Honor Board

Honor Board is the group of students and professors whose job it is to enforce the Honor Code. Many believe it to be the scariest thing on campus. It is organized under the Office of Academic Affairs, with Dean Steve Bailey as the administrator in charge.

Jurisdiction and Procedure

The Honor Board handles all cases of academic dishonesty reported at Knox. Faculty are required to report suspected academic dishonesty to the Honor Board; they are not permitted to handle such matters themselves.

When charges are brought against a student or group of students, a private hearing is held with six to nine Honor Board members and the accusing faculty member. The Co-Chairs are responsible for assembling evidence and planning the hearings.

Records of Honor Board cases, with identifying information redacted, are available to the Knox community in the Office of Academic Affairs.

Punishments

The standard penalty for a first Honor Board conviction is an F in the course; the standard penalty for a second conviction is expulsion. Nonstandard punishments may include anything from an F on the assignment on the low end to expulsion on the first conviction at the high end.

Appeals

Appeals are only available in cases of substantial new evidence or gross procedural error or bias on the part of Honor Board. Dean Bailey must approve the request for an appeal. In cases of new evidence, the Honor Board tries the case again. Otherwise, Dean Bailey and an Honor Board member not at the original hearing conduct the appeal. In cases where the appeals process is exhausted, a student may petition the college president, Roger Taylor, for a reduction in penalty.

Membership

Honor Board consists of nine students (three each from the senior, junior, and sophomore classes, as determined by graduation year) and two faculty members. New members are selected from the first-year class near the end of Spring Term, to begin service the following year. The selection process includes a written application and an interview with Honor Board members, faculty, and representatives from Student Senate. The appointment lasts until graduation, unless the member is convicted by the Honor Board or Judicial Board, or if the member is off campus for more than one term.

Current Honor Board

NOTE: Due to extraordinary circumstances, the sophomore members of the Board have not yet been selected.

• Jen Ewa, Class of 2008, Co-Chair (off-campus winter/spring)
• Linda Kelahan, Class of 2008, Co-Chair (graduating in fall)
• Brian Camozzi, Class of 2008, Co-Chair beginning January 2008
• Stefen Showers, Class of 2008, provisional member - permanent beginning January 2008
• Darko Simunovic, Class of 2009, Education Committee Chair
• Mike McKearn, Class of 2009
• Steve Herzog, Class of 2009 (off-campus fall term)
• Not yet selected, Class of 2010
• Not yet selected, Class of 2010
• Not yet selected, Class of 2010
• Not yet selected, Faculty
• Not yet selected, Faculty