Section V: Emergency Removal from the University

1. The President, or the designee, may impose an immediate emergency removal against the student before the resolution of an alleged violation of the Code. An emergency removal can only be issued after the student has been sent a Notice of Conference for alleged violations of the Student Code of Conduct and shall remain in effect until the resolution of the allegation(s) or charge(s) by a finding of non-responsibility, acceptance of responsibility, informal resolution, or a hearing decision.
2. This emergency removal includes the immediate exclusion from the institution and all the institution’s campuses, sites, locations, and property (including University-owned, leased, and/or managed housing) of a student for an interim period whenever the President determines that this is required to:
   1. Ensure the safety and well-being of members of the institution’s community;
   2. Protect institutional property;
   3. Prevent the student from posing an ongoing disruption of, or interference with, the normal operations of the institution; or
   4. Protect any student from discrimination, including sexual harassment or retaliation for reporting discrimination, including sexual harassment.
3. When an emergency removal is imposed, the charged student shall be denied access to the institution, including in-person and online classes and all other institutional activities or privileges for which the student might otherwise be eligible, as the President or the designee may determine to be appropriate.
   1. During the time of the emergency removal from the institution, the student may not come onto institutional property for any reason other than meeting with the appropriate University official(s) regarding resolution of the emergency removal and the student conduct violation.
   2. Upon written request by the student to the Assistant Dean, after consultation with and approval from the Provost’s Office, the President may permit the student to participate in online classes that do not include entering onto institutional property and provide adequate protections to prevent any of the conditions of Section B(1), (2), (3) or (4), above, from occurring.
4. Hearing on the Emergency Removal
   1. Any student so removed shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing on the emergency removal no later than fourteen (14) Working Days following the removal unless the student agrees to delay the hearing to a later time.
   2. A Hearing Officer shall hold the hearing under the hearing procedures of the Code, as applicable.
   3. The Hearing Officer shall make a written recommendation to the President within five (5) Working Days of the conclusion of the hearing.
   4. The President’s decision upon the Hearing Officer’s recommendation shall be final.
   5. The deadlines under this section cannot be extended.

The emergency removal does not replace the regular disciplinary process, which shall proceed pursuant to the Code.