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Alcohol Policy Administration
Crisis Intervention & Management
Diversity Education
Harassment & Assault Prevention
Judicial Programs
Student Records Maintenance
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Alcohol Policy Administration
This office receives reports of possible alcohol policy violations and other alcohol-related incidents. The Alcohol Policy covers both on-campus and off-campus incidents and grants the Office of the Dean of Students the authority to receive, hear and determine whether the alcohol incidents violate the Alcohol Policy. Student who are found to have violated the alcohol policy may be required to attend alcohol education classes, undergo individual alcohol assessments, perform community service, and/or have their parents/legal guardians notified. The Office of the Dean of Students notifies parents in cases in which the student(s) involved are under 18 or if the student has had several violations. Files of all alcohol policy violations are maintained in the Office of the Dean of Students for two years.

Photo: Student SwimmingCrisis Intervention and Management
Our staff coordinates the University's response to crisis issues involving students. By responding to emergencies such as suicidal or threatening behavior, accidental injury or death, and other incidents that require urgent action, staff members work to ensure communication between University and community resources. Frequent contact with media agencies, other Student Affairs departments such as Student Health Services and University Housing and Residential Education, and integration of University disciplinary policies into the response are all important parts of this function. The Emergency Notification Policy is administered through this office.

Diversity Education
The Office of the Dean of Students develops programmatic planning schemes for the entire Division of Student Affairs. In addition to student focus groups, staff focus groups, individual staff interviews and resident assistant training, we help sponsor a variety of diversity-related programs, which you can read about on the programs section of our website.

Harassment and Assault Prevention
This office provides a variety of services related to harassment and assault, including counseling affected students, making referrals, receiving and filing incident reports, sponsoring educational programs, and programmatic planning. All types of harrassment and assault are covered, including (but not limited to) racial harrassment or assault; sexual or gender harrassment, violence or assault; harrassment or assault based on religious grounds; harrassment or assault based on sexual orientation; domestic or relationship violence; and peer relationship matters. We also help students and University staff and faculty interpret University policies in this area. Please look at our publications for more information.

Judicial Programs
Our staff provides advice, training, and other support to student judicial leaders to ensure that due process requirements are met, and that investigations, hearings and other matters are handled responsibly. Approximately 150 students are involved in the student judicial decision-making process, which includes separate systems for undergraduate and graduate & professional school students. The student judicial system handles cases involving academic dishonesty, illegal drugs, assault, and other related issues.

Student Records Maintenance
The Office of the Dean of Students keeps individual student records in the following five categories:

  • disciplinary issues (pending, current and adjudicated)
  • confidential matters
  • harassment and assault reports
  • alcohol-related incidents
  • deceased students

This office abides by the provisions made in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA).We insure the protection of individual privacy.

In addition to the above-named records, our office works in conjunction with the University Registrar to process more than one thousand Dean's Certification requests each year.

Our Publications
The Office of the Dean of Students develops the following publications for the benefit of faculty, staff and students. If the publication you want is not online, or if you prefer a print copy over an online publication, please call the Office of the Dean of Students at 966-4042.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Questions, Comments? Email us at dsa@unc.edu
 

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