VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Student Handbook
Edited By
Student Handbook Committee
Office of the Associate Vice President for Student
Affairs and Enrollment Management
Department of Student Activities
Student Government Association
Registrars Office
Revised August 2005
Welcome
University
President
Vice
President for Student Affairs
Mission
Principles
Goals
University Services
Residence Life.......................................................................... 1-4
Off‑Campus Housing.................................................................... 5
Commuter Service....................................................................... 5
Career Services......................................................................... 5-6
Student Health Service.............................................................. 6-7
Students With Disabilities.......................................................... 7-8
Federal Trio Programs.................................................................. 9
Student Support Services ................................................... 9
Educational Talent Search............................................ 10-11
Upward Bound.................................................................. 12
Food Services........................................................................ 13-15
Post Office................................................................................. 16
Bookstore.................................................................................. 17
Federal Credit Union................................................................... 18
Cashier's Office.......................................................................... 19
Financial Aid.......................................................................... 19-20
Identification Card...................................................................... 20
Change of Name
21
WVST FM‑91.3....................................................................... 21-22
Academic Services
Johnston Memorial Library...................................................... 24-27
Learning Resource Center
27-28
Academic Support Center
28-30
Stay In Step Intergenerational Programs
..28
Undeclared Majors Advisement Program
29
International
Student Advisement................................................ 29
Veterans
Students Advisement.................................................... 29
Absentee
Notification/Withdrawal From VSU................................ 29
National
Student Exchange Program............................................. 30
Student Involvement: Campus Activities And
Organizations
Student
Activities........................................................................ 32
Foster
Hall Student Union....................................................... 32-36
Field
Trips and Special Activities.................................................. 36
United
Campus Ministry............................................................... 36
Objectives of the University for
Organizations........................... 37-38
Pan
Hellenic Council.................................................................... 38
Student
Senate........................................................................... 39
Student
Government Association.................................................. 39
Preamble.......................................................................... 40
Article I ‑ Name of
Organization..................................... 40
Article II Membership................................................. 40
Article III Legislative Branch................................... 40-46
Article IV Executive Branch.................................... 46-54
Article V Judicial Affairs
Board
54-56
Article VI Elections................................................ 56-58
Article VII Impeachment and
Removal.................... 58-59
Article VIII ‑ Amendments............................................. 59
Miss
VSU/Campus Queens...................................................... 60-61
Mr. VSU................................................................................. 61-62
University
Committees/Student Representation............................ 62
Student
Publications
Virginia
Statesman........................................................... 62
Trojan
Yearbook .............................................................. 62
Athletic
Program ........................................................................ 63
Intramural
Program..................................................................... 63
Weight
Lifting (Power House)...................................................... 63
Cheerleaders............................................................................... 64
Wellness
Center.......................................................................... 64
Judicial Review
Judicial
Affairs............................................................................. 65
Student
Code of Conduct (Preamble)............................................ 65
Disciplinary
Standards and Procedures..................................... 65-66
Violation
of Public Laws by Students........................................ 66-67
Channels
for Charges Against a Student.................................. 68-69
Immediate
Suspension ............................................................... 69
Procedures
for Formal Hearings (AJP)..................................... 70-71
Rights of
the Accused............................................................. 71-72
Administrative
Judicial Panel........................................................ 72
Administrator's
Court.................................................................. 73
Executive
Committee on Discipline.......................................... 73-74
Appeal to
the Executive Committee on Discipline..................... 73-74
Sanctions................................. 74-76
University
Telecommunications Infractions.............................. 76-77
Front
Campus............................................................................. 77
Student
Code of Conduct ‑ Violations and Penalties.................. 78-88
Peer
Mediation............................................................................ 89
Academic Policies, Procedures & Regulations
Academic
Grievances Against Faculty............................ 90-91
Release of Records................................. 91
Classroom
Conduct................................ 92
Cheating................................................ 92
Course
Syllabus................................. 92-93
Class
Management............................ 93-94
Academic
Regulations....................... 94-96
Student Grievance Procedure
Preamble.......................................................................... 98
Definitions........................................................................ 98
Time
Management........................................................ 98-99
Procedures................................................................. 99-100
Students Rights and Responsibilities
Family Education Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974.................. 101-103
........ (The Buckley
Amendment)
Safety and Security
University Police........................................................................ 104
Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990.............. 104-105
Motor Vehicle Regulations................................................... 105-106
Vehicle Parking Policy: Freshmen................................................ 107
Civility
& Decorum..................................................................... 107
Public
Information..................................................................... 108
Security
Awareness................................................................... 108
Security
Escort Program-Student Trojans on Patrol(S.T.O.P)108-109
Discrimination
Policy..........................
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109-110
Policy on
the Prohibition of Sexual Harassment..................... 110-114
Substance
Abuse Education Program................................... 115-116
Sexual
Misconduct Policy..................................................... 116-118
Virginia
State University's Prosecutorial Procedures.............. 118-121
Appendices
Appendix A: Information to Know........................................ 122-125
Appendix B: The Alma Mater...................................................... 126
Appendix C: The Evening Song