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Student Handbook Applies to All Students of Regis University, Regardless of College Or Program Affilia�On 1 1 TA0L1 O2 CONT1NTS 2 Important ,ates 1 Introdu on, 5ission, 6 1du aonal 7oals 2 1mergen y Informaon 5 Student Code of Condu t 8 University Poli ies 23 Academic Integrity Policy 24 Alcohol and Drug Policy 31 Nondiscriminaon and Sexual isconduct Policy 37 Service Animal and Emoonal Support Animal 58 Speech and Expression Policy 61 Student Complaint Policy 64 Addional University Policies of Note 66 ,e8nions 76 University ,epartments and Resour es 78 The Regis University Student Handbook applies to all students of Regis University, regardless of College or program affiliaon. This publi aon of the Student Handbook ontains the most urrent informaon available as of the date of publi aon. This publi aon supersedes all previous edions of Student Handbooks. The University reserves the right to modify the poli ies of this Student Handbook at any me, and those poli ies be ome e!e ve immediately upon the publi aon date. Last Revised January 2019, A)P/,OS Romero.Alda/ 2 Re.issued January 2019 ACA,15IC, 2OO, S1R)IC1S, AN, CA5PUS 1)1NTS CAL1N,AR3 For Regis College and Rueckert,-artman College for -ealth Professions .radional Nursing Students (Dates may change; please consult www.regis.edu) SPRIN7 S151ST1R 2018 Sunday, 0anuary 13 Residence -alls re,open Sunday, 0anuary 13 First meal on meal plans onday, 0anuary 14 First day of classes onday, 0anuary 21 arn 1uther 2ing, 0r. Day 4no classes5 .uesday, 0anuary 22 1ast day to drop6add classes .uesday, 0anuary 22 1ast day to change meal plans Friday, arch 1 2018,2020 -ousing sign,up process deadline Saturday, arch 2, Sunday, arch 10 Spring 9reak 4no classes5 Sunday, April 7 :ithdrawal Period Ends onday, April 15 FAFSA and student employment applicaons due to financial aid Friday, April 18, Sunday, April 21 Easter 9reak onday, April 28, Friday, ay 3 Finals week Saturday, ay 4 Residence -alls close Sunday, ay 5 Spring 9accalaureate ass Sunday, ay 6 Spring Commencement 3 1 INTRO,UCTION 4 Everyone at Regis University is focused on ensuring your collegiate career is challenging and rewarding. As a University dedicated to the 0esuit tradion, we want to make sure that you develop your mind, body, and spirit. :e hope you will leave Regis prepared to live as a professional person, dedicated to helping others. .his is the spirit of the guidelines, rules and policies in this -andbook. .hey express our commitment to educate men and women in the 0udeo,Chrisan tradion of responsible freedom and interdependence. .hey also express our commitment to provide an atmosphere for study, for personal exploraon and development, and the chance to serve others. Finally, the guidelines, rules and policies are designed to ensure that your life at Regis University can develop in an atmosphere most conducive to intellectual, individual, and communal growth. 5ISSION O2 TH1 UNI)1RSIT: Regis University educates men and women of all ages to take leadership roles and to make a posive impact in a changing society. Standing within the Catholic and United States tradions, we are inspired by the parcular 0esuit vision of Ignaus 1oyola. .his vision challenges us to a>ain the inner freedom to make intelligent choices. :e seek to provide value,centered undergraduate and graduate educaon as well as to strengthen the commitment to community service. :e nurture the life of the mind and the pursuit of truth within an environment conducive to e?ecve teaching, learning and personal development for students, faculty and sta?. Consistent with 0udeo,Chrisan principles, we apply knowledge to human needs and to preserve the best of human heritage. :e encourage the connual search for truth, values and a just existence. .hroughout this process, we examine and a>empt to answer the fundamental Aueson: C-ow ought we to liveDE As a conseAuence of Ignaus 1oyolaFs vision, parcularly as reGected in his Spiritual Exercises, we encourage all members of the Regis community to learn proficiently, think logically and crically, idenfy and choose personal value standards and be socially responsible. :e further encourage the development of skills and leadership abilies necessary for disnguished professional work and contribuons to the improvement and transformaon of society. 1,UCATIONAL 7OALS 9ased on hope in the goodness of human life and responding in solidarity with 0esus Christ, C:ho came to serve, not be served,E we seek to: ♦ Provide our students with an excellent educaon in which they develop the ability to think crically, perceive comprehensively, and perform competently. ♦ O?er a liberal educaon in the arts and sciences that develops talent and abilies, promotes awareness of career alternaves, and provides the praccal skills necessary to pursue such careers. :e believe that recogniIing the connuum between conceptual rigor and praccal applicaon enables our students to adapt to new situaons throughout life. ♦ Examine the dominant values that constute society. :e provide our students with the experience and understanding necessary for establishing their own framework of values within which they can make moral judgments and personal choices. In this way, we help empower students to make a posive impact on a changing society. ♦ Invesgate the theories, methods and data of academic disciplines, as well as their underlying assumpons and values. ♦ Promote an atmosphere of personal concern for each student. .his includes conscienous advising, substanal interacon between faculty and students, and close a>enon to each individualFs personal intellectual growth. ♦ Concentrate our limited resources as a private and independent instuon on select areas and extend these resources by forming partnerships with other organiIaons. In this way, the University a>empts to be innovave, both educaonally and technologically. ♦ ovate students, faculty, and sta? to put their wisdom, skills, and knowledge at the service of humanity. ♦ Expand the presence and inGuence of the 0esuit vision and values, which are derived from the Ignaan, Catholic, and United States tradions of educaon. UN,1R7RA,UAT1 COR1 1,UCATIONAL 1XP1RI1NC1 From its origins in the Renaissance and Reformaon, 0esuit educaon has provided leadership in bringing the tradions of Chrisanity and classical learning in fruiJul engagement with new developments in thought and culture. .his task remains central at Regis University, where the core educaonal experience seeks to provide all undergraduate students with 0esuit liberal arts educaon. .he core educaonal experience challenges students to reGect on tradion, connuity, and change, and to explore the Aueson C-ow ought we to liveDE in terms of the development of :estern thought from classical to contemporary. Inspired by Catholic tradion and Ignaan spirituality, the core educaonal experience at Regis celebrates the essenal goodness of the world and the joy of learning. .his educaon is grounded in the belief that faith and reason are complementaryK it emphasiIes the basic values of human dignity, diversity, freedom, and jusceK and it promotes the formaon of conscience and character through imaginave and crical discernment. .he core educaonal experience aims to develop the whole person. It seeks not only to enable students to meet the challenges and goals of their personal and professional lives, but also to culvate their leadership in service to others and in work for the common good. 4 2 .he Regis University core educaonal experience engages students5 in an academic environment that both models and nurtures the beliefs, commitments, and goals that are central to 0esuit liberal arts educaon. .he mentoring relaonship between faculty, sta?, and students is central to this experience. :hile reAuired core courses are essenal to the core educaonal experience, core goals and themes inform all academic majors and professional programs, as well as campus and community acvies. CHARACT1RISTICS O2 TH1 COR1 1,UCATIONAL 1XP1RI1NC1 .he specific structure of the core educaonal experience varies within each of the UniversityFs five schools because of the di?erent student populaons and instruconal formats in Regis College, the College of Contemporary 1iberal Studies, the Anderson College of 9usiness, the College of Computer L Informaon Sciences, and the Rueckert,-artman College for -ealth Professions. Nonetheless, the core educaonal experience in all five schools is characteriIed by: Development of the Whole Person .he core educaonal experience is designed to nurture the whole person: head, heart, and hands, intellect, sensibility, and skills. .he whole person, however, is not understood in terms of an isolated self. Rather, Regis seeks to develop leaders whose compassion and concern for others inspires them to contribute to the common good. Academic Challenge Regis University is commi>ed to academic excellence: the disciplined search for knowledge and the joy of discovery and understanding. .he core educaonal experience is designed to strengthen studentsF skills in crical reading and thinking, speaking and wring, research and scholarship, and the use of informaon technologies. Students are encouraged to become partners in a collaborave process of learning and discovery. Liberal Arts Foundaon .he core educaonal experience promotes literacy in the major academic disciplines the arts, the humanies, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. 9y giving students an opportunity to explore the Auesons, methods, and understandings of di?erent disciplines, the core educaonal experience establishes a broad foundaon for more specialiIed studies. Integraon .he core educaonal experience challenges students to integrate new learning with prior knowledge and personal experiences. It seeks to strengthen habits and skills of integraon, thereby encouraging students to become life,long learners and to achieve more comprehensive understandings of truth. Ethical Inquir and Re"econ 9y challenging students to examine the ethical dimensions present in all of their studies, the core educaonal experience seeks to culvate the habit of crical reGecon on values. Students are encouraged to reGect upon crucial human concerns and to strengthen values that lead to sound decisions and just acons. Spiritualit and Religion Rooted in the Roman Catholic tradion, Regis University is commi>ed to integrang faith with learning.
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