Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy 2024–2025 127 2. Hearing Guidelines The student appeal hearing is an informal proceeding. No rules of evidence will be used. The hearing shall be internal, private, and closed to nonuniversity persons. Nonuniversity personnel are not available for consultation during these hearings. All procedures and actions are aimed to safeguard and preserve the educational and developmental mission of the Silverman College of Pharmacy. The student will be notified at least 10 business days (excluding school holidays and weekends) of the date, place, and time of the hearing via the student’s NSU email account and certified mail to the student’s last-known address. Any student whose presence is requested and fails to appear at the designated date and time will waive the student’s right to appeal. If requested by the committee, the student will provide the chair with a written list of any witnesses no later than two business days (excluding school holidays and weekends) before the hearing date. Only witnesses with direct information that is new, and has not been presented previously to the dean or the SPCC, will be considered. 3. Hearing Protocol and Process • The Appeals Committee hearing will proceed under the direction of the chair. • A quorum must be present to convene an official appeal hearing and will be constituted by a simple majority of the voting membership, including the chair (more than 50 percent of the committee members). • The chair will convene the hearing with only committee members present. • The chair will advise the committee members of the charge(s) and the dean’s decision, review the evidence, respond to any questions, and provide opportunity for any additional input from ex-officio members. • Summary notes of the hearing must be taken by the chair. • If present, witnesses will be called individually by the committee, introduced, and questioned. Witnesses, if any, may be present only during their testimony. Each witness will be housed in a separate waiting area to avoid any contact among witnesses or with the student. Witnesses may be asked to remain outside the hearing room for later recall or dismissed at the committee’s direction. • The committee will have the option of calling additional witnesses. • When all evidence has been heard and witnesses questioned, the chair will call the student into the hearing room. • The student will be present only during the student’s testimony and shall not be present during the questioning of any witnesses. • The chair will introduce the student to the committee. • The student will have an opportunity to present the student’s appeal, provide statements and evidence in defense of the alleged violation(s), summarize the student’s position, and respond to any questions from the committee.
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