Community Standards
Student Affairs supports an inclusive community by advancing student learning, well-being, and personal and professional growth through leadership and engagement opportunities.
Community Membership Statement
As a community, ESF is committed to the highest standards of personal and professional behavior — both inside and outside the classroom. We celebrate the diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives represented in our community and believe that respect for oneself and others leads to a community characterized by integrity and honor.
To demonstrate our commitment to the values of this community, our office will aid students in striving to be:
An Environmentally-friendly Community that adheres to the practice of respecting and sustaining the natural and the built environment.
An Educational Community that shares academic goals, one in which students, faculty and staff work together to strengthen teaching and learning.
A Civil Community that protects freedom of belief and expression, and treats all individuals with consideration, decency and respect.
A Responsible Community that accepts the rights and obligations expressed in the Code of Student Conduct designed for the common good of our entire community.
A Safe Community that respects each other’s rights, privacy and property.
An Ethical Community that reflects honesty, integrity and fairness in both academic and co-curricular activities.
A Diverse Community that celebrates our differences and learns from our diversity.
A Socially-aware Community that seeks to contribute to the betterment of the campus, the local community, the nation and the world.
Student Handbook
The ESF Student Handbook is the official guidebook to ESF traditions, services, resources, and many ESF policies.
- Academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to, plagiarism and cheating, and other forms of academic misconduct. This includes misuse of academic resources or facilities, or misuse of computer software, data, equipment, or networks.
- Physical harm or threat of physical harm to any person or persons, including, but not limited to assault, sexual abuse, or other forms of physical abuse.
- Harassment, whether physical, verbal, or electronic, oral, written, or video, which is beyond the bounds of protected free speech, directed at a specific individual(s), easily construed as “fighting words,” and/or likely to cause an immediate breach of the peace.
- Conduct, whether physical, verbal, or electronic, oral, written, or video, which threatens the mental health, physical health, or safety of any person or persons including defamation, hazing, drug or alcohol abuse, bullying, and other forms of destructive behavior.
- Intentional disruption or obstruction of lawful activities of the College or its members including their exercise of the right to assemble and to peaceful protest.
- Theft of or damage to personal or College property or services and illegal possession or use of the same.
- Forgery, alteration, fabrication, or misuse of identification cards, records, grades, diplomas, and College documents, or misrepresentation of any other kind to a College office or official.
- Unauthorized entry, use, or occupation of College facilities and properties that are locked, closed, or otherwise restricted as to use.
- Disorderly conduct including, but not limited to, public intoxication, lewd, indecent, or obscene behavior, libel, slander, and illegal gambling.
- Illegal manufacture, purchase, sale, use, possession, being in the presence of, or distribution of alcohol, drugs, or controlled substances and/or violation of the ESF Alcohol and Other Drug Use Policy. ESF complies with the policies and sanctions of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989 (PL 101-226).
- Failure to comply with the directives of College officials who are performing the duties of their office, especially as they relate to the maintenance of safety or security.
- Unauthorized possession or use of any weapon including firearms, BB-guns, air rifles, explosive devices, fireworks, or any other dangerous, illegal, or hazardous object or material, and improper use as a weapon of any otherwise permitted object or material.
- Interference with or misuse of fire alarms, blue safety lights, elevators, or other safety and security equipment or programs.
- Violation of any federal, state, or local law which has a negative impact on the well-being of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry or its individual members. Students are expected to comply with all government regulations and College policies regarding environmental health and safety, including, but not limited to, those outlined in the ESF Laboratory Safety Guide and Chemical Hygiene Plan. In the interest of public health and safety, all members of the College community and visitors/guests must wear shoes and shirts in all campus buildings.
- Violation of College policies, rules, or regulations that are published in ESF’s Student Handbook, Centennial Hall Handbook, Ranger School Addendum, or other official College publications or agreements pertaining to the educational mission of the institution.
Incident Reporting
We take the Code of Student Conduct very seriously. If you witness a violation and wish to report it, please do. Reports may be submitted anonymously.
Alcohol and Drug Amnesty Policy
The Alcohol and Drug Amnesty Policy passed by the ESF Board of Trustees in 2016 aims to increase students’ willingness to seek medical attention for others (or themselves) who may need it due to the consumption of alcohol and/or other drugs.
Alcohol and Drug Amnesty Policy
Title IX
Title IX is the federal anti-discrimination law that states: “No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid.” (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972).
More information about Title IX
Contact:
Anthony Chefalo
Coordinator of Community Standards
110 Bray Hall
apchefal@esf.edu
315-470-6660