Student Conduct

Warner Hall 2146

(308) 865-1619
www.unk.edu/offices/reslife/_documents/university-of-nebraska-at-kearney-student-code-of-conduct.pdf

The community of scholars at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is dedicated to personal growth and academic excellence. By choosing to join the community, each member agrees to comply with certain standards of civilized behavior; and therefore, the University of Nebraska at Kearney adopts this Student Code of Conduct, in order that it might:

1. promote a campus environment that supports its educational, research, and outreach missions;
2. protect the members of the community and its resources from disruption and harm;
3. provide a guide to appropriate individual and group behavior; and
4. foster ethical standards and civic virtues.

This Student Code of Conduct is intended to present a clear statement of student rights and responsibilities and to set forth the procedures established by the University of Nebraska at Kearney to protect those rights and address the abdication of those responsibilities. The Student Code of Conduct describes the types of acts that are not acceptable in an academic community, as well as the general processes used to address those acts.

The UNK Student Code of Conduct procedures act as an educationally-based fact-finding process, not a court of law. Its proceedings are not civil or criminal trials. The hearings are not adversarial proceedings but rather inquiries conducted by the Conduct Officer and/or Board.