Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution
Who Are We?
When incidents of alleged misconduct happen, our office is the main university entity that works with students to determine a resolution. We also ensure that students receive fair treatment in all Code of Student Conduct matters. Students, faculty, and staff who believe there has been a violation of the Code of Student Conduct can contact our office to discuss options available for reporting incidents to the appropriate authorities. Office staff can assist victims of assault or harassment by a University student, and they are also available for educational programs on a variety of related topics.
Through the Student Conduct Program in the Office of the Dean of Students, it is our aim to help students understand the impact their behavior has on the community, and to assist them with making future decisions that lead to personal and professional success.
Mission, Vision and Goals
Mission
The Bowling Green State University Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution program within the Office of the Dean of Students supports the University’s mission of preparing students for lives of engaged citizenship and leadership in a global society through advocacy, education and accountability. Grounded in a student-centered approach, the Student Conduct Program encourages the holistic development of students through teaching while fostering a safe and inclusive campus community.
Vision
Promoting justice, fairness, student development and success through care, education and upholding the expectations outlined in the Student Code of Conduct.
Goals
- To ensure fairness and justice through adjudication of student conduct in consideration of due process, federal and state laws and regulations, and campus policies and procedures.
- To create sanctions that address student behavior while teaching students responsible citizenship skills.
- To promote student success through proactive education that addresses student behavior within the community.
- To contribute to the campus community through student advocacy, engagement and care.
- Actively facilitate student development by helping students understand responsibility and decision-making.
- To proactively work with students by connecting current behavior to future career and life implications.
Conduct Support Offices
Additional Policy Resources
One of the concerns of Bowling Green State University is to provide each student with the opportunity to learn. Therefore, some personal freedoms and rights of students include, but are not limited to:
- Freedom of inquiry, speech and assembly.
- Freedom from threats.
- Freedom from acts of violence.
- Freedom from unfair or obscene treatment from others.
- Freedom from interference from others in an unreasonable and unauthorized manner while in class, activities and public events.
- Freedom from theft and willful destruction of personal property.
- Right to study and to learn in an atmosphere of academic freedom.
- Right to procedural due process in University conduct action.
- Right to be governed by justifiable academic regulations.
- Right to be informed of the regulations for academic and social conduct, and graduation requirements of the University.
- Right to petition for redress of grievances, academic and nonacademic.
- Right to be informed in writing of alleged violations of the Code of Student Conduct.
Each student has the responsibility:
- To respect the rights and property of others.
- To be fully acquainted and comply with the published rules and regulations of the University.
- To comply with all local, state and federal laws
- To recognize that student actions reflect upon the individuals involved as well as upon the entire University community.
- To recognize the University’s obligation to provide an environment conducive for learning and academic inquiry.
- To adhere to the academic requirements determined by individual instructors.
Updated: 07/17/2025 02:00PM