Enrollment at EMCC entails an obligation on the part of the student to be a responsible member of the College community. It is the responsibility of the College to inform students of their rights and responsibilities, to define reasonable standards of behavior, and to assure students of substantive and procedural due process. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of this published and readily available code of conduct. All members (students, faculty/staff, administrator, etc) of the College community are expected to contribute to a positive campus environment conducive to the educational goals and objects. To be successful, all members of the College community must abide by the following:
- Cooperate with the College employees in the performance of duties and authorized activities.
- Refrain from obstructing educational activities.
- Meet all financial obligations to the College.
- Obey all local, state and federal laws and regulations and all East Mississippi Community College policies.
- Give accurate and complete information for all official records required by the College.
- Have the College Student Identification card at all times while on College property. A student enrolled in East Mississippi Community College assumes responsibility for conduct compatible with the functions and the processes of the College as an educational institution. While the College is dedicated to the rights and freedoms afforded individuals, some actions are considered inappropriate in an institution of higher education.
Inappropriate Conduct Includes:
- Obstruction or disturbance of teaching, administration of the College or other College activities on or off College properties.
- Failure to comply with the directives of College officials acting in the performance of duties.
- Forgery, alteration, misuse of and/or theft of College documents, records, means of identification, e-mail and other electronic information.
- Physical abuse of any person on College-owned or controlled property at College-sponsored or supervised functions that threatens or endangers the health or safety of any such person.
- Psychological abuse of any person on College-owned or controlled property or supervised functions. This includes threats, harassment, stalking and use of social media or e-mail to intimidate, harass, terrify, annoy or offend.
- Theft or damage of property of the College or to the property of a member of the college while said property is on the College property.
- Violation of copyright laws associated with print, audio/video and computer software materials.
- Possession or use of firearms, explosives, dangerous chemicals, substances, instruments or other weapons with the intent of bodily harm on any individual or damage of a building or grounds of College property.
- Use, possession or distribution of illegal drugs, alcohol and other substances on campus or at any College or at any College-sponsored activity (home or away). No tobacco use in class.
- Unauthorized use of the computers for the purpose of compromising computer systems or network security.
- Plagiarism or behavior involving academic dishonesty.
- Profanity, gambling, loitering and other behaviors deemed as inappropriate are not allowed on campus.
- Any attempt to tamper with or falsely activate fire alarms or other protective equipment is strictly prohibited and may include criminal charges.
- Pets on campus are strictly prohibited.
- Public display of affection is strictly prohibited on campus and at any activity of the College.
- Unauthorized tampering or entry into any building, vehicle, or private property of the College, students, faculty/staff or authorized visitors is prohibited.
- The use of tobacco and smoking products is not permitted in/on any EMCC buildings, grounds, parking areas, walkways, recreational and sporting facilities, and college-owned vehicles. The use of all forms of tobacco is banned, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, dip and snuff, as well as e-cigarettes, vapor-emitting products and “synthetic substances other than tobacco.”
- Electronic devices (cell phones & others) used without permission in classrooms is strictly prohibited.
- During fire or tornado alarms, all students must leave their rooms. During a fire alarm all students must leave the building. During a tornado alarm, all students must relocate to the designated safe area for each building.
- Students are responsible for their own behavior when communicating with social media and will be held accountable for the content of the communications that they state/post on social media locations. Students may not disrupt the learning atmosphere, educational programs, school activities, or the rights of others. Inappropriate communications may not be included in social media, including but not limited to (a) confidential, personally identifiable, and sensitive EMCC information about students, employees, and guests; (b) defamatory or discriminatory statements and images, (c) proprietary information of EMCC, and (d) illegal items and activities.
While the above list includes the types of behaviors and activities deemed to be in violation of the Code of Conduct, the list is not intended to be all inclusive. Students failing to abide by the Student Code of Conduct are subject to disciplinary action. It is the responsibility of the student to know and abide by the code of conduct.
Disciplinary action imposed on students in violation of the Code of Conduct is based on the severity of the infraction.
Disciplinary action may include one or more of the following:
- Disciplinary Probation
- Monetary fines
- Dismissal from a class or program
- Expulsion
Misusage of Electronic Devices in Classrooms Policy
Electronic devices can be used in classrooms if it is in the best interest of the class to do so (e.g. sections with e-textbooks). Such usage shall be at the instructor’s discretion. If used in this fashion, all devices should be set to silent and only used for class purposes.
Otherwise, such usage is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct and will be penalized in the following manner:
- 1ST offense - Student should be given a warning by instructor and the warning should be submitted to the Dean of Students.
- 2nd offense - Student will be referred to the Dean of Students and will be fined.
- 3rd offense - Student will be referred to the Dean of Students and the fine will be increased.
- 4th offense - Student will be administratively withdrawn from the class with current grade expressed with the appropriate “W”.
Plagiarism and Cheating Policy
- 1ST offense while enrolled at EMCC- Student should be given a zero for the assignment and the documents should be forwarded to the appropriate Associate/Assistant Dean of Instruction where the student will be placed on instructional probation.
- 2nd offense while enrolled at EMCC- Documentation should be forwarded to the appropriate Associate/Assistant Dean of Instruction. The Associate/Assistant Dean of Instruction will forward both offenses to the Dean of Students and the student will be administratively withdrawn from the course for that semester in cases of a repeat offense in that course.
- 3rd offense while enrolled at EMCC- Student will be referred to the Dean of Students and student will be dismissed from EMCC.
Using an electronic device or other materials without permission during an exam will be considered cheating regardless of intent. Other forms of cheating will include, but are not limited to: having information available in any non-approved form, such as papers, books, notes, materials hidden in apparel, written on self or desks, tabbing out to another computer screen, looking at other students’ work, communicating with other students in any manner.
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