What is the Appeals Process?
Requests for appeals shall be directed in writing to the Vice President for Student Life (VPSL) within three business days of written notification of the action taken by the Hearing Officer, PRB, or CSB. The appeal should be delivered to the Vice President for Student Life in Campion 238 or emailed to studentappeals@sju.edu. The appeal process is reserved only for serious cases, for example, when the outcome may have been sanctions 12 through 16 listed in the likely sanction section. In the written appeal, evidence of one or more of the following must be clearly demonstrated:
1. A material failure to follow the procedures of the Community Standards process that affected the outcome.
2. There is new information, sufficient to alter a decision that was not reasonably available at the time of the original hearing.
3. The sanction(s) was not consistent for the violation(s) of the Community Standards.
Appeals submitted for other reasons or past the three business day time limit shall not be considered. The Vice President for Student Life in concert with the Provost/designee may review all available information pertaining directly to the appeal, and in most cases shall make a decision within 5 business days. The VPSL and Provost/designee may 1) replace the sanction with another which may be more severe, less severe, or otherwise different; 2) remand the case for reconsideration; 3) direct the case for a new hearing. If the VPSL and Provost/designee find no merit to the appeal, the decision of the original hearing shall stand. While an appeal is pending, sanctions are not in effect unless the VPSL imposes an interim suspension/conditional attendance as highlighted above. In cases where the VPSL and/or the Provost/designee is/are a party to the hearing, a designee(s) will hear the appeal.
