Student Code of Conduct: Standards
All Normandale students are required to familiarize themselves with, as well as to conform to, college rules and regulations governing personal conduct on campus. Violations of such rules and regulations, for which students are subject to disciplinary action, include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Academic dishonesty.
Cheating, plagiarizing (including electronic plagiarism), or aiding and abetting another person in cheating or plagiarism. - Alcoholic beverages and illegal substances.
Using, selling, or possessing alcoholic beverages or controlled substances or being under the influence of alcohol or illegal substances on college controlled property. - Breach of campus safety and security.
Accessing, entering, intentionally damaging door locks, possessing unauthorized college keys or access cards or duplication of, tampering with fire safety equipment or parking vehicles so as to obstruct access to college buildings. - College clubs and organizations.
Violating college regulations concerning student organizations and clubs, the misuse of college facilities, supplies, materials, or the time, place and manner of public expression. - Complicity.
Aiding, abetting, attempting, conspiring, hiring, willfully encouraging or being an accessory to any violation of the Code of Conduct. - Computer use.
Stealing or abusing computer time; unauthorized entry into or transfer of a file, using another individual's identification and password; interfering with the work of a student or staff member; using the computer to send obscene, abusive messages or using the computer for stalking a victim; or interfering with the operation of the college operations and its computer systems. - Disorderly conduct.
Acting in a manner that is disorderly, lewd, indecent or a breach of peace; or continuing and willfully using profanity or vulgarity or openly and persistent challenging or circumventing college authority. - Disruptive activity.
Participating in or the promoting of disruptive activity that interferes with teaching, college events and activities, or disciplinary proceedings; interfering with teaching, changing the atmosphere of the classroom or preventing learning from taking place; or obstructing the college process, systems or services. - False information.
Furnishing false information, forging, unauthorized altering or misusing of any document, record or instrument of identification, or withholding information from the college; or falsely claiming to represent the college or a student organization or club. - Gambling.
Wagering for money or other things of value, except where permitted by law. - Harassment.
Personally belittling another on the basis of age, sex, race, color, disability, religion, sexual orientation, national/ethnic origin or economic status. - Hazing.
Endangering the mental or physical health of safety of a person; subjecting a person to public humiliation or ridicule, or removing public or private property for the purpose of initiation, admission into, affiliation with or as a condition of continued membership in a student group or organization. - Misuse of college services.
Failing to appropriately use college services or repeatedly misusing college services and support systems. - Obstruction of college operations.
Impeding the operations of the college by failure to comply with proper and lawful directions of a clearly identifiable college official or designee when acting in the performance of their duties, failure to present identification upon request of a college official or designee, or failure to appear for a college disciplinary proceeding to respond to allegations or to testify as a witness when reasonably notified to do so. - Off-campus behavior.
Committing violations of local, state or federal laws involving Normandale students as perpetrator(s) or victim(s), [victims may include students or staff] or when the behavior adversely affects the interests of the college. - Physical, sexual or battery behavior.
Assaulting, battering or abusing another person or threatening with force any member of the college community. - Possession of weapons.
Possessing or using unauthorized firearms or other weapons on college controlled property. Weapon is broadly defined to include, but not limited to, all firearms, including BB guns, dangerous knives, explosives, explosive fuels, dangerous chemicals, billy clubs and fireworks. - Retaliation.
Harassing, threatening or intimidating complainant or other person alleging misconduct. - Solicitation.
Distributing advertisements, samples and engaging in direct sales on college property or at college-sponsored events without prior authorization by the appropriate college official; or littering the college with posters, flyers or brochures on campus or on privately owned vehicles. - Terms of sanctions.
Knowingly violating the terms of the sanctions imposed for prior code offense. - Theft of or damage to property.
Stealing, embezzling or possessing stolen property, destroying, damaging or littering on college property. - Threatening behavior.
Threatening physical abuse or verbally abusing or endangering the health or safety of another person. - Tobacco products.
Violating the college regulations regarding the use of tobacco products.
