Community Standards
Student Conduct Code
The Student Conduct Code (INTERIM) at the University of Montana embodies and promotes honesty, integrity, accountability, rights, and responsibilities associated with constructive citizenship in our academic community. This Code describes expected standards of behavior for all students, including academic conduct and general conduct, and it outlines students' rights, responsibilities, and the campus processes for adjudicating alleged violations.
If you wish to report an incident, please fill out the Office for Community Standards Incident Reporting Form.
Contact Information
John Nugent
Interim Executive Director, Housing and Community Standards
(406) 243-2611
john.nugent@mso.umt.edu
John DeBoer (academic misconduct only)
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
(406) 243-4689
john.deboer@mso.umt.edu
Frequently Asked Questions
You should attend this meeting to provide information about what you know on the situation. If the meeting time that is set does not work for you, you should immediately call the number in the letter to reschedule.
The next step in this process is the findings meeting where the behavior reported is discussed and student have an opportunity to present any information or evidence at this time. A student can have the findings meeting following the preliminary meeting or they can schedule the findings meeting within 5 days of the preliminary meeting.
Yes, you may have an advisor accompany you to the meeting. However, the advisor cannot speak for you in the meeting. If you are bringing an attorney, you must notify the hearing officer of the administrative meeting so the University’s legal office can also have representation in the meeting.
You have the right to appeal the decision of the hearing officer based on any of the following criteria:
- The conduct process was not followed or adhered to by the process outlined in the UM Student conduct code.
- New evidence has been discovered since the initial hearing; or
- The sanction(s) issued are excessive.
Sanctions are outcomes assigned by the hearing officer. Sanctioning is progressive and takes into consideration the violation(s), your cumulative student conduct record and any mitigating/aggravating factors. Possible sanctions include, but are not limited to: formal warning, educational programs, restitution, probation, suspension, and/or dismissal from the University.
The conduct process is intended to be educational and create outcomes so students learn from previous experience and minimize violating the conduct code in the future.Probation is an administrative sanction that may be assigned as part of a student conduct resolution. It is considered more serious than a formal warning, but less serious than a suspension. While it will not appear on your transcript, it is part of your student conduct record and may be reported on student conduct record checks.
Additionally, if you are documented for a new incident while on probation, you have violated your probationary status and may be assigned more significant sanctions for the new incident.
Disciplinary probation is related to behavior, whereas academic probation is related to grades.- Residence Halls or Community Standards– Please contact UM Housing and Community Standards at 406-243-2611.
- Admission Review –Please contact the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Success & Campus Life at 406-243-5225.
- Behavioral Health Options –Please contact the BHO program directly at 406-243-2290
Most future employers will not inquire about your student conduct record. However, relevant organizations will require you to release your records for review by an affiliated investigator (e.g. if you are sitting for the bar exam, or the job you're applying to involves security clearance). The investigator will provide us with a copy of your signed release form and request a copy of your student conduct records. We will not release your confidential records without a release form from you.
Typically, graduate schools will inquire about your student conduct record during the application process. Please consult with the Office for Community Standards to determine if you have a student conduct record and if so, what will be reported to a prospective graduate program or professional school