APU Student Guide: Navigating Community Expectations, Conduct, and Account Access

This comprehensive guide provides an overview of Azusa Pacific University's (APU) community expectations, conduct policies, and student account access. It is designed to help students understand their responsibilities, rights, and resources available to them.

Introduction to Community Expectations

As members of the APU community, including faculty, staff, students, and visitors, individuals voluntarily associate with and accept the values that reflect the community’s health. A high degree of mutual respect and civility is expected. All graduate and professional students must adhere to requirements and conduct specific to their profession and/or discipline. These expectations are in place to ensure the safety and well-being of any member of the community and guests within the APU community. APU strives to maintain a safe and healthy environment for all its members.

Academic Integrity

APU places a high value on academic integrity. Students are expected to honestly and completely invest in the learning process. Actions that violate academic integrity will not be tolerated. Students are expected to honestly and completely invest in the process and the disciplinary process.

Prohibited Conduct

The following conduct is strictly prohibited on or off campus:

Theft: The taking of the property of another without his or her consent. Public, private, or another university’s property is strictly prohibited. Piracy is a theft. Copying of licensed computer software by staff, faculty, or students leads to additional and possibly costly civil or criminal liability.
Harassment and Bullying: Harassment will not be tolerated. Conduct that is harassing in nature is considered bullying. This includes any form of biohazard use (e.g.) which disturbs or impacts the peace of another.
Violence and Threats: Physical violence toward another person is strictly prohibited. The university will not tolerate expressed or implied threats against others.
Hazing: The university takes very seriously any alleged forms of hazing, whether consensual or involuntary. Hazing will not be tolerated.
Disruptive Conduct: Any behavior or event which disturbs or impacts the peace of another. This includes disturbances by crowds or vehicles; litter; etc.
Substance Abuse: Use, possession, or distribution of illicit drugs or alcohol is prohibited on university premises and within university-sponsored programs.

Specific Prohibitions Related to Substances

APU is committed to maintaining a drug-free campus and complies with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (P.L. 701 et. seq.) and Act Amendments of 1989 (P.L.). The university makes every effort to provide and maintain a drug-free campus.

Alcohol: Small amounts also lower inhibitions. High doses cause respiratory depression and death. Even low doses of alcohol will produce adverse effects.
Tobacco: Deaths are linked to smoking. The pregnant woman is a smoker may give birth to infants with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Marijuana, hashish, THC, etc. can also produce paranoia and psychosis.
Cocaine stimulates the central nervous system. Crack or freebase rock is extremely addictive.
Amphetamines can cause dilated pupils and decreased appetite.

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Hallucinogens can lead to delayed effects or flashbacks even after use has ceased. The use of any form of hallucinogens, and associated paraphernalia, is prohibited.
Anabolic Steroids can result in reactions ranging from acne to liver abnormalities to psychological reactions.
Oleoresin Capsicum (OC), is permitted on campus properties.

Drug-Free Workplace Act Compliance

University adopted the following policy statement to comply with the law. On November 18, 1988, Congress passed the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (P.L. 701 et. seq.). performing university activities, events, or business. Act Amendments of 1989 (P.L. The university makes every effort to provide and maintain a drug-free campus.

Addressing Behavioral Concerns

APU addresses behavioral concerns individually and on a case-by-case basis. The university assesses whether a student's behavior violates the Community Expectation (see Threatening or Endangering Physical or Emotional Well-being), and if so, what the appropriate sanctions are.

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Threatening or Endangering Behavior

The university will not tolerate expressed or implied threats against others. Psychological harm is harassing in nature is considered bullying.

The Disciplinary Process

Violations of the Community Expectation will be processed by an administrative hearing. The disciplinary process is similar to that of a court legal system, involving information gathering and the imposing of sanctions. The proceedings may be kept confidential at the discretion of the university.

Key Steps in the Disciplinary Process

Notification: The accused student will be notified of the alleged violation and when his/her case will be heard.
Hearing: The student will have the opportunity to present information related to the disciplinary process at a hearing.
Decision: The official responsible for the administration of the disciplinary process will communicate a decision in writing to the accused student. This will include, where appropriate, a summation of findings and Professional Student Community Expectation.
Appeals: Students will have only one opportunity to appeal. Grounds for appeal include:
- Procedural Error: There was a deviation from the standard disciplinary process.
- New Information: There is new and significant information that has not yet been considered.

Sanctions

Possible sanctions for violating community expectations include:

Community Expectation Probation: A student may be placed on probation for a specified period of time.
University Suspension: Separation of the student from the university for a specified period of time.
University Expulsion: Permanent separation of the student from the university.

Reporting Violations

Members of the APU community are encouraged to report violations of the Community Expectations.

Understanding Your Student Account

Accessing Your Student Ledger

You can access your student ledger through the My Student Account link located under the Finance menu in the eCampus portal. The ledger provides a comprehensive overview of your financial transactions with the university.

Information Available in the Student Ledger

Balances: The ledger will list any balances you may owe or any credits on your account.
Course Registration: It will also list the courses you are registered for, the cost of those courses, and the amount and type of funding you have or anticipate receiving.
Account Detail: When viewing your student ledger, go to the account detail for the term in question. There it will detail the courses, their cost, and if there is an outstanding balance.
Funding Information: If you click on View Details once inside the account detail for that term, you will see what funds were applied specifically to each course.

Understanding Pending Funds

Your student ledger may show a zero balance because pending funds may not have been applied to the balance. The account detail also shows disbursed aid, payments received, credit balances, and anticipated funding. If you are waiting to receive financial aid, the financial aid will show as pending until the aid is received.

Additional Policies and Information

Amendments to Policies

The university reserves the right to amend these policies at any time.

Release of Information

The university complies with legal processes.

Reporting of Crimes

Reported until after the graduation of the offender of violations of the Community Expectations.

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