shall be a paper review and shall be conducted by an Academic Appeals Committee or the Chief Academic Officer (CAO). If a Committee is appointed, it must have an odd number of members and include at least one student and two faculty members. The Committee or CAO will consider all written information provided by the faculty member, all written information provided by the student and any witnesses and the Dean’s or designated academic administrator’s written decision. The Committee (by a simple majority) or CAO will then make a determination regarding the request for review within two weeks of receiving the request. The outcome of the review may result in a higher sanction, lower sanction, the same sanction, or no sanction at all being imposed. The decision of the Committee or CAO will be the final decision, and is not subject to review. The Committee or CAO will notify the student, the faculty member and the Dean or designated academic administrator in writing of their final decision and provide a copy to the Student Conduct Officer.
3. Minor Violations: Faculty members may feel that certain violations, based either upon the nature of the violation or its circumstance, warrant an informal warning rather than formal action. As with formal violations, the instructor must discuss the alleged violation with the student either in person or in writing. If the instructor finds there was a minor violation, the instructor may give the student an informal warning or require the student to redo the assignment. A Violations Form should still be completed by the instructor with the infraction and sanction documented. The instructor will provide the student and the Student Conduct Officer with a copy of the form.After two minor violation reports from any institution in the UMS, the Student Conduct Officer(s) will consult with Academic Deans or other relevant academic administrators and reporting faculty members to determine if a more serious academic sanction should be imposed under this policy and whether a formal student conduct charge under the Student Conduct Code should be filed against the student.
4. Repeated academic violations or those deemed to be of sufficient severity by the faculty member or Dean of the College (or other appropriate academic administrator) may be considered disciplinary in nature and may be referred directly to the Student Conduct Officer for formal action under the Student Conduct Code. The faculty member may proceed with the academic integrity process under this policy at the same time as an action under the Conduct Code is proceeding. Sanctions under the Conduct Code may include, but are not limited to, ineligibility for all future academic honors and awards, departmental and university awards, and graduation honors in addition to the appropriate academic sanctions. Sanctions for violation of the Student Conduct Code may be found in section IV. of the Student Conduct Code which may be found here: Student Conduct Code

The maximum sanction imposed under the Conduct Code will be dismissal from the university and, for students whose violation is determined after graduation, revocation of the degree. Disciplinary action taken under the Student Conduct Code is independent of and may be taken in addition to an academic sanction imposed under this Policy.

Resource and Related Policies and Forms:

• ​​​​​​​Academic Integrity Violation Form
• ​​​​​​​University of Maine System Student Conduct Code

​​​​​​​Date Issued: September 1, 2020

Faculty Position on Academic Decorum

Lede

The faculty of the University of Maine at Fort Kent is committed to the preservation of those academic principles and standards without which the academy could not maintain its mission or fulfill its goals. As a liberal arts university, UMFK is dedicated to respecting all aspects of the educational process on the part of the academic community. As members of this academic community, both professors and students accept the responsibility inherent in its membership in guaranteeing, in upholding, and in preserving an atmosphere conducive to the freedom to teach and to learn; we are committed to these freedoms.

Preamble

All societies must agree on certain standards of civil discourse and conduct in order that all members are included in the full engagement of civilization. Education is a key institution and a gateway into a self-directed, professional, mature life. Higher education is the social institution charged with providing a global, liberal arts, and sciences foundation for ethics, norms of conduct, lifelong learning, professional careers, and social responsibility within civil society. In a pluralistic and diverse world, citizens of the world are accorded civil liberties and rights pertaining to education. But liberty is not license, nor should one person’s rights of expression be used to deny others their rights to education. Civil liberties and educational rights carry with them certain responsibilities to self and to others. The exercise of civil liberties requires self-discipline and the subordination of the self to the general good of the community. As the active agents in higher education, professors have a professional duty to instill in their students the civil, ethical, and professional norms appropriate to our pluralistic and global world. To this end, the faculty at the University of Maine at Fort Kent agrees to these ideals and to the following principles:

Principles

1. Professors have the authority and the responsibility to set class norms and expected standards in their respective courses. Professors have academic freedom and are the authorities with regards to classroom management. Matters of classroom management will be outlined, explicitly, in professors’ course syllabi.
2. Professors have the authority to set expectations for civil conduct in their classroom. Professors may specify appropriate academic consequences for failure to meet classroom norms and standards.
3. The faculty fully expects the administration to support appropriate exercise of faculty authority with regards to classroom management issues.
4. The faculty agrees that, as a body, we are collectively responsible to each other and to the academic community in supporting faculty authority in the classroom and shared standards for civil conduct at the University of Maine at Fort Kent.
5. The faculty encourages the practice of civil conduct on campus, between and among all members of the academic community: students, faculty, staff, and administration. Appropriate civil conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:
   1. Respect for Others: acknowledging diverse cultures and opinions, refraining from offensive remarks and misconduct, listening rather than talking, when appropriate.
   2. Academic Work Ethic: attending class, punctuality, paying attention during class, preparedness for class, completing all required coursework, remaining in class for the duration of class, cooperating collegially – when the professor is speaking or when engaged class discussions, or in group work.
   3. Civil Discourse: polite and appropriate forms of address and civil speech will be used in all forms of academic communication.
   4. Academic Honesty and Integrity: The principles of academic honesty are integral to the university experience. Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of dishonesty dilute this experience. Students are expected to comply with the protocols of academic honesty as outlined in the University of Maine at Fort Kent Student Handbook.
   5. Respect for Civil Rights: All members of the academic community are expected to respect and support diversities of gender, sexuality, age, race, ethnicity, abilities, language, and national origin and to create a supportive and positive learning environment for all.

Sanctions for Violation(s) of Civil Conduct

Procedures for handling cases of misconduct:

A breach of one or more of number 5, a-e above will result in one of the following. The severity of the breach will determine the severity of the sanction.

• 1st – Meet with the student to discuss the situation.
• 2nd – If misbehavior(s) is (are) repeated, then, one of the following will result:
  • reduction of one or more grades for student
  • assigning the student a grade of F
  • withdrawal of student from course

However, if the conduct is so offensive or potentially harmful, the student will be asked to leave the class, which will result either in assigning a grade of F or in dismissal from the class. Additionally, such conduct may result in notifying local law enforcement agencies.

Coda

The faculty acknowledges the significance of upholding academic standards and of preserving the integrity of the educational process. We strive to adhere to those democratic principles that guarantee individuals’ rights and freedoms. But, when academic standards and civil rights are jeopardized due to insolent behavior, we will make every effort to guard the integrity of the academy and to protect those who, with good intentions, have made the choice to pursue a university experience.

HUMAN RESOURCES AND LABOR RELATIONS
Section 414 Campus Violence

Effective: 11/17/08
Last Revised: 11/17/08; 11/17/14
Responsible Office: Human Resources

Policy Statement:

The University of Maine System takes pride in its tradition of maintaining a safe learning and working environment. Civility, mutual respect toward all members of the University community, and a safe campus are essential for effective teaching, learning, and work performance. The University is committed to the goals of civility and mutual respect and to providing a safe environment in its operations and activities.

The University will not tolerate acts of violence against or by any member of the University community, including students, faculty, staff, and visitors, that occur in University offices, classrooms, residence halls, facilities, worksites, vehicles, or while a University employee is conducting University business or a student is participating in curricular or co-curricular activities on or off-campus. The University will provide educational information about, take reasonable measures to prevent, and respond to incidents of campus violence. The University seeks to support members of the University community who are victims of campus violence and to reduce the impact of violence on student and employee well-being and productivity.

Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Stalking are prohibited under the University’s Policy on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Relationship Violence, Stalking and Retaliation.

Any member of the University community who violates this policy or threatens or harasses another person may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination for employees, dismissal for students, and/or civil and criminal prosecution. Alleged violations by students will be referred to the Student Judicial Officer under the Student Conduct Code. A visitor who violates this policy may be removed from the property and reported to police authorities.

Any person who experiences, witnesses, or has information about an alleged threat or violent act on campus, at a university facility, or while engaging in university-related activities is strongly encouraged to immediately contact the university official designated by the President. All supervisors and administrators must immediately contact the designated university official to report such alleged threats or violent acts. An individual who has experienced violent or threatening behavior is urged to seek support from a trusted person, which does not obligate either person to file a formal report, unless they are a supervisor or administrator.

All reports of incidents will be appropriately investigated. The university will promptly report instances of threats or violence on campus to appropriate law enforcement agencies, as required, and fully cooperate with local law enforcement agencies during any investigation.

Definitions
Campus violence is any physical assault, or threatening or harassing verbal or physical behavior, occurring on University premises, in University facilities, or while conducting University business. It includes, but is not limited to, beating, stabbing, shooting, punching or striking, threatening or harassing communication or gestures, or harassment of any nature.

A victim is a person who is subject to an act of violence as defined above.

A perpetrator is a person who commits an act of violence as defined above.

Procedures
Each university shall adopt procedures consistent with this policy to address campus violence in the workplace, educational environment, other university facilities and at university events and activities.

Each university shall designate one or more individuals(s) to whom reports of alleged campus violence should be made. Each university will provide for notification of this policy, the individual(s) to contact and local procedures within the university community.

Investigations of reported incidents may be conducted by the university Human Resources office, UMS Investigations Coordinator, appropriate supervisor or manager, Student Judicial Officer, or applicable law enforcement agency, depending upon the specific circumstances.

Reports of alleged campus violence should be made to:

Michelle Beaulieau

Human Resource Manager

834-7821

or

Ray Phinney

Associate Dean of Student Life & Development

834-7562