"No Contact Policy"
The College reserves the right to issue a “no contact” order between two or more students in response to alleged disruptive, violent, aggressive, threatening, harassing and/or discriminatory contact and/or in response to a violation of College policy. A “no contact” order may be issued for an interim period or until a student graduates from the College.
A “no contact” order typically includes, but is not limited to:
- Initiating any contact in person in any location on or off campus;
- Initiating any electronic contact (e.g. e-mails, phone calls, text messages, social networking site messages, blog comments, etc.);
- Initiating any indirect contact (e.g. leaving a note); and/or
- Others acting on behalf of the students who were issued the “no contact” order to initiate contact in person, indirectly, and/or electronically.
A “no contact” order will typically be in effect for both the initiating student and the recipient unless and until there has been a finding of a violation of College policy, in which case the no contact order will typically only apply to any student who is found to have committed the policy violation.
A “no contact” order communicates the expectation that if a student who is subject to a “no contact” order comes into contact with any other student who is covered by the terms of the “no contact” order, the student(s) will respect the other student’s/students’ space and not remain in the same location. The College reserves the right to issue more specific instructions or directives.
Violating a “no contact” order, as well as any type of retaliation, intimidation, manipulation, or other conduct that is inconsistent with College policy, will result in a conduct investigation being initiated and may result in disciplinary action. The Noncompliance Policy and the Student Conduct Policy are described in the Student Handbook. Nothing in this policy is intended to limit the College’s ability to address matters that are subject to the Nondiscrimination Policies.