Student Handbook

This Student Handbook is a guide to the major policies, processes and resources affecting students enrolled in all programs at Trinity. This Handbook is a companion guide to numerous other policy statements and guidelines contained in the Trinity Catalog, the Academic Policy Handbooks of the respective schools, and other policy statements available online. Trinity reserves the right to amend these policy statements at any time.

• University Mission Statement
• The Purpose of the Handbook
• The Honor System
• Student Self-Governance and Organizations
• Traditions and Awards
• Campus Resources
• Student Code of Responsible Conduct
  • Disciplinary Proceedings
• Residence Life

Related Policy Statements:

1. Smoking on Campus
2. Children on Campus
3. Student Activities
4. Student Financial Responsibilities
5. Policy on Academic Honesty
6. Policy on Harassment
7. Technology and Telecommunications Policy

Trinity is a comprehensive university offering a broad range of educational programs that prepare students across the lifespan for the intellectual, ethical and spiritual dimensions of contemporary work, civic and family life.

Trinity's core mission values and characteristics emphasize:

• Commitment to the Education of Women in a particular way through the design and pedagogy of the historic undergraduate women's college, and by advancing principles of equity, justice and honor in the education of women and men in all other programs;
   
• Foundation for Learning in the Liberal Arts through the curriculum design in all undergraduate degree programs and through emphasis on the knowledge, skills and values of liberal learning in all graduate and professional programs;
   
• Integration of Liberal Learning with Professional Preparation through applied and experiential learning opportunities in all programs;
   
• Grounding in the mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and the Catholic tradition , welcoming persons of all faiths, in order to achieve the larger purposes of learning in the human search for meaning and fulfillment.

Adopted by the Trinity College Board of Trustees, May 2000

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Purpose of the Student Handbook

Trinity Washington University promulgates this Student Handbook to students enrolled in all Trinity programs. This document is a valuable guide to the policies, procedures and programs that shape the University campus community and the values of our learning experience.

This Handbook and additional policy statements, as well as updated statements of policies in the hard copy of the Handbook, may be found online at www.trinitydc.edu Trinity reserves the right to amend, revoke or expand upon these policies at any time. The most updated policy statements may be found on Trinity's website. The most recently-issued policy statements supercede all other policy statements. Trinity makes every effort to inform students of policy changes, but students are also responsible to stay informed of policies affecting their academic and co-curricular life while enrolled at Trinity.

As the mission statement inside the front cover proclaims, Trinity's purpose is to provide educational opportunities for students across the lifespan, and students at Trinity represent a spectrum of ages, beliefs, abilities, interests and backgrounds. However, in the midst of the remarkable diversity of the Trinity Community, all students can find common ground in the shared commitment to the Honor System, to principles of self-governance, to academic excellence in liberal learning and professional preparation, to the advancement of women and justice for all, to the values inherent in Trinity's religious tradition as a Catholic university welcoming students of all faiths.

Trinity asks all students to take the time to become familiar with this Student Handbook and related policy statements, to participate in student government and other campus activities, and to take full advantage of the wonderful co-curricular learning opportunities that exist at Trinity.

This Student Handbook is a companion document to the University Catalog that contains a number of academic policies and financial information, and other policy statements issued throughout the year. While every effort has been made to capture all relevant student life policies in one place through this Handbook , from time to time new policies are necessary and older policies or processes need revision. Hence, Trinity reserves the right to change this document and the statements within it as necessary, and this document should not be construed as a contract.

The Executive Officers of Trinity are responsible for the oversight of these policies and this document. On a day-to-day basis, the Dean of Student Services and Deans of the respective schools are responsible for the administration of these policies under the oversight of the President and Vice Presidents.

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