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I had planned on taking a few months off to catch up on my reading and a little golf, but the the response to Burke's War has been so strong that I have been forced to dive into the planned sequel, Burke's Gamble. Look for it by the end of the year, maybe as a Christmas present to my readers.
Amazon is showing its Amazon Author Rank which is displayed on each Book Page, just below Product Details in the About the Author Section. I was pleased to see mine is now #78 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure and #100 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure
Burke's War, is a contemporary, action thriller that already has 78 Amazon Reviews, 82% of which are 5s, a Rating of 4.7, and has been in the Kindle Mystery, Thriller, Suspense & Crime Top 100 all month. Not too shabby! Think 'The American Sniper' takes on 'The Godfather,' or Bob Lee Swagger meets the Gambinos. It is my longest book and has the most intricate, detailed plot and cast of characters of any of them. I think it's my best, and I hope you will agree.
As Bob Burke's 737 comes in to land at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, he looks out his window and sees a man murder a woman on a rooftop below. No one believes him, of course, but that doesn't matter. He knows what he saw, and Bob Burke isn't the kind of guy to let a thing like that rest. Over the next three days, he finds himself butting heads with the Chicago mob, crooked suburban cops, a zealous US Attorney, a psychopathic doctor, and his own vindictive soon-to-be-ex-wife, who is trying to take his company away from him. Slight of build and now a telecommunications company executive, Bob Burke appears to be an easy guy to dismiss; but 'the telephone guy' is a former Army Ranger and Delta Force commander who spent four tours in Iraq and the rugged mountains of Afghanistan running 'special operations' missions. His men were some of the most lethal killers the US government ever produced; but as they readily admit, the little guy the middle of the photos is the one you don't want to meet in a dark alley. So, when the bodies start falling, a young woman needs help, and the wrong people start pushing his buttons, long odds don't bother him in the slightest. His new combat zone might be a high-rise office building, tract houses in a suburban subdivision, and a wooded Chicago Forest Preserve District, but they started it and he intends to finish it. And when Burke does need a little backup, he knows just who to call.
All 5 of my previous suspense novels are now available on e-book as well as audio book. I have revised my website a little bit, and if you are interested in reading the first, or sample chapter of the e-books, or receiving a FREE review copy of either the e-books or audio books, please fill out the form to the right and I'll send you one while supplies last. What a Deal!! You can also use that form to send me any thoughts you have on my writing, or to get registered on the early release list for my next novel.
My fifth and newest action adventure novel, Aim True, My Brothers came out on Kindle on October 29 AND IS NOW OUT IN AUDIO BOOK. It now has 42 Amazon Reviews, 83% of which are 5s, a Rating of 4.8. That's not shabby either! This new fiction novel is a contemporary, thriller novel set today in Washington DC and Virginia, as Middle East terrorism explodes on American shores. Ibrahim Al-Bari is a highly skilled Hamas commander who has battled and killed Americans throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. After losing two brothers and a sister in a bloody attack on a civilian bus in Israel, Al-Bari decides that fighting US surrogates in far-away places is a futile waste of Palestinian blood. "To kill a snake, you must go to its lair and cut off its head," he says, as he decides to take his terror war private and strike at the heart of the American government itself. No simple man with a rifle in a book depository window; when Ibrahim Al-Bari strikes, he will unleash an old weapon that will take out the President and many other national and international leaders in a dramatic, fiery, terrorist attack on national television. In this fast-paced thriller novel, trying to stop him, is Eddie Rankin, a maverick FBI agent, who has never met a rule he couldn't break; Moustapha 'Mouse' Khalidi, the smooth, urbane Chief of Security at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington; and Rachel Ullman, a hard-edged, female Israeli Mossad agent, counter-terror specialist, and killer, who lost her own family to a suicide bomber. The question is, with their personal frictions and contradictory orders, can this temporary, dysfunctional alliance hold together long enough to catch Ibrahim Al-Bari before they kill each other — and the clock is ticking. Like my other suspense thriller novels, this is a good fiction novel available exclusively on Kindle Select and Kindle Prime. The First Chapter and numerous Reviews of this top mystery thriller can be found at this book tab. The cover was designed by Todd Hebertson a graphic designer and cover artist in Salt Lake City who does a great job capturing the essence of my thriller novels. I think both the cover and the story are among my best.
Winner Lose All, a top fiction book and page turner, was released in May on Kindle Select and Kindle Prime. A military espionage thriller, it is a history piece set in the closing months of WWII, AND ALSO IS NOW OUT IN AUDIO BOOK . As one brutal war grinds to an end in the rubble of Nazi Germany, in this suspense thriller all eyes quickly turn to the next 'cold' one. It has 116 Amazon reviews, 61% of which are 5-Star, a 4.4 rating! The Americans, the Russians, and the British all know that the future will belong to whomever can grab Hitler's new rockets, jet fighters, long-range bombers, synthetic fuels and his other 'wonder weapons.' As much an action romance as a suspense thriller novel, it is also the story of the torrid but impossible love affair between Ed Scanlon, a brilliant, young, American OSS agent and Hanni Steiner, the gritty, street-smart leader of the communist resistance cell in Leipzig. As the vice closes on Nazi Germany, they find themselves on opposite ends of an international tug of war over the plans for Germany's revolutionary Me-262 jet fighter and the scientists who designed and built it. Once-bitter enemies quickly become tomorrow's allies, old friends cannot to be trusted, and lies, double-dealing, and treachery are the norm. It is succeed or die, and the winner lose all in this thriller novel.
Amongst My Enemies was released as an e-book novel last spring. A historic period piece, this action adventure and one of my more intense thriller novels, is set in the 1950′s and deals with one man's search for redemption and revenge. Inside an old German U-Boat rusting on the bottom of the Baltic are millions in gold bars, stolen art, and a secret that could tear NATO apart. The only one who knows the truth in this military thriller is Mike Randall, a battle-scarred American who survived four months in the frozen Hell of northern Germany at the end of WW II. When he does speak up in this mystery thriller novel, he puts a target on his own forehead, one which the Russians, the West Germans, the U-boat's former owners, the Israeli Mossad, and even his own government quickly take aim at. Some want the gold, some want him dead, and some want proof about a high-ranking spy inside NATO itself, in this top thriller novel you can't put down. Randall's wants are much simpler. Caught between the Kremlin and a new, deadly, 4th Reich, he wants revenge and to satisfy some old debts with a steel-jacketed bullet. One of my best thriller novels, it now has 187 Amazon reviews, 58% of which are Five-Stars, a 4.3 rating!
Thursday at Noon, last year's new fiction release on Kindle Prime and Kindle Select, was originally published as a Joan Kahn Imprint murder mystery by St. Martin's Press in hardback, by Harlequin's Gold Eagle in paperback, and in various foreign editions. It has 111 Amazon reviews, 55% of which are Five Star, an average rating of 4.4! This top fiction book is a murder mystery and thriller novel you can't put down, and has been selected for a Stipend Award by Audible, the Amazon and I-Tunes audio book subsidiary, for production of the Audio Book edition. I'm sure those who read my other top fiction novels will enjoy it. It was reviewed favorably in the New Yorker and in many other major publications in the US. Set in Egypt in 1962, this thriller novel focuses on Richard Thomson, a burned-out CIA Agent. He is already having a very bad day when someone leaves a corpse lying on the rear steps of his hotel. Its head has been lopped off like a ripe melon and has been posed so it could look back down at its own body. The body belongs to Mahmoud Yussuf, a fat, petty thief who tried to sell Thomson photographs of a long-abandoned RAF base in the Egyptian desert. What the photos have to do with a dead Israeli Mossad agent, Nazi rocket scientists, the fanatical Moslem Brotherhood, and two missing Egyptian tank regiments could start the next Arab-Israeli War or stop it. Like 'Night of the Generals', this espionage and military thriller novel is a murder mystery wrapped inside an international crisis and a tense political thriller.
The Undertaker is my first original e-book thriller novel, and came out in 2011. It is a snarky, action romance thriller and an exciting, fun read — featuring stark terror punctuated by lots of humor and romance. It has 192 Amazon Reviews 52% of which are Five-Star, a 4.3 rating! It's the best murder mystery bargain on the net! Pete Talbott is a harried Boston computer wonk still grieving over the death of his wife when he finds himself at the wrong end of Gino Parini's .45 reading his own obituary, torn from the morning newspaper. He figures it is all a big mistake, until Parini shows him his wife's obituary too; and this is one mystery that Pete Talbott can't leave well-enough alone. Someone with a scalpel and an embalming table is planting bodies under other people's names. Adding a note of action romance, his pal, Sandy Kasmarek, runs an art gallery on Chicago's stylish North Michigan Avenue, and it appears her late-husband is also one of them. With a photographer's eye, the quick feet of a black belt, and fingers that can hot-wire a car in seconds, Sandy has the skills you'd expect from a good Chicago catholic-school girl. Coupled with Pete, even the Undertaker is in trouble in this top thriller novel. From a funeral home in Indiana, to car chases on the Dan Ryan, snipers in Washington Square, sleazy lawyers, corrupt county sheriffs, the FBI, and mafia hit men, like my other new fiction murder mystery books, The Undertaker is a non-stop mystery thriller novel; because if Pete and Sandy don't stop them, they'll be next on the Undertaker's list.
You can find details and links to these fiction novels elsewhere on this site. My next two thriller novels, both of which I am presently working on, are Undertaker Two, an action adventure romance with the return of everyone's favorite Pete and Sandy, and a new domestic murder mystery, Through the Glass Darkly. The Undertaker, a great murder mystery and one of my best pure thriller novels, is also available in audio book from Audible and I-Tunes. Amongst My Enemies, a fun action adventure novel will be out on audio book by mid-January, with the others to follow shortly. It was selected for a Stipend Award by Audible, the Amazon and I-Tunes audio book subsidiary. The Audio Book of The Undertaker, narrated by well-known Hollywood 'Voice Meister' Eddie Frierson, came out on Amazon, ITunes and Audible.com. on October 31. Get a copy at http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/The-Undertaker-Audiobook/B00GBDB644 or ask your Librarian to order one for you. It is a good action romance, mystery thriller. As of today, we completed the narration and production of the Audio Book edition of Amongst My Enemies, and we will be preparing the audio book editions of my other thriller novels over the next 6-9 months.
If you would like to receive a free promotional download copy of either audio book, please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll send you one while they last. The only requirement is that you post a rating and review on Audible and Amazon. In addition to the six fiction thriller novels, I have written four screenplays. Three of these are adaptations of my fiction novels. One is original for the screen. My various mystery thriller screenplays have won First Place in the suspense category of the Final Draft contest, Finalist in Fade In, First Place in the Screenwriter's Utopia -Screenwriter's Showcase Awards, Second Place in the American Screenwriter's Association, Second Place at Breckenridge, and received many other awards. One was optioned. Many readers have commented that my thriller novel The Undertaker would make a great movie.


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The eight short-listed design teams have been announced for a competition to redevelop the Windermere Steamboat Museum on the shores of Windermere.
The Lakeland Arts Trust recently secured initial support for a £7.4m Heritage Lottery Fund bid, including £494,000 development funding, to take the project forward. The project aims to create an exciting and active museum which will use the lake and the lakeside setting to display the nationally significant collection of steam launches, motor boats, yachts and other vessels which are all associated with Windermere.
The first stage of the competition attracted 114 expressions of interest. The short-list (in order of the architect leading the multi-disciplinary design team) is as follows: Carmody Groarke; Adam Khan Architects; Niall McLaughlin Architects; Terry Pawson Architects; Reiach and Hall Architects; 6a Architects; Sutherland Hussey Architects; Witherford Watson Mann Architects.
Martin Ainscough, Chairman of the Lakeland Arts Trust, commented: "We are very encouraged by the quality of entries in the architectural competition and the judging panel had a difficult decision to select the final eight for the shortlist. We are looking forward to working with the successful practice to create a world class facility in the heart of the Lake District.."
Gordon Watson, the trust's chief executive, added: "We are looking for a fresh, well-detailed and sensitive response for the stimulating and highly significant site on Windermere and to display the museum's wonderful collection of boats."
The second stage of the competition will seek design concepts for the project. Architects will need to take into account the requirement of displaying the boats and other items in the collection in the exhibition space and wet dock, and enabling visitors to see the boats being restored in the conservation workshop, as well as designing an appropriate facility for the location to provide a world-class visitor experience.
The design proposals will be subject to public display and comment in late October 2011 and the design teams will be invited to present their schemes to the jury panel at final interviews in late November 2011.
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Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House project by Lakeland Arts Trust – one of Britain's finest surviving arts and crafts house by M.H.Baillie Scott - has been shortlisted from hundreds of entries for an award at the national Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence.
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Black River Produce investing big in local meat operationBy Susan Smallheer
Staff Writer | October 28,2013NORTH SPRINGFIELD Black River Produce wants to expand its menu.
The food wholesaler says theres been a dramatic change in peoples attitude toward buying locally grown, quality meat.
Five years ago, people would have rejected $4.50-a-pound, Vermont-grown hamburger, says Mark Curran, one of the principals of Black River Produce. Consumers saw no reason not to buy the conventional beef sold for $1.79 a pound at a local supermarket, he says.
News stories and books and articles about the abuses and health considerations in the conventional meat industry have changed peoples views. After the Michael Pollan books, and Food Inc., people have discovered why their meat is $1.79 a pound, Curran says.
Now people want to know more about the food they eat, where its raised, what the animals are fed and they are willing to pay more for Vermont-grown meat, he says.
Black River Produce earlier this year opened a meat-processing facility at the former Ben & Jerrys Homemade Inc. building on Fairbanks Road in North Springfield.
Curran and his partner, Steven Birge, now want to start slaughtering Vermont-grown animals beef, pigs, sheep and goats to meet the growing meat demand from customers, ranging from families to restaurants, schools and hospitals.
The two men, who founded Black River Produce with its ubiquitous strawberry-decorated trucks, are gambling that Vermont-grown meat will justify a $4 million investment.
Curran says famed animal rights activist Temple Grandin has designed its new animal handling facilities, ensuring that the animals are handling humanely, both for the benefit of the animal and its meat.
Curran says he traveled all over the world looking at different facilities, planning to incorporate that research and knowledge in the North Springfield facility. Hes been working on the project for two years.
Originally, he thought the company could handle the project with an addition at its River Street location, the former Idlenot Farm Dairy. But they quickly realized the addition would be too small within a year.
The company bought the former Ben & Jerrys building in North Springfield, which once produced the companys Peace Pops. It had been vacant a number of years; it was in horrendous shape and had been vandalized, Curran says.
Curran and Birge have applied for a town permit to build a large hoop barn next to Black Rivers meat-processing facility and seafood business. The 94-by-42-foot barn would have holding pens for the cattle, pigs, sheep and goats to be slaughtered at the new facility.
Curran says most of the animals would be held for hours, not days, though some might be held overnight.
While the facility currently processes five to six carcasses a day, he says, the goal is to slaughter and process about 10 times that many.
Black Rivers slaughterhouse would not compete with the existing slaughterhouses in Vermont, he says, because they are consistently overbooked months in advance.
Black River Produce is looking for farmers to meet the demand for local meat. Curran says animals should be raised humanely, primarily on Vermont pasture, with no growth hormones.
Bill Kearns, Springfields zoning administrator, says that the facility on Fairbanks Road is already zoned to include a slaughterhouse since it is in an industrial zone.
However, the hoop barn needs a conditional use permit from the Springfield Development Review Board. A hearing is slated for Nov. 12 at the Springfield Town Hall.
Kearns says that so far he has heard only positive comments from neighbors. The district is primarily industrial, although there are some homes in the immediate neighborhood.
Curran says the project will also need an Act 250 permit, and he estimated construction on the facility wouldnt take place for about a year.
He says hes also working with the Howard Dean Education Center about offering an apprenticeship program for meat cutting .
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Gardner-Webb University is a community of volunteers -- no one is required to work or enroll without his/her full consent. Faculty and staff are invited to work in, and students are invited to join, the academic community. For all who work, study and learn at the institution there are University rules and regulations that should be viewed as contributing to the common good of the community. As an institution of Christian higher education, it is hoped that the community will be a place where students, faculty and staff will become more humane and Christ-like. When this happens a concern for the common good and community will develop, rather than a selfish individualism only concerned with what affects a particular person.
For the student, reasonable rules, regulations and expectations should be viewed as necessary for creating a positive and healthy environment conducive to a living and learning community. It is hoped that students who voluntarily join the community will develop a loyalty and a commitment to the environment. When this is done, students will neither be as reluctant nor feel as threatened to confront an offensive student who threatens the community standards.
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The University seeks to provide learning of distinction in the liberal arts and in professional studies within a caring community based upon Christian principles and values.
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- We are committed to Christian values that create an academic community that is orderly, caring, and just.
- We believe every person is a person of worth.
- We appreciate and respect cultural backgrounds different from our own.
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- We do not tolerate any form of harassment, hazing, lewd or indecent behavior, or inappropriate sexual activity.
- We value personal responsibility and recognize the individual's need for physical, intellectual, spiritual, social and emotional wholeness.
- We value the full development of every student in terms of a confident and constructive self-image, a commitment to self-discipline, and responsible self-expression.
- We value a campus community that encourages personal growth and academic development in an atmosphere of positive Christian influence.
- We value the rights and privileges of owning and using property, both personal and of the University, and the benefits of preservation and maintenance of property and of our natural resources.
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- As an institution based upon Christian principles and values, Gardner-Webb University respects the worth and dignity of all persons and does not condone behavior contrary to those principles and values.
The term "discipline" is a derivative of the word "disciple," which means "a learner". Discipline by its very nature is meant to be redemptive, corrective, and positive, not necessarily punitive. Student Development educators believe the disciplinary process should be viewed as a valuable teaching and learning process. It is not unusual for young adults to experience some difficulty in adjusting to university life away from home, to experiment with different aspects of life, and to test the values and expectations of their families and/or
the University. An important aspect of Christian higher education is "value education." As a character-building school, the University strongly believes that it really does matter how one lives his or her life. Our mission is to "change the world one student at a time in Jesus' name."
Gardner-Webb University students are pledged to uphold honesty, integrity, and truthfulness in all realms of University life. Students are not to lie, cheat or steal nor tolerate those who do.
As a community of scholars founded upon the ideals of Christianity, Gardner-Webb University expects its students to develop and display a strong sense of academic integrity. As in any community, this institution must be governed by regulations; and like the laws of any community, these rules function best when they are fully understood, accepted and cherished by each and every individual member of the community. Therefore, all students and faculty members are expected to be familiar with and to base their actions upon the following statements regarding academic honesty.
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- Students must understand the definitions of plagiarism and academic dishonesty.
- Students should familiarize themselves with the proper use of citations and quotations in order to avoid accidentally passing someone else's work off as their own.
- Students are expected to report incidents of academic dishonesty to their professor.
- Any student who threatens or coerces another student or faculty member for reporting a Honor Code violation will face disciplinary action, with expulsion being the recommended punishment.
Faculty Responsibilities
- Faculty must explain all assignments as thoroughly as is reasonable and should address any extraordinary limitations on outside assistance.
- Faculty members should take reasonable precautions in giving tests to ensure that violations do not occur. The fact that a faculty member did not take a specific precaution does not, however, constitute an excuse for any form of academic dishonesty.
- Faculty must be willing to investigate and, if circumstances warrant, press charges against students suspected of academic dishonesty.
- Faculty members must file an Academic Dishonesty Report any time they issue an Official Warning or charge a student with an infraction.
- Faculty members must seek to be fair in their dealings with students, particularly regarding cases of academic dishonesty, and must realize that no student can be convicted on suspicion alone.
- Faculty members may ask students to sign a statement of academic honesty prior to turning in an exam, term paper, or project to their professor stating: "I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this assignment."
Academic Dishonesty is the deliberate and knowing misrepresentation of one's academic work. A student is dishonest when two circumstances occur: (1) The student could reasonably be expected to know that his/her professor would disapprove of some aspect or circumstance of the student's academic work; and (2) the student submits work to the instructor for evaluation while hiding that particular aspect or circumstance from the instructor.
To do so is clearly dishonest because the instructor will evaluate the work as what he/she understands it to be. The student has deceived the instructor by misrepresenting the work, and the evaluation has not been rightly earned. From another perspective, academic dishonesty may be viewed as the use of unauthorized assistance in any work that is to be evaluated –"unauthorized" meaning that the professor would not approve of the form of assistance received and is unaware of its use. The student is being dishonest if he/she deliberately hides this assistance from the instructor while knowing the instructor would not approve of this assistance. If the instructor is unaware of the assistance that has been received he/she will evaluate the work as being entirely the student's own. Thus, the evaluation has not been fairly earned by the student. Furthermore, any student who knowingly gives unauthorized assistance is also guilty of academic dishonesty.
On tests and examinations academic dishonesty occurs when a student receives any assistance that the professor has not expressly permitted. It may take the form of looking on another student's test paper or bringing into the test site any information or materials not expressly permitted by the professor. Both of the above definitions of academic dishonesty apply: the student has misrepresented the test as being entirely his/her own work. Furthermore, the student has received unauthorized assistance.
On research papers, reports and other written assignments a form of academic dishonesty is plagiarism, which is the use of someone else's information or exact words without properly "documenting" or identifying that source. Whenever someone else's exact words are used those words must be properly punctuated as a quotation and the source fully identified. Also, any information or ideas that have been taken from a source other than the student's own personal knowledge "book, article, interview, etc.," must be properly documented, even though the student may be rephrasing the information in his/her own words. A student should not hesitate to consult the professor about any question or uncertainty regarding proper documentation or research information.
A professor may often allow and even encourage students to work together on assignments or receive assistance from other students, other faculty members, other university staff members, friends, family or others. However, if the professor has not expressly allowed such assistance and expects the assignment to be done entirely by the student, to do otherwise would be dishonest. The student should consult the professor if there is any doubt about outside assistance being permitted.
The examples above are not intended to be a full list of cases of academic dishonesty, but they illustrate the definition. Ultimately, academic dishonesty amounts to deliberately hiding something from the professor. So the best advice is this: whenever in any doubt, consult the professor.
(Policies may differ in graduate programs. Graduate students should consult the Graduate Catalog.)
The purpose of official warnings is to provide the Gardner-Webb community with a more flexible way of addressing instances of academic dishonesty. In essence, it creates a way of handling misdemeanor cases to complement the existing system for handling more serious instances (see Formal Charges section below). Faculty should issue warnings when they deem them appropriate, typically this will be when a student engages in academic dishonesty on a relatively minor assignment, or where the academic dishonesty affects only a small portion of a larger assignment. Warnings would also be suitable in cases where the instructor feels that the student's actions, while unacceptable, were more the result of ignorance than a deliberate effort to deceive. Warnings are also acceptable in other cases where faculty members who, in their best professional judgment, believe that an act of academic dishonesty occurred, but for whatever reason, do not wish to file formal charges against the suspected perpetrator. Faculty members must indeed have evidence to issue warnings, they must be able to explain what specific violation has occurred and be able to document their charges. Students have, as always, the right to appeal any decision made by university officials.
The instructor must meet with the student(s) involved and thoroughly explain the specific type of violation, the reasons for suspecting an irregularity, and should also emphasize the importance of academic honesty to the student(s). In this conference, the instructor should also conscientiously listen to the student's position as well. Upon completion of the conference, if the instructor deems a warning is merited, he or she should send an Academic Dishonesty Report indicating an Official Warning has been issued. The Report should also include details of the incident (including copies of any evidence available), the student's position and the faculty member's rationale for not filing formal charges of academic dishonesty. The Report must be signed by both faculty member and student and filed with the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education. The Academic Dishonesty Report must be filed within one week of the faculty member's conference with the student. Upon receipt of the Report, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education will send a copy of the Academic Dishonesty Report to the Registrar's Office. The Report will become part of the student's confidential disciplinary file in the Dean's office and will serve as a record of the student having been warned about the nature and consequences of academic dishonesty. Thus, it may be used as evidence should any charges of academic dishonesty be filed against that student in the future.
In cases where a student has already been formally convicted of Academic Dishonesty (first or second offense) a warning is not appropriate. In these cases, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education will contact the instructor issuing the warning to inform him or her of the student's prior conviction(s). The instructor must then file formal charges against the student.
Should a student receive a second warning, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education will contact the instructor who issued the second warning to inform him or her that the student has already been warned about academic dishonesty and to give the instructor the opportunity of filing formal charges. If the instructor chooses to file charges, the procedure for handling academic dishonesty cases will, of course, apply.If not, the warning becomes part of the student's confidential disciplinary file and thus may be used as evidence should any charges of academic dishonesty be filed against that student in the future.
Should a student receive a third warning, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education will contact the instructor who issued the third warning to inform him or her that the student has already been warned about academic dishonesty and to give the instructor the opportunity of filing formal charges. If the instructor chooses to file charges, the procedure for handling academic dishonesty cases will, of course, apply. If not, the GOAL Academic Judicial board must convene a hearing before which the student must appear and faculty members who have issued warnings to the student may well be called to appear (thus, faculty members should retain records concerning all warnings issued) at the Board's discretion. While the Board does not have the authority to overrule or alter an instructor's decision regarding a student's grade in a course, they will have the discretion of determining whether the student's pattern of conduct merits an institutional punishment (i.e. Academic probation, suspension or expulsion). If the Board decides that punishment is warranted based on the pattern of behavior, this decision is treated as a First Offense conviction under the Academic Honesty Policy. Note: Warnings are not considered appropriate for students already having a prior conviction on Academic Dishonesty.
The student's right of appeal and all appeals policies remain in effect concerning decisions made in this process.
When a faculty member suspects a student of academic dishonesty, he or she must investigate the incident as fully as is reasonably possible. If, based upon a thorough investigation of the incident, the faculty member concludes that the student has committed an act of academic dishonesty serious enough to warrant formal charges the faculty member must present the charges and the evidence to the student in a conference. A student may plead responsible to the charges and thereby waive his/her right to a hearing. The student who pleads responsible agrees to accept whatever penalty the faculty member deems fitting (ranging from a lowered grade on the assignment to assigning a "FX" for the course). An Academic Dishonesty Report indicating the offense and the penalty assessed for the infraction (or the student's intention to contest) must be signed by both faculty member and student and filed with the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education. The Academic Dishonesty Report must be filed within one week of the faculty member's conference with the student. Upon receipt of the report, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education will send a copy of the Academic Dishonesty Report to the Registrar's Office.
The case is closed at this point, unless one or both of the following occur:
- The student wishes to contest the faculty member's charges on the grounds of inadequate or newly discovered evidence, or unfair treatment. Such an intention must be filed in writing, with the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education within one week of conference with the faculty member (i.e. the date listed on the Academic Dishonesty Report). This intention to contest should state as fully and plainly as possible the grounds for contesting the charge.
- The Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education determines that this is the student's second offense.
In either case, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education will contact members of the GOAL Academic Judicial Board to review the evidence in the case. The Academic Judicial Board shall include the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education for GOAL students or the appointed representative thereof, the Associate or Assistant Dean of GOAL and a member of the Alpha Sigma Lambda.
In the case of a contested charge, the board will review the case and vote whether the case merits a hearing. If the GOAL Academic Judicial Board decides that the student has no grounds to contest the faculty member's charges, the instructor may assess whatever penalty he/she deems fitting as described under "Punishments: First offense." If the Board determines that the case merits a hearing, or if the student is charged with a second offense, the Academic Judicial Board will summon both the student and faculty member to appear before it in a full hearing. At such hearing, both the student and the faculty member may present evidence regarding the charges. In accordance with University policies, students may ask anyone from within the University community to appear on their behalf at the hearing. Members of the GOAL Academic Judicial Board are expected to hear the
case objectively and decide the case based upon the presentation of evidence. Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL) members are selected based on recommendations of Associate and Assistant Deans, GPA, and recommendations from faculty. ASL members may serve on the GOAL Academic Judicial Board for up to two years.
The Board may either support or dismiss the faculty member's charges. Should it find the student responsible of a second offense, the Board will levy punishments (see next page) against the student in addition to those imposed by the faculty member, and may do so in the case of a contested first offense.
A student found responsible for Academic Dishonesty may appeal the decision to the Provost of the University, but only on the basis of additional evidence unavailable at the Board hearing, improper procedure, or a punishment inconsistent with the offense. A faculty member has the right to appeal a Board decision only on the grounds of improper procedure or a punishment inconsistent with the violation. Such an appeal must be filed, in writing, within 24 hours of the Board's decision. The Provost may decide to hear the appeal or to uphold the Board's decision. The Provost's decision is final.
First Offense:
The sanction for a first offense may range from penalizing the student's grade on the specific assignment and submitting the Academic Dishonesty Report as a written record of the violation to assigning the student a failing grade for the course. When a failing grade for Academic Dishonesty has been assigned, an FX will be recorded as a permanent indication of the offense on the student's transcript.
Second Offense:
The sanction for a second offense may range from academic probation for lesser offenses on minor assignments to suspension or expulsion for extensive dishonesty on tests, exams, or major papers. The GOAL Academic Judicial Board should base, in part, its determination of the severity of the punishment upon the severity of the first infraction. Any student convicted of a second offense will receive a failing grade for the course and an FX will be recorded as a permanent indication of the offense on the student's transcript. Students responsible for any second offense will be ineligible for academic honors.
Third Offense:
Any student found responsible for a third offense of any kind will be expelled from the University with the action so noted on the student's transcript.
Repeating Courses in which Academic Dishonesty Occurred:
University Policy regarding repeating courses is not applicable in a situation where a failing grade was assigned because of academic dishonesty (FX). An "FX" that is assigned as a penalty for academic dishonesty will remain a part of the academic transcript. It cannot be removed by a course repeat and will be factored in the grade point average.
Academic Dishonesty Outcome Letters
In accordance with The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (commonly known as FERPA or the Buckley Amendment) addressing university officials considered in the category of "need to know", it is University Policy to inform in writing the following people and/or offices of the outcome of an academic dishonesty hearing:
- the accused student
- the accused student's appeal advisor
- the professor bringing the charges
- members of the GOAL Academic Judicial Board
- the accused student's academic advisor
- Registrar's Office
- Provost & Executive Vice President of the University
- the accused student's disciplinary file
"The University reserves the right to adjudicate student academic dishonesty situations by means of an administrative process rather than the usual academic judicial procedure during such times as when the University is not operating under normal conditions, e.g. before classes begin in a new semester, during school vacations periods, during examination periods, and the time period between the last exam and graduation. This means there would be no student representation from the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. The accused
student retains the same rights under the administrative process as under the standard academic judicial process. Any student who wishes to have their adjudication delayed until student representation is possible must make a written request to the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education prior to the scheduled hearing date specifically agreeing to the consequences delaying adjudication (such as delayed graduation, delayed registration, etc.)."
The courts require fair and reasonable procedures regarding student discipline at private institutions of higher education. Thus, as a private institution, Gardner-Webb University adheres to fair procedures in terms of student judicial process. The relationship between students and private institutions is contractual and not constitutional. Due process is applicable to public institutions. Within the scope of fair procedures, the law requires the University to . . .
- Establish policies
- Have policies in writing
- Make policies accessible to students
- Adhere to those policies
The University reserves the right to react to information regarding policy or procedure violations regardless of the source of the information which may include but is not limited to official university reports, information from students/staff/faculty, police reports, internet sites (ie. Facebook, Myspace, Blogs, etc.), or other electronic communications.
The Code of Student Conduct addresses behavior that is unacceptable and prohibited within University community life. Some (not all) of these behaviors have been identified below. Students found responsible for prohibited behavior are held accountable through sanctions listed on the following pages.
Accessory/Accessory after the Fact - Being a party to, witness to, or having knowledge of, any policy violation that is occurring or has occurred without reporting such violations immediately to the proper authorities.
Aggravated Assault - An assault in which there is an intent to inflict or an attempt to inflict serious injury that may involve the use of a weapon.
Aiding/Abetting - Aiding, abetting or conspiring with another person to become involved in prohibited behavior.
Alcohol/Drugs -
(a) Possessing, consuming, being inebriated (drunk), creating a disturbance/concern due to alcohol consumption, driving while impaired, selling or distributing of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs on campus; Students found in the presence of alcohol will be charged with accessory to an alcohol violation.
(b) Non-alcoholic beer is not permitted on campus.
Assault - An act or movement that conveys an intention to use force of violence or physical injury to another person.
Classroom Conduct Policy - Students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner in which does not distract from or disrupt the educational pursuits of others. Should a professor determine that a student's conduct is distractive or disruptive to the educational environment in the classroom, the professor may request the disruptive student to remove themselves immediately. The student may not return to the classroom until they have conference with the professor and assured him/her that they can conduct themselves in an appropriate manner. The professor reserves the right to inform the Dean of Adult and Continuing Education of the incident.
In the event a student refuses to remove themselves upon request, the professor should contact University Police or local law enforcement for satellite campuses immediately. A University Police Officer or local law enforcement officer will escort the disruptive student from the class.
Contempt - Willful disregard or disobedience of directive issued out of judicial process (i.e. sanctions or University regulations).
Copyright Infringement - The unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copyrighted media (music, video, etc.). This includes sharing items on peer to peer networks like Ares, Bit Tonent, Gnutella, Lilmeare, and Morpheous.
Demonstrations - The gathering of a group of students for the purpose of a demonstration that is not orderly or peaceful and which interferes with the academic process or normal operation of the University.
Disorderly Conduct - Any disorderly behavior.
Failure to Comply - Failure to respond to a person in authority or failure to respond to a directive from an employee of the University.
Failure to respond to a call-in - Without missing an academic class, students are to respond to call-in's by University officials in a timely manner. A call-in can be in the form of verbal and/or written communication.
Fire/Arson - Starting a fire or attempting to start a fire in a University building or on University property; arson; activities in which fire is used without prior approval.
Fire/Safety - (a) intentionally and without cause activating a university fire alarm system through a detection device or pull station. (b) Tampering or disabling a University fire detection/alarm system (c) Failure to evacuate a building or area after an alarm, signal or directive from university official (d) Safety Equipment - misusing fire prevention or safety equipment. (e) False Reporting - Intentional false reporting of a bomb, fire or any other emergency (N.C. Statute: N.C. Fire 503.2.2, Code Vol. 5).
Firearms and Weapons Policy - To possess or carry- whether openly or concealed- any firearm or weapon on property owned, used, or operated by the University is a violation of North Carolina State Law (general statute 14-269-2) and University Police. This prohibition also includes any University-sponsored curricular or extracurricular activities regardless of location.
The only exceptions to this policy are for law enforcement and military personnel carrying out their official duties and for weapons used in the conduct of ceremonial or educational activities authorized by the President or designee.
The definition of firearms and weapons includes, but is not limited to, the following: Paintball guns, air soft guns, BB guns, and forms of pellet guns, water guns, toy guns, and form of a replica of a gun, any item that can discharge projectiles, knives, clubs, or other instruments intended for use in personal combat.
If you are in doubt about any aspect of this policy, contact University Police for clarification. Lack of understanding does not justify violation of this policy.
Explosives and Fireworks Policy - Possession and/or discharge of any form of an explosive device and/or fireworks on property owned, used, or operated by the University is a violation of North Carolina State Law (General Statute 14-269.2) and University Policy. This prohibition also includes any University-sponsored curricular or extracurricular activities regardless of location.
Gambling - Any form of illegal gambling is prohibited. In addition to applicable state and federal laws, gambling is considered to be a violation of the campus Code of Conduct. Sanctions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Students seeking assistance for possible addiction to gambling are urged to contact the Office of Counseling Services. Assessment, referral, and individual therapy are available. University counseling services are offered at no additional expense; however, services rendered by off campus health care providers are at the expense of the student.
Hazing - Playing abusive or ridiculous tricks on students, faculty or staff, to frighten, scold, beat or harass or subject one to personal indignity (N.C. Statute: 14:35).
ID Card Misuse - Each currently enrolled student is required to have a current student identification card and it must be in his/her possession at all times while on University property. A student must present his/her ID when requested to do so by an authorized University official or any authorized civil official. Lending an ID card or ID card number or using another student's ID card number is strictly forbidden and is considered an act of falsification. The ID card is the property of the University and must be surrendered upon withdrawal from the University for any reason. Students should not leave IDs in a common or public area that is accessible for other students to use.
Illicit Relations – Relationships that are not congruent within the University Mission.
Inappropriate Behavior – Behaviors that are not congruent within the University Mission.
Littering - Any form of littering in a public area on campus.
Lying/Fraud - Furnishing false information with intention of deceiving.
Motor Vehicle Regulations - Offending motor vehicle rules and regulations.
North Carolina Statutes - Violation of state law(s).
Obscene, Lewd, Indecent Media Exhibition - The use, display, possession or exhibition of pornographic movies, video tapes, records, cassettes, posters, magazines, CD's, or other media. Includes use of computer access to pornographic sites.
Reckless Behavior - Reckless behavior that threatens safety and security.
Residence Hall/Campus Access - Students are prohibited from lending their room keys or GWU student ID card to other students and/or guests.
Residence Policy - Failure to file appropriate paperwork in advance and seek written approval from Student Development to live off-campus.
Sexual Assault - Any forced sexual activity that is against a person's will. The force may come in the form of actual physical force or it may be mental and emotional pressure, coercion or manipulation.
Sexual Harassment - Any form of unwanted sexual behavior, such as physical contact, verbal comments or suggestions, requests for sexual favors and the like.
Skateboarding - Skateboarding is allowed on main campus for GWU students only. It is prohibited for the residents of Boiling Springs and the surrounding communities. They should be ridden on the sidewalks and out of the path of pedestrians. Tricks, stunts, and wall scaling are forbidden while on the skateboard and any student found responsible for violating this will face disciplinary action. They will also be held accountable for any damages that result in their defacing of property.
Stealing/Theft - Unauthorized taking of property or being in possession of stolen property (residential property, phone card access, etc.)
Tampering - Any tampering, misuse, unauthorized access, or illegal use of telephone, telephone cable, computer, cable TV, fire, security, radio, electrical, or other systems/technology is prohibited. Also, inappropriate use of e-mail/data processing and information systems technology is prohibited. Students are prohibited from entering equipment/custodial rooms or from accessing any electrical equipment panel for any reason.
Unauthorized Entry - Breaking and unauthorized entry into any campus facility or unauthorized area.
Vandalism - Damage to personal property and the damage to, destruction or defacement of property in general or destruction of University property.
Visitation - Being in or having someone of the opposite sex in the residence hall except during approved visitation hours.
Verbal Abuse or Harassment - Insulting, taunting or threatening communication; defaming of character; indecent language, verbal assaults; derogatory, sexist or racist remarks; or any behavior that puts another member of the college community or guest in a state of fear or anxiety.
The University reserves the right to adjudicate student judicial matters by means of an administrative process rather than the standard judicial procedure during such times as when the University is not operating under normal conditions, (i.e. before classes start at the beginning of semesters, during vacation periods, during examination periods, during any summer session, and the time period between the last exam and graduation). Although the administrative characteristics of the judicial process will be altered, the accused
student retains the right to appeal any disciplinary action taken administratively one level beyond the hearing officer. All Code of Conduct policies apply equally to apartment and residence hall spaces.
All students found in the presence of a violation will be charged with a corresponding code of student conduct violation.
Policies apply to the GWU community through the entire calendar year.
The Board of Trustees at Gardner-Webb has set minimum sanctions for involvement in some prohibited behaviors. Whenever a minimum sanction is not prescribed for a prohibited behavior, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education determines the sanction. The student should understand that minimum sanctions are not automatic and a hearing officer has the authority to adjust the sanction under extreme circumstances. A disciplinary warning may serve as a minimum sanction for all violations of the Code of Student Conduct.
(Failure to evacuate, pulling a fire alarm, false reporting)
- 1st offense – disciplinary probation or warning, $75 fine
- 2nd offense – restitution and suspension
(Disarming/tampering or covering up a university fire alarm system)
- 1st offense - removal from campus housing/disciplinary probation
- 2nd offense - suspension
Alcohol Consumption and/or Possession
- 1st offense - Sanction will include:
- Pay up to a $200 fine within 5 class days of notification*
- Parental/Guardian notification if under 21
- Letter sent to Academic Advisor
- Online Alcohol/Drug Education Course
- Sanction may include: Disciplinary Warning; 12 Hours of Community Service**
- 2nd offense - Sanction will include:
- Parental/Guardian Notification
- Pay up to a $300 fine within 5 class days of notification*
- Letter sent to Academic Advisor
- Alcohol Assessment through the Counseling Center and any follow up at the Counselor's discretion
- Sanction may include: Disciplinary Probation for 1 year; 25 hours of Community Service**; Conference with the Dean of Adult and Continuing Education or his/her designee; Suspension from the University***
- 3rd offense - Suspension from the University***
Alcohol - Being in the presence of alcohol
- 1st offense - Sanction will include:
- Pay up to a $200 fine within 5 class days of notification*
- Parental/Guardian notification if under 21
- Letter sent to Academic Advisor
- Online Alcohol/Drug Education Course
- Sanction may include: Disciplinary Warning; 12 Hours of Community Service**
- 2nd offense - Sanction will include:
- Parental/Guardian Notification
- Pay up to a $300 fine within 5 class days of notification*\
- Letter sent to Academic Advisor
- Alcohol Assessment through the Counseling Center and any follow up at the Counselor's discretion
- Sanction may include: Disciplinary Probation for 1 year; 25 hours of Community Service**; Conference with the Dean of Adult and Continuing Education or his/her designee; Suspension from the University***
- 3rd offense - Suspension from the University***
Alcohol - Distribution of alcohol to a minor
- 1st offense - suspension from the University
Drug Possession and/or Use
- 1st offense - Sanction may include:
- $300 fine within 5 class days of notification*
- Parental/guardian notification
- Letter sent to Academic Advisor
- Online Drug Education Course
- Disciplinary Probation
- 2nd offense - Suspension from the University***
Drug Distribution
- 1st offense – Expulsion from the University
- 1st offense - $75 fine, restitution, disciplinary probation
- 2nd offense - suspension from the University
- Minimum sanction $75 fine, restitution and education
*The amount of the fine is at the discretion of the Dean of Adult and Continuing Education. On the 6th day, the fine doubles and the student's account is placed on hold.
**The decision to give a student Community Service is at the discretion of the Dean of Adult and Continuing Education.
***Once a student is suspended, their disciplinary letter will state that if they desire to be readmitted into the University again and are found in violation of a Code, then they will be expelled.
A student who engages in prohibited behavior is subject to one, or a combination of more than one, of the following: (The Dean of Adult and Continuing Education reserves the right to mark transcripts for suspension/expulsion/exclusion.)
Abeyance - Fines held in abeyance are not to be paid unless another violation of University Policy occurs.
Case Open - A case may remain open in the event that the hearing officer believes that additional evidence may develop or that such an outcome is in the best interest of the student(s).
Community Service - An appropriate and reasonable number of hours of specified service within the University or the community may be assigned at the discretion of the hearing officer.
Contract in Jeopardy - Official notice that continued violation of University policy will result in the termination of the University Housing Contract and immediate removal from campus housing.
Disciplinary Warning - Official written warning that continuation or repetition of inappropriate behavior may result in more severe sanctions.
Educational Sanction - A sanction that emphasizes the need to correct inappropriate behavior and encourage the student to learn from the experience may be in the form of writing a paper, required counseling, alcohol and/or drug evaluation, tasks or series of tasks that are educational in nature and/or serve to benefit a group or community at large, or some other form.
Exclusion - As a private institution, the University reserves the right at all times to exclude anyone from admission to the University whose behavior, associations, character, morals, lifestyle or academic standing is regarded as undesirable without specifying any further or specific reason for exclusion.
Expulsion - Dismissal from the University without the privilege of applying for re-admission.
Fine - Fines may be imposed at the discretion of the hearing officer. Failure to pay a fine by a deadline will subject oneself to additional sanctions. PLEASE NOTE: Payment for sanctions may not be made in coins. The Business Office reserves the right to refuse inappropriate forms of payment.
Interim Suspension - Whenever there is evidence to suspect that a student's behavior on or off campus is a clear and present threat to the health, safety and welfare of the faculty, staff, students or guests, the student may be suspended on an interim basis until a campus hearing can be arranged. A student on an interim suspension may be restricted from the campus in its entirety or from a particular program, activity, or building.
Loss of Privilege - Depending upon the nature of an offense, a student may forfeit the privilege of (1) parking on campus; (2) visitation in University housing; (3) cancellation of housing contract; (4) removal from a particular room, floor, or residence hall; (5) participation in certain co-curricular activities; (6) representing the University in an official capacity; (7) or as appropriate to the violation.
Loss of University Housing Privileges - Cancellation of the student's housing contract and the loss of the privilege of residing in University-owned housing. This includes the loss of the privilege of being in or around any University housing facility without written permission from an appropriate University official. A student who is removed from campus housing, continues to be accountable for the current semesters' room charges.
Probation - Disciplinary Probation is an official written warning for a specified period of time that informs a student that his/her continued enrollment is in jeopardy. Violation of a prohibited behavior while on Disciplinary Probation will subject oneself to immediate suspension from the University.
Reprimand – A written statement of disapproval prepared by a University Official and delivered to the student. A copy is to be placed in the student's disciplinary file.
Request for Withdrawal - As a private institution, the University reserves the right to withdraw any student whose behavior, associations, character, morals, or lifestyle are not consistent with the high expectations of the University and whose presence brings discredit to the good name of the University and is a detriment to campus life. The University also reserves the right to withdraw any student failing to meet minimum academic expectations regarding class attendance.
Restitution - This sanction requires a student to reimburse or otherwise compensate another for damage or loss of property resulting from a student's misconduct.
Suspension - Immediate dismissal from the University for a specified period of time during which the student's presence on the University campus is prohibited without written permission from an appropriate University official.
It is the desire of the University to respect the student's right to privacy without arbitrary and capricious invasion; however, the University reserves the right to enter a student's residence hall room under the following conditions:
- to verify occupancy;
- for health and safety inspections;
- to check for cleanliness;
- to make necessary repairs and/or inventories;
- when there is reasonable cause to believe that activities are taking place which are detrimental to the University community or where the health, safety or welfare of a GWU student is in jeopardy;
- when there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation of law or University guideline, policy, or rule is taking place.
It is not necessary that the student be present or contacted in advance when the room is entered for such reasons.
Searches of and seizures from a student's residence hall room, vehicle, or person must be approved by an appropriate University official, such as an Assistant Director of Residence Education, the Director of Housing & Residence Education, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education, or the Provost of the University.
Searches by civil authorities are governed by state and federal statutes which differ from Gardner-Webb University guidelines.
The University reserves the right to notify parents/guardians of students whenever a student is found responsible for a prohibited behavior and/or whenever a serious health-related issue is involved.
A student who is charged or convicted of a crime off campus will not automatically be subject to university disciplinary proceedings unless the offense is of a nature that the student is considered to be a threat to the health, safety and welfare of the faculty, staff and students. Additionally, a student whose behavior off campus negatively impacts the University and/or student body, may be held accountable through normal disciplinary proceedings. (Students who reside off campus and host parties or similar functions will be held responsible for the actions of those attending such activities, in the event the behavior of those in attendance negatively impact the University). In such an incident, the student will be required to appear before the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education to offer an explanation as to why he/she is not a threat or explain his/her actions. If a reasonable explanation is not offered, the student will be given sanctions ranging from a reprimand to suspension.
The purpose of this policy is to address specific guidelines and parameters related to the realm of communication/involvement between parents/guardians of currently enrolled students and the University. The University understands and values the unique and special relationship that can exist between parents/guardians and their students. There is a sense in which the University desires to foster free and open communication; however, there are limitations.
Developmental and legal issues guide the University as it relates to dealing with parents/guardians and students in resolving potential conflicts and situations. The level of communication and involvement that parents/guardians may have been accustomed to in a high school setting will not be applicable in a university setting. Any student enrolled in the University, regardless of age, is no longer considered a minor from an educational standpoint. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) clarifies and limits the amount of information a university is allowed to share with anyone, including parents/guardians, regarding any student. More specific information regarding legal ramifications and limitations are available in the Office of the Registrar.
During the course of a student's academic journey, there is always the possibility of an incident occurring that requires intervention and decision-making by an appropriate University official. Sometimes people have the perception that parent/guardian involvement and/or intervention will . . .
- get the student what they want;
- make things happen faster;
- make the school be more fair than they normally would be.
In reality, parent/guardian involvement only slows the process down and can make it more cumbersome and complicated for all parties concerned. Parent/guardian involvement also sends a message to the student that they are not capable nor responsible enough to handle the situation themselves. This adversely affects their maturation and hinders the developmental process. The University does not have the practice of treating students unfairly, indiscriminately, or in a capricious manner. The University is not in the business of taking advantage of students. Every situation needs to be approached from a learning standpoint.
- The temptation to jump in and "fix everything" will only lessen the learning process for the student.
- Consider the enrollment of your student as being similar to an employment situation. Whenever your student is serving in their career of choice, it would not be deemed appropriate for a parent/guardian to intercede with their employer to attempt to rectify an employee situation.
- As a private institution, University Policy prohibits parents, guardians, other relatives, and legal counsel from participating in disciplinary hearings.
[Please note: we live in a litigious society. Unfortunately, there are occasions whenever the University is threatened to be sued if a desired outcome is not achieved. Once a threat is made and/or legal counsel is involved, University Policy prohibits further communication from University officials. Official communication from the University is then expressed only through and by the University's legal counsel.]
- Parents/guardians are not privy to a student's educational records without the student's permission.
- Faculty are not allowed to disclose student information, including grades, to parents/guardians without a student's permission.
- Technically, neither parents nor guardians can withdraw students from school. Only the enrolled student may withdraw themselves. Parents/guardians may cease financial support by not making payments.
Each and every student needs to learn to . . .
- take responsibility for his/her own actions;
- take the initiative to follow the necessary steps to resolve a situation;
- accept the consequences for his/her actions.
An important aspect of Christian higher education is value education. As a character-building school, the University strongly believes that it really does matter how one lives his or her life. The University encourages every parent or guardian to enthusiastically support the University's efforts to do what is deemed best for each student even when the results may not be the desired outcome by the student or their parent/guardian. Partner with the University as we seek to fulfill our mission. . . to change the world one student at a time. . . in Jesus' name.
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
-- George MacDonald
A student charged with participating in a violation of the Code of Student Conduct is granted the following in order to ensure fundamental fairness in the judicial process.
A. Notice. The student has the right to be informed in writing of the charge(s) against him or her. The University must provide the charge(s) as well as the specific evidence which resulted in the charge(s) (report).
B. Procedures. The student has the right to be informed orally or in writing of the judicial procedures.
C. Right to an Appeal Advisor. An accused student has the right to be represented by an Appeal Advisor of his/her choice during a disciplinary hearing. An Appeal Advisor must be a current member of the faculty or staff or a currently-enrolled student.
NOTE: An Appeal Advisor may not be any person (faculty, staff or student) who is involved in any manner or form of the disciplinary situation in question, ie. another student who has been charged in the same incident.
Legal counsel and/or parents, guardians or other relatives are not permitted to attend these informal sessions.
D. Evidence. The student has the right to have dismissed from consideration evidence that resulted from confessions obtained by coercion or deceit and objects or documents obtained as a result of an illegal search.
E. Right to question accuser(s). The accused student has the right to question individuals bringing the specific charges.
Note: Students reporting academic dishonesty are expected to be willing to be questioned by the accused student. Having knowledge of academic dishonesty and being unwilling to address such is considered to be a violation of the Honor Code.
F. Hearing. The student has the right to respond to charges. If a student fails to appear for a scheduled hearing, the hearing may be held in his/her absence. If a student is found responsible in absentia the verdict is non-appealable.
G. Written report. The student has a right to a letter reporting the result of the hearing.
H. Appeals. The student has the right to appeal a decision by the hearing officer for any of the following reasons:
- irregularity in proceedings;
- punishment inconsistent with the nature of offense;
- additional evidence not available at the hearing.
When a student pleads responsible and a minimum penalty is assessed, as stated in the Student Handbook, the student does not have the right to appeal the decision.
Please note: Appeals must be turned into the appropriate office within 24-hours of verbal and/or written notification of the sanction.
As a private institution, the University adheres to fundamental fairness or fair procedures in terms of judicial process.
A student charged with participation in prohibited behavior is notified of the specific charges, his/her rights, and the evidence that instigated the charges.
After notification the student will determine whether he/she is responsible for the charge(s) and respond accordingly.
The following persons are designated as hearing officers: Associate and Assistant Deans of the GOAL Program. The Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education reserve the right to appoint a Chief Hearing Officer for the GOAL Academic Program.
The hearing officer has the right to add charges based on information presented during the hearing.
The student has a choice of either an administrative hearing with a Academic GOAL program hearing officer or Judicial Board Hearing.
Gardner-Webb University strives to create and maintain a judicial system to ensure the community standards as set forth in the Code of Student Conduct. Student responsibility and integrity are at the heart of this educational and growth based process. In addition, the University values student leadership and involvement. Therefore, a Judicial Board is utilized to include student in the decision making process while holding their peers accountable for the community standards. As a result, student behavior is addressed equitably promoting an educational environment where students can successfully achieve academic goals.
- to address student misconduct
- to enhance the learning and development of students through educational conversations
- to ensure student rights
- to prepare students for "real world" experiences
- to treat students in a fair and consistent manner
- to create an educational atmosphere
Judicial cases of alleged student misconduct can be heard by the Hearing Officer of the GOAL Program of the Judicial Board. The Judicial Board is an option for students who choose not to have the case heard by one person. Composition of the Judicial Board will include one student, one faculty member, and the Judicial Board Advisor, who is the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education or designee.
(Please note: the composition of the Board may be altered to accommodate Board member's schedules)
After a report is filed with the Office of the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education the student is notified and meets with the Judicial Board Advisor. The student is made aware of the specifics of the report, their student rights, and then he/she will provide a response of responsible or not responsible to the charge at hand. For a complete listing of student rights and procedures please note the judicial section of the current Student Handbook.
Upon completion of the administrative intake, the student makes a choice as to the format of the hearing. The student may either choose to have the case adjudicated by the Judicial Board or Hearing Officer. If the student chooses a Judicial Board he/she will indicate in writing the choice and provide consent to share his or her judicial file with the board. A hearing officer will be assigned to each Judicial Board case to attend the hearing and ensure the student's rights are protected.
When the hearing format is chosen, then a specific time and location for the hearing is provided in writing to the student. Upon completion of the hearing, the Judicial Board or Hearing Officer will formulate a decision. Afterward a letter will be sent from the Judicial Board and Chief Hearing Officer informing the student of the outcome. In addition, the letter will outline specific sanctions and the University appeals process, if necessary. If a student fails to appear for the hearing, the case will be heard in the student's absence and decision /sanction rendered.
In the case that the Judicial Board makes the decision, the decision is forwarded to the Chief Hearing Officer for processing.
The Judicial Board is bound by ethics and the Code of Student Conduct to appropriately apply policies and procedures as outlined in the Student Handbook. The Hearing Officer assigned to the case is responsible for maintaining the integrity and equitable application of these procedures. Adjustments in the judicial process may be made as necessary to ensure that all students rights are maintained. The University endeavors to create an environment where the "student voice" is a vital source of accountability and education!
Note: Cases involving alleged victims may be administered by a Hearing Officer to ensure privacy as well as cases heard near or around breaks or when it is deemed in the best interest of the student and the university.
A student may appeal a decision by the hearing officer. The only time a student may not appeal a decision is when the student pleads responsible and the minimum penalty is assessed or a responsible verdict in absentia is nonappealable. The student must decide within 24 hours of verbal notification of the sanction as to whether to make an appeal. An appeal can be made for any of the following reasons:
- irregularity in proceedings
- punishment inconsistent with the nature of the offense
- additional evidence not available at the hearing
Disciplinary action taken by the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education is appealable to the Provost. The reason for the appeal is distributed to the Provost. The Provost may choose not to hear an appeal and, thereby, uphold the original decision and sanction. In the event the Provost decides to hear the appeal, the Provost reserves the right to decrease or increase the sanction at his/her discretion. The decision of the Provost is final.
The University's student judicial process holds students accountable for their actions and encourages students to accept the consequences of their actions; however, it is not the intent nor desire of the University to negatively impact a student's future in terms of employment or graduate school prospects. Therefore, the University provides an opportunity for expungement in some circumstances. The Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education handles the expungement process. All requests and inquires regarding expungement of student judicial records should be submitted to the office of the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education.The actions taken by the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education are final.
- The campus disciplinary action must not be the result of a serious campus code violation (e.g. sexual assault, weapons, illegal drug distribution, etc.).
- Student requesting expungement must have passed at least 90 academic hours.
- One full academic semester must have elapsed since the initial charge and sanction against the student.
- There must be no other pending disciplinary action at the time of request.
- There must be no outstanding financial obligations to the University (e.g. Business office, Library, Financial Planning Office, University Police, Residence Life Office, or any other University Office).
- Initial campus disciplinary action was taken as a result of criminal related offense.
- No appreciable amount of time has elapsed to indicate change in initial behavior or attitude of student.
- Student(s) not enrolled for consecutive semesters, thereby limiting observance of campus behavior and attitude.
Any Student who believes he/she has been discriminated against by a member of the faculty, an employee of the University, or by a fellow student is encouraged to file a complaint. If a student believes he/she has been discriminated against in accordance with policies and practices listed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, or section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, he or she may make a claim that his or her rights have been denied.
Claims or grievances should be filed with the appropriate University official. Complaints and grievances related to academic matters should be made in accordance with policies and procedures stated in the current Catalog of Graduate Programs. Complaints and grievances related to non-academic employees of the University should be made to the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education.
Complaints and grievances related to student life, student activities, residence life, counseling, safety and security, or campus ministry should be made to the Dean of Adult and Continuing Education.
Complaints and grievances related to admissions practices, recruitment, and financial aid should be made to the Vice President for Enrollment Management. Complaints and grievances related to accounts payable and business office related functions should be made to the Vice President of Business Affairs. Complaints and grievances related to athletics should be made to the Vice President for Athletics. Complaints and grievances related to public relations, publications, and donations to the University should be made to the Vice
President for University Relations.
Complaints and grievances specifically related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Section 504 should be made to the Director of Human Resources, who serves as the ADA/504 coordinator. [Complaints and grievances specifically related to educational support services may be made to the Director of the Noel Program for the Disabled.] Complaints and grievances unresolved at this level may be addressed to the Human Relations Committee. The Director of Human Resources will assist with the forwarding of unresolved complaints and grievances to the Human Relations Committee.
Decisions by the Human Relations Committee are subject to review by the Provost. The Provost may take whatever action he deems necessary and appropriate. The Provost's conclusions and actions are final.
If a student believes he/she has been harassed or otherwise discriminated against because of race, gender, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or military service, the student should report the matter immediately to the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education. In the case of sexual harassment, the complaint should be made in accordance with the University's sexual harassment policy as stated in the current student handbook. If a student is not sure how to file a complaint, the Assistant Provost for Adult and Continuing Education will assist the student. Complaints should be presented orally to the appropriate University officials described above. If an informal discussion of the matter is not satisfactory, a written statement of the complaint will be requested. A written statement should contain the following:
- The exact nature and details of the grievance.
- The date, time, and place of the grievance.
- The names of witnesses or persons who have knowledge of the grievance.
- Any available written documentation or evidence that is relevant to the grievance.
The University official who receives the written complaint will investigate the complaint and take whatever action is deemed necessary and appropriate and will respond to the student in a timely manner. If a student has followed the grievance policy process and remains dissatisfied with the response to the complaint, the student may appeal to the Graduate Council or to the School of Divinity Appeals Committee, whichever is appropriate, for academic matters and to the University Appeal Board for non-academic matters. Decisions by the University Appeal Board are subject to review by the Provost. The Provost may take whatever action he deems necessary and appropriate. The Provost's conclusions and actions regarding the complaint are final.


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Release Date: 1/1/1970
Product Code: 1789
Warm fabric, hot color! This bright red-orange felt coat featured a double row of fringe at the hem and five golden bead buttons. The felt hat featured fringe trim. Orange mid-calf boots completed the winter look.
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