2. Appellate Board: Any person or persons authorized by the institutional president to consider an appeal from the chair’s determination that a respondent has or has not violated the Student Code or from the conduct sanctions imposed by the Student Conduct Officer. 3. Board Policy: The written policies of the South Dakota Board of Regents contained in the policy manual. 4. Chair: The Student Conduct Officer or the senior student affairs officer who: 4.1. Is a member of the Student Conduct Panel; 4.2. Is responsible for the proper operation of the hearing; and 4.3. Has sole discretion to determine whether a Respondent has violated the student Code, and if so, to impose appropriate sanctions. 5. Complainant: An individual who was allegedly injured by an alleged violation of the Student Code by a respondent. 6. Day: Monday through Friday, except for holidays and other times when the Institution’s administrative offices are closed. 7. Faculty Member: Any person hired by the institution to conduct classroom or other academic activities. 8. FERPA: the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. 9. Human Rights Violations: Violence, Harassment, Stalking, Discrimination, and Retaliation under this Student Code not constituting Sexual Harassment as defined by section 2.4.6 below. 10.Institution: Black Hills State University, Dakota State University, Northern State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota State University, and University of South Dakota. 11. Institutional Official: Any person employed by the institution, performing assigned administrative or professional responsibilities. 12. Institutional Premises: All land, buildings, facilities, and other property in the possession of, or owned, used, or controlled by, the Institution, including adjacent streets and sidewalks. 13. Member of the Institutional Community: Any person who is a student, faculty member, institutional official, any person employed by the institution, a volunteer, or guest. A person’s status in a particular situation shall be determined by the senior student affairs officer. 14. Notice: Notice required by this Student Code shall be provided in writing via email to the student’s official institutional email account. Notice is deemed received the Day after it is sent by email. 15. Organization: Any student group that has been granted institutional registration or recognition. 16. Policy: The written regulations of the institution as found in, but not limited to, this Student Code, the Residence Life Handbook, the Graduate and Undergraduate Catalogs, and other official publications. 17. Reasonable Person: A reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities as the complainant. 18. Respondent: A student or organization that is alleged to have violated the Student Code. 19. Senior Student Affairs Officer: That institutional official exercising primary authority over institutional student affairs programs and operations, or designee. 66 NSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2024-25
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