Definitions

1. The term “College” or “college” means Central Wyoming College.
2. The term “student” includes all persons taking courses at the college, both full-time and part-time.
3. The term “faculty member” means any person hired by the college to conduct instructional activities.
4. The term “designated college official” includes any person employed by the college, charged with policy and/or procedure enforcement by the President of the College.
5. The term “member of the college community” includes any person who is a student, faculty member, college official or any other person employed by the college. A person’s status in a particular situation shall be determined by the Executive Director of Human Resources.
6. The “complainant” may be any member of the college community.
7. The “advocate” is a person that can be present for the purposes of support and assistance during a hearing. The advocate can NOT be a witness, and is not allowed to speak to the Student Grievance Committee on behalf of a grievant or complainant during a hearing.
8. The term “working day” means a calendar day, except a Saturday, Sunday, scheduled holiday, summer recess, or other recess observed by the college.
9. The term “college property” or “college premises” includes all land, buildings, facilities, vehicles, and other property in the possession of or owned, used, or controlled by the college.
10. The term “organization” means any number of persons who have complied with the formal requirements for college registration.
11. The term “shall” is used in the imperative sense.
12. The term “may” is used in the permissive sense.
13. The term “cheating” includes, but is not limited to: (1) use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations; (2) dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; or (3) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the college.
14. The term “plagiarism” includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.