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Interactive Audio Conference to Promote a Climate of Civility


Academic Services and Student Services are co-hosting an Audio Conference to promote a climate of civility scheduled for February 9, 2006, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm to be held in the Warshof Conference Center, Flynn Campus Center (Empire Room).  Please RSVP to Sue Smith, Academic Services, x2195, or Cheryl Confarotta, Student Services, x2124.

Please join us as Gary Pavela presents "Using the College Disciplinary Process to Promote Student Ethical Development." In this interactive audio conference, you will explore ways college disciplinary systems can be used to engage students in thinking about applied ethics and in forming habits of ethical behavior. The program will include analysis of pertinent judicial opinions on due process and the educational aims of student discipline at public and private colleges and universities.

You’ll learn:
• How the concept of "due process" is defined and applied by the courts in student disciplinary proceedings at colleges and universities
• An evolving consensus on how "applied ethics" and "ethical development" might be defined
• How disciplinary codes and procedures can be designed to promote ethical dialogue
• Fifteen principles for the design of college and university ethical development programs
• Techniques and suggested questions to engage students in ethical dialogue
• The nature and impact of the "new honor code movement"
• Approaches and programs to promote a climate of greater civility on campus.

About the presenter: Gary Pavela is director of judicial programs at the University of Maryland-College Park and editor of two national legal publications. Pavela holds an M.A. in intellectual history from Wesleyan University and a law degree from the University of Illinois. Pavela has written widely on legal issues related to students with mental disorders and is a nationally recognized authority on the design and implementation of student conduct policies. He serves on the advisory board of the Kenan Ethics Institute at Duke University and was designated the 2002 fellow of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. NACUA fellows are identified as individuals who have "brought distinction to higher education and to the practice of law on behalf of colleges and universities across the nation."

Dr. Janet Glocker and Dr. Susan Salvador
Academic Services and Student Services
01/23/2006