BFA Student Affairs Committee

"The Student Affairs Committee shall address issues pertaining to student affairs, including student judicial affairs, housing, student activities, student government and non-academic services for students." BFA Standing Rules, Article V, Section 1(l).

Annual Report 2011-2012

The major pressing issue before the Committee was dealing with the issues surrounding the BFA’s approval of the Honor Code Constitution and Procedures.  The committee met both physically and via email, and agreed on two major revisions.  The first is clear rules associated with faculty notification of pending Honor Code hearings (in particular, that such hearings must be postponed if the involved faculty member cannot, but wants to attend).  The second was the clear and unambiguous clarification that faculty and only faculty are responsible for grades. 

Subsequent discussions led to clarification that issues where faculty are suspected of unprofessional or capricious behavior should be addressed not by the Honor Council, but through Departmental Chairs and College Deans. 

We have received a revised version of the Honor Code Constitution and Procedures, but I have asked for (but not received) a version in which “track changes” has been used to indicate where those changes occurred.  I have, however, produced such a document, which contains language that meets the committee’s requirements.  

Committee Resources:

• Honor Code website
• Policy regarding Class Conflicts with Club Sports (approved April 29, 2010) (pdf)
• (For the policy on class conflicts with Intercollegiate Athletics, please visit BFA's Intercollegiate Athletics Committee webpage.)