1. A Student who has received a sanction from the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities Conduct Panel or the Hearing Panel, shall have a right to appeal the sanction to the Head of Campus, who will initiate the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities Appeal Panel. The Respondent shall have ten (10) working days to provide written grounds why the sanction imposed by the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities Conduct Panel or Hearing Panel should be reconsidered. The Respondent is entitled to a meeting with the Head of Campus, but the appeal must be in writing. If the sanction is eviction from residence, the student may be required to leave residence while the appeal is pending.

1.1. Appeals to sanctions will be addressed by the Head of Campus Appeal Panel within ten (10) working days from receipt of a written appeal by the Student. The Head of Campus Appeals Panel will provide their decision in writing. The decision of the Head of Campus Appeal Panel will either confirm, vary, or overturn the sanction imposed by the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities Conduct Panel or the Hearing Panel, and in the case of overturning the sanction, may substitute its own decision on sanctions.

No person shall sit in judgment on an appeal if that person has been previously involved in a decision-making process related to the matter under appeal, or if that person has any conflict of interest, bias or reasonable apprehension of bias.

1.2. If the Head of Campus Appeals Panel decides suspension or expulsion is appropriate, the University Registrar will be advised by the Head of Campus.

1.3. Decisions of the Head of Campus confirming suspension or expulsion may be appealed in writing, within ten (10) working days of the decision, to a panel of the Board of Regents.

1.4. A Complainant or the Respondent may appeal the outcome of the decision on one or more of the following grounds to the Head of Campus.

a. Evidence of a conflict interest;

b. Significant error in the process;

c. The result is patently unreasonable;

d. There is significant new evidence that was not available at the time of the decision, which has the potential to change the outcome of the matter.

Disagreement with a decision and/or sanction does not constitute grounds for appeal.