Student Conduct Hearings at Merrimack
Learn more about the student conduct hearing process at Merrimack College.
Administrative Hearings
The majority of student conduct incidents at Merrimack College are adjudicated in a meeting with an Administrative Hearing Officer (AHO). The Senior Associate Dean of Students, Graduate Fellow for Community Standards and administrators in the Office of Residence Life serve as AHOs.
Student Conduct Hearing Board
The Student Conduct Hearing Board will consider all cases that may result in loss of housing, suspension, or expulsion from the College, as well as other cases referred directly to the board by the Director of Community Standards due to unusual complexity or seriousness.
Examples include drug violations, sexual misconduct, assault and other offenses. Cases involving sexual misconduct may be adjudicated by a subcommittee of the Student Conduct Hearing Board as described in the college’s sexual misconduct procedures.
Hearing Board Membership
The Student Conduct Hearing Board is composed of students, faculty and administrators selected by the director of community standards. Each is appointed for an initial term of one academic year and may be reappointed to serve subsequent terms.
For more information about Student Conduct Hearing Board, refer to the Student Handbook.