HONOR COMMITTEE MEETING
OCTOBER 19, 2014
I.
ROLL CALL
Absent: Alexander Morgan
II.
III.
COMMUNITY CONCERNS
Michael White wants to extend the appeals process, fundamental fairness is not defined in our
documents. Wants us to explore two changes, being able to drop a case during any point in the
process not only at I-Panel, so investigators can recommend the case to be dropped, and define
fundamental fairness.
OFFICER REPORTS
A. Martese Johnson—Vice Chair for Community Relations, CLAS
a. Pancakes for Parkinson’s on October 25 from 9-2 Honor “Power Hour” is
11AM-12PM
B. Joseph Martin—Vice Chair for Education, COMM
a. Honor umbrellas went out last week
b. Working on an event called Cavalier Cookout at Scott Stadium
c. Education team created the Corner Merchant program and have gotten a lot of
merchants on board hopefully going to go into effect in the next few weeks
d. There will be a weekly prize wheel outside of Newcomb Hall to supplement
education efforts
e. First roundtable on November 6th asking for all Committee representatives to
host an event in their respective schools within the next 3 weeks
C. Henley Hopkinson—Vice Chair for Investigations, CLAS
a. 10 active investigations
D. Nicholas Lee––Vice Chair for Trials, CLAS
a. No trials
E. Nicholas Hine—Chair, CLAS
a. Submitted two proposals to International Center for Academic Integrity Annual
Conference; will hear about acceptance in November
IV.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Policies and Procedures Subcommittee Updates––Tyler Pitt, ARCH
a. Exploring limited written pre-trials to make sure everything goes smoother
b. Conducting an IR “audit”
i. Is the procedure doing what it was designed to do/meeting criteria?
ii. Talking to returning students about their experiences
iii. Garnering feedback from Honor Committee members and support officers
B. Working Group Updates
a. Diversity group has elected first “face of honor”
C. Bad Debt Policy Conversation
a. Review of concerns and options
b. Coming up with a way for VCCR to facilitate a simple investigation
c. Revising the bad debt letters
d. Potential for more substantial By-Law change in the future
V.
NEW BUSINESS
None
VI.
COMMUNITY CONCERNS
None
VII.
CLOSED SESSION