Judicial Affairs
Charlotte Pfeifer, M.P.A. | Director
Administration Building 115 | (574) 520-5524 | judicial.iusb.edu
About the Office of Judicial Affairs
The Office of Judicial Affairs educates the campus and adjudicates violations of The Indiana University Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct hereinafter referred to as The Code. The office advocates for students.
The goals of the office are |
- To promote a campus environment that supports the overall education of the university
- To protect the university community from disruption and harm
- To encourage appropriate standards of individual and group behavior
- To foster ethical values and civic virtues
- To foster personal learning and growth while holding individuals and groups accountable to the standards or expectations established in The Code
Students may reference The Code at www.dsa.indiana.edu/Code. The procedures for IU South Bend may be found at judicial.iusb.edu. It is the student’s responsibility to know of the prohibited actions such as cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, academic, and personal misconduct, and thus to avoid them. Students are expected to be familiar with The Code, as they are held to the standards outlined within the document.
The following is a partial list of university policies contained within the code. This applies to individuals and student organizations.
- Academic Misconduct
- Cheating
- Plagiarism
- Violation of course rules
- Personal Misconduct on University Property
- Classroom disruption
- Copyright violations
- Possession of firearms or other weapons
- Physical/verbal abuse of any person
- Unauthorized possession or use of alcoholic beverages
- Tobacco-free policy violations
- Unauthorized possession or use of illegal drugs
- Personal Misconduct Not on University Property
- Altering academic transcripts
- Battery
- Alcohol and drug offenses
- Sexual assault
- Unauthorized use of a computer off the campus to obtain access to information
- Participation in group violence
- Stalking