The campus conduct process is intended to be educational, not punitive. Our goal is to help the student better understand the impact of his or her actions and to help him or her take steps towards repairing the harm done to the University community. Sanctions are not predetermined, but rather accommodating the individual circumstances of a given case.

Attendance at Mississippi University for Women is not a right, rather it is a privilege. As such, removal of a student from campus through a sanction of suspension or expulsion is a possibility in certain circumstances in which the student has endangered themselves, the university community, or engaged in repeat violations of the Code of Student Conduct.

Student Disciplinary Procedures can be found within the Student Handbook.

Appeal Process

An appeal can be made in writing to the VPSA or designee(s) within five business days from the date of receiving notification. All appeals must be based on one or more of the followings factors:

• An error in procedure, which prejudiced the process to the extent that the participant was denied a fundamentally fair hearing as a result of the error. Procedural flaws alone are not grounds for an appeal. Significant procedural errors that may have affected the verdict or sanction will be considered.
• The emergence of new evidence that could not have been previously discovered and that, had it been represented at the initial hearing, would have substantially affected the original decision of the hearing body.

Student must indicate in their correspondence to the VPSA or designee(s) the basis for the appeal. Based on the merit of the appeal, the VPSA or designee(s) will decide the appeal. The decisions of the VPSA or designee(s) shall be made in writing to the student, group, or registered student organization granting or denying their request. The decision of the VPSA or designee(s) is final, except in those cases where a student, group, or registered student organization receives expulsion as a sanction.
Appeals will depend on the hearing officer and may be heard by the VPSA, designee(s), or by the President of the University.discipline

Appeal information can be found within the Student Handbook.