Community Standards and Student Conduct

Community Standards, which operates out of the Office Student Affairs, seeks to balance the needs and desires of individual students with those of the community at large.  We aim to educate students not only about how to live according to community standards, but also about how to address their concerns and solve their problems in constructive rather than destructive ways.  Like other elements of life at the College, the judicial process is meant to be educational; punitive sanctions are reserved for particularly egregious or repeat violations.  When there is a clear loss to the community or to an individual, sanctions also seek to restore what was lost.
 
Senior Conduct Officer
Beth Tyler, Dean of Students
Phone: 847-735-5200
Fax: 847-735-6289
tyler@lakeforest.edu
 
The Dean of Students is the Senior Conduct Officer.  She supervises the Senior Hearing Officer and considers appeals of disciplinary action taken by the administrative hearing officer, senior hearing officer or Conduct Board.
 
Senior Hearing Officer
Carolyn Golz, Associate Dean of Students for Community Standards
Phone: 847-735-5202
Fax: 847-735-6289
golz@lakeforest.edu
 
The Senior Hearing Officer oversees the day-to-day operation of the non-academic student conduct system, conducts administrative hearings with students who are suspected of violating College policies, and serves as the Procedural Advisor to the Conduct Board.
 
Administrative Hearing Officers
Administrative hearing officers conduct administrative hearings with students who are suspected of violating College policies.