NSU_Student_Handbook_2023-2024

39 NSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2023-24 IMMUNIZATION POLICY To prevent illness and protect the health of the campus community, NSU strongly recommends students to be immunized. All students are required to receive the MMR (Measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, and strongly encouraged to receive the meningitis vaccine for protection against these potentially life-threatening diseases. CAMPUS FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY POLICY I. POLICY STATEMENT NSU is truly committed to campus safety. With so many students living and learning in such close proximity throughout our campus, each and every student plays an important role in fire prevention. The following policies are designed to aid in fire prevention and protect the safety of the campus community. Every student assumes the responsibility of complying with fire safety policies, procedures, and guidelines as put forth in this handbook. Violations of fire safety policies and procedures are treated with the highest priority and may result in student conduct sanctions including, but not limited to, fines, educational programing, and removal from residence halls. II. POLICY VIOLATIONS AND SANCTIONS The following minimum conduct sanctions may be imposed upon any student found to have violated this Fire Safety Policy. 1. Smoking of products including but not limited to tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and vapor cigarettes in campus buildings or other non-designated areas of campus i. First Violation – $50.00 Fine, Subject to Formal Student Conduct Warning and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation – $50.00 Fine and Subject to Formal Student Conduct Probation iii. Third Violation – $100.00 Fine and Subject to Conduct Probation, and possible removal from Residence Hall. 2. Item(s) hanging from fire alarm or fire sprinkler system i. First Violation – Residence Hall Written Warning and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation - $25.00 Fine and Subject to Formal Student Conduct Sanction(s) 3. Burning candle or other open flame(s) i. First Violation – $25.00 Fine, Residence Hall Written Warning, and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation – $50.00 Fine and Subject to Formal Student Conduct Sanction(s) iii. Third Violation – $100.00 Fine and Subject to Residence Hall Expulsion 4. Tampering with room fire/smoke detector or other room fire alarm device i. First Violation – $100.00 Fine, Subject to Formal Student Conduct Sanction(s), and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation – $200.00 Fine and Subject to Student Conduct Probation and Residence Hall Expulsion 5. Tampering with building fire alarm system – NOT resulting in the transmission of a fire evacuation i. First Violation – $75.00 Fine, Subject to Formal Conduct Warning, and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation – $200.00 Fine and Subject to Student Conduct Probation

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