Student Code of Conduct Approved: July 3, 2018; Last Updated: August 2023 6 20. Sexual Misconduct: means sexual harassment or sexual violence and encompasses a wide range of behavior for sexual purposes that is against another’s will or at the expense of another. Sexual misconduct includes, but is not limited to sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, or any conduct of a sexual nature that is nonconsensual or has the effect of threatening or intimidating another. 21. Sexual Violence: Includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, and domestic violence, dating violence, intimate partner violence and stalking. 22. Student: any person, regardless of age, admitted, registered, enrolled, or attending any College course or College conducted program; any person admitted to the College who is on College premises or College-related premises for any purpose pertaining to their registration or enrollment. 23. Student Code of Conduct: the written policies adopted by the institution governing student behavior, rights, and responsibilities and the process by which violations are adjudicated and sanctioned. 24. Student Conduct Officer: an individual employed by the Westchester Community College, the WCC Faculty Student Association, or WCC Foundation who is authorized to determine the appropriate resolution of an alleged violation of the Student Code of Conduct, and/or to impose sanctions or affect other remedies as appropriate. Subject to the provision in this Code, a Student Conduct Officer is vested with the authority to, among other duties, investigate a complaint of an alleged violation of the Student Code of Conduct; decline to pursue a complaint; refer identified disputants to mediation or other appropriate resources; approve an administrative agreement developed with a Respondent; conduct an Administrative Conference; impose sanctions; and serve as a Complainant in a Hearing. 25. Student organization or student group: an association or group of persons that has complied with the formal requirements for College recognition by the Department of Student Involvement and/or the Student Government Association. 26. Support person or Advisor: any person who accompanies a Respondent or Reporting Individual for the limited purpose of providing support, advisement and guidance. A support person/advisor may not directly address the Hearing Officers, question witnesses, or otherwise actively participate in the student conduct process, but may speak privately with the advisee during the proceedings. 27. Title IX Coordinator: shall mean the Title IX Coordinator and/or their designee or designees.
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