University Hearings Board; Student Conduct Hearings Panel
(1) University Hearings Board Membership. The University Hearings Board
(Hearings Board) shall consist of eighteen members, all of whom must be
appointed by the University President. The Hearings Board shall consist of:
(a) Ten registered students at the University of Oregon that have been
recommended to the President by the ASUO. Each student member is appointed for
a one-year term and may be reappointed for additional terms;
(b) Four University officers of instruction, all of whom the Committee on
Committees of the University Senate shall recommend to the President. Two
officers of instruction will serve a one-year term, and the other two will
serve a two-year term; and
(c) Four University officers of administration all of whom the Committee on
Committees of the University Senate shall recommend to the President. Two
officers of administration will serve a one-year term, and the other two will
serve a two-year term.
(2) Recruitment and selection of student nominees.
(a) The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards and Office of
Student Advocacy will take responsibility during spring term for the
recruitment and receipt of applications for new student members to the Hearings
Board. The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards and Office of
Student Advocacy will ensure that the nominated students are representative of
the diversity of the University of Oregon. Particular efforts will be made to
recruit law students.
(b) A review committee consisting of one member of the Office of Student
Conduct and Community Standards, one member of the Office of Student Advocacy,
one student from the Residence Hall Association, and two members of the ASUO,
one of which will be the University Affairs Director, will review the
applications for the Hearings Board. The review committee will make every
attempt to ensure that the nominated students are representative of the
diversity of the applicant pool.
(c) Preference will be given to up to 5 recommended students wishing to
return to the Hearings Board for reappointment.
(d) Names of nominated students will be forwarded to ASUO for formal
nomination to the University President pursuant to (1)(a).
(e) New student members of the Hearings Board, once appointed by the
President, will be trained by the Office of Student Conduct and Community
Standards and the Office of Student Advocacy before the end of the academic
year in which they are appointed.
(f) New student members shall be ready and available to assume
responsibilities for the Hearings Panel at the beginning of the next academic
year after they are appointed.
(3) Student Conduct Hearings Panel (Hearings Panel). Student Conduct Code
panel hearings, pursuant to OAR 571-021-0205, are heard by a panel on which
officers of instruction, officers of administration and students are
represented, drawn from members of the Hearings Board. A Hearings Panel cannot
proceed with fewer than four members present.
(a) A party may challenge a Hearings Panel member or the chair on the
ground of personal bias. Any member who is incapable of rendering a fair and
objective decision based solely upon the facts, information and arguments
presented during the hearing with no influence based on the member's
familiarity with people, facts or the situation arising from outside the
hearing is disqualified from hearing the case.
(b) If a Hearings Panel member is disqualified, the chair of the Hearings
Panel will determine whether to fill the position by appointment of another
member of the Board or to proceed with fewer members so long as the Hearings
Panel consists of no fewer than four qualified members.
