Category: Code of Conduct

Student Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the Code of Conduct at WSU. For October, SCCS is discussing Weapons.

Did you know that weapons are defined as engaging in the possession, use, sale, distribution, or display of any firearm, replica firearm, ammunition, weapon, replica weapon or similar device unless expressly permitted by law and/or university policy. This includes the use of any object or material to cause or threaten physical harm.

For a listing of prohibited weapons, refer to Section 11.19/Prohibiting Weapons on University Property.

More details regarding hazing and other policies in the Student Code of Conduct can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

SCCS is here to help ensure that your student experience is safe. Students who need to report any potential conduct issues to the SCCS office can use the conduct incident response form.

For more information, or to explore other reporting forms, such as the Academic Integrity Reporting Form, visit the SCCS Report It webpag

Student Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the Code of Conduct at WSU. For October, SCCS is discussing Weapons.

Did you know that weapons are defined as engaging in the possession, use, sale, distribution, or display of any firearm, replica firearm, ammunition, weapon, replica weapon or similar device unless expressly permitted by law and/or university policy. This includes the use of any object or material to cause or threaten physical harm.

For a listing of prohibited weapons, refer to Section 11.19/Prohibiting Weapons on University Property.

More details regarding hazing and other policies in the Student Code of Conduct can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

SCCS is here to help ensure that all students’ experiences are safe. Faculty and staff who need to report any potential conduct issues to the SCCS office can use the conduct incident response form.

For more information, or to explore other reporting forms, such as the Academic Integrity Reporting Form, visit the SCCS Report It webpage.

Student Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the Code of Conduct at WSU. For the Month of September, SCCS is focusing on academic integrity.

Did you know that Academic Integrity is any act or action which includes:

• Plagiarism
• Unauthorized use or possession of materials or resources
• Unauthorized collaboration or consultation
• Fabrication, falsification, or misrepresentation of information
• Academic interference
• Unauthorized resubmission
• Facilitation of academic misconduct
• Bribery
• Unauthorized sale, distribution or receipt of academic materials
• Research misconduct as identified in policy 9.13/Misconduct in Research.

More details regarding Academic Integrity violations can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct of the Academic Integrity Handbook.

As a WSU faculty or staff member, you are required to report academic integrity issues to the SCCS office. If outcomes are assigned to the student, such as an assignment grade reduction, course grade reduction, assignment resubmission, etc., please use the academic integrity report form.

To explore other reporting forms (such as the Conduct Reporting Form) at Wichita state, please visit the SCCS Report It website.

Wichita State University has a single website for all students, staff, and faculty to utilize for reporting any incidents of concerning behavior. If you see something that gives you cause for concern, please submit any information you have through the appropriate form on WSU’s Report It website. The website includes reporting forms for:

• COVID-19 Report – Used to report Positive COVID-19 test results for students only.
• Care Team Report – Used to report any person who is concerned about the health or safety of a WSU student, employee, visitor or the campus community.
• Title IX/ Discrimination Report – Used to report any discrimination on the basis of sex and all forms of protected characteristic discrimination.
• Bias Incident Report– Used to report any bias-related incidents.
• Student Advocate Report – Used to report any student complaint, where the student advocate can help provide resources and resolution options.
• Conduct Report – Used to report behavior that is disruptive to the campus community, infringes on any person’s ability to successfully pursue their academic progress, violates the Student Code of Conduct or puts others or themselves in danger.
• Academic Integrity Report – Used to report violations of the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual Section 2.17 / Student Academic Integrity
• Clery Report – Used to report any crimes related to the Clery Act.

Please remember, that if there is an emergency, members can contact Wichita State University Police at 316-978-3450, or by dialing 911.

Do you teach a course at Wichita State University? Are you interesting in sharing more information regarding academic integrity at Wichita State University?

WSU’s Student Conduct Community Standards (SCCS) has created a video discussing what Academic Integrity is at Wichita State University. The intent is that faculty will either show this short three-minute video during class time, or post it on your Blackboard page and require all students in their class watch it sometime during the fall 2022 semester.

The intent behind this video is to supplement what may already be covered in your syllabus and raise awareness regarding academic integrity at Wichita State.

Wichita State’s Student Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) office is helping faculty and staff by raising awareness of certain policies in the Code of Conduct at WSU. One of these policies includes hazing.

Did you know that hazing is any act or action which:

• Has the potential to endanger the mental or physical health or safety of any individual
• Interferes with an individual’s responsibilities
• Explicitly or implicitly encourages or requires participation in activities that violate the law or University policy

Hazing can occur by anyone in any organization.

More details regarding hazing and other policies in the Student Code of Conduct can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

To report any potential conduct issues to the SCCS office during the school year, please use the conduct incident response form. For other reporting forms, such as the Academic Integrity Reporting Form, please visit the Report It website.

Do you know what academic integrity means? Are you interested in learning more about the academic integrity at Wichita State to ensure your semester goes smoothly?

WSU Student Conduct and Community Standards office has created a video discussing academic integrity at the university. The short three three-minute video will supplement what is already discussed in the student syllabi.

For more information, please contact Student Conduct and Community Standards at SCCS@wichita.edu.

Student Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the Code of Conduct at Wichita State. For the month of August, we are discussing hazing.

Did you know that Hazing is any act or action which:

• Has the potential to endanger the mental or physical health or safety of any individual
• interferes with an individual’s responsibilities
• Explicitly or implicitly encourages or requires participation in activities that violate the law or University policy

Hazing can occur by anyone in any organization.

More details regarding hazing and other policies in the Student Code of Conduct can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

SCCS is here to help ensure that your student experience is safe.  To report any potential conduct issues to our office through the school year, please use the conduct incident response form.  If you want to explore other reporting forms at Wichita state, please visit the WSU Report It website.