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AppendixUniversity Authorities and Appellate Officers
Appendix to Policy
| Respondent | University Authority
Offers informal resolutions. Decides upon and implements responsive action, including disciplinary sanctions. | Appellate Officer[1]
Decides appeals as set forth in the policy. |
|---|---|---|
| Student | The campus office responsible for investigating and adjudicating potential Student Conduct Code violations other than prohibited misconduct: 1) offers informal resolutions; and 2) implements responsive action. Hearing decision-makers decide upon responsive action. | For students on the Twin Cities campus: Executive Vice President and Provost or designee For students on the Morris, Rochester, Duluth and Crookston campuses: Chancellor or designee |
| Faculty or staff member | Dean, Vice President, Vice Chancellor or equivalent senior administrator that oversees the respondent or the respondent’s department or unit | For faculty on the Twin Cities campus: Executive Vice President and Provost or designee
For staff on the Twin Cities campus: Vice President for Human Resources or designee For staff and faculty on the Morris, Rochester, Duluth and Crookston campuses: Chancellor or designee |
| Third party | University official who retains or oversees the third party, as designated by the responsible Vice President, Vice Chancellor or equivalent senior administrator | Twin Cities campus: Vice President for Human Resources or designee
Morris, Rochester, Duluth and Crookston campuses: Chancellor or designee |
| Twin Cities Deans | Executive Vice President and Provost | President |
| Vice Chancellors and Deans on the Crookston, Duluth, Morris and Rochester campuses | Chancellor | President |
| Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President or Chancellor | President | Board of Regents or Special Committee of the Board of Regents |
| General Counsel | President, with approval of the Board of Regents | To be appointed by the Board of Regents |
| President and other employees who report to the Board of Regents | Board of Regents | To be appointed by the Board of Regents |
[1] If the identified Appellate Officer also served as the University Authority in the case, the Appellate Officer will be the President or President’s designee.
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