Members sought for campus Community Standards Board

The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities is seeking student, faculty, and staff applicants for the Community Standards Board. The Community Standards Board is a board composed of students, faculty, and staff at Purdue who are charged with adjudicating the most serious student conduct cases that are seen by the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, cases that could result in the suspension or expulsion of the charged student.

Members of the CSB should be familiar with University Regulations, specifically Section B. “Student Conduct.” Additionally, members work together as a team to ask clear, sensitive, and relevant questions to determine the fact pattern of a student conduct case, consider all information presented by the university representative and charged student, and make recommendations of fair outcomes and sanctions to the dean of students.

Membership requirements

Student membership (undergraduate and graduate). To be considered for membership, applicants must:

• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and an active student status on the West Lafayette campus. First-year students are accepted pending the outcome of their fall semester grades.
• Have not been placed on a status of disciplinary probation, probated suspension, or suspension, for a violation of policies found in the University Regulations or those published by University Residences.

Faculty/Staff Membership. To be considered for membership, applicants must:

• Be a current faculty or staff member at the West Lafayette campus.
• Be willing to serve as a mentor and resource for student board members during CSB hearings.

Membership expectations

• Members must have availability 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, which includes some two- to four-hour blocks of availability to serve on Community Standards Board panels.
• Members must uphold the highest standards for their own behavior, both on and off campus and avoid involvement in situations that may lessen the perceived credibility of the conduct system.
• Maintain student and CSB confidentiality at all times.
• Become and remain knowledgeable about all aspects of University Regulations.
• Participate in various ongoing training and educational outreach efforts.
• Participate in at least one CSB per school year.

To apply to be a Community Standards Board member, visit the following links:

Faculty and staff application

Student application

For any questions or concerns regarding the Community Standards Board process and recruitment, contact Caitlyn Buchanan at buchan26@purdue.edu.