Article IV, Section 9. Powers and Duties of the Director of Academic Affairs. The director of academic affairs shall act as chairman of the academic affairs committee and implement programs to promote an excellent academic environment within the chapter.
Article IX, Section 10. Eligibility to Hold Office. Any member whose cumulative scholastic average falls below the minimum standard for graduation (typically a 2.25 on a 4.0 system) shall not be eligible to hold a chapter office or any appointed position of authority such as Committee Chairman, Events Chairman, Steward, Big Brother, or House Manager in the succeeding academic term.
Article II, Section 7. Powers and Duties of the Director of Academic Affairs. The Director of Academic Affairs shall have the following powers and duties:
- To model the Mission and Values of the Fraternity;
- To serve as a member of the Committee on Chapters;
- To have general charge of the efforts of the Fraternity to attain and maintain the highest scholastic standards of chapter achievement and public reputation;
- To prepare annually such statements and articles on chapter performance and academic concerns as are timely and appropriate;
- To make regular reports to the Arch Chapter with respect to scholarship;
- To make recommendations to the Arch Chapter on fraternity awards and scholarship aid programs;
- To comply with his constitutional duties concerning academic waivers for initiation of members;
- To support in the recruitment of an active and engaged faculty academic advisor for each undergraduate chapter and colony; and
- To ensure that members of the undergraduate chapter and colonies are appropriately directed to available academic counseling and tutoring resources on their respective campuses.
Article IX, Section 11. Academic Probation. Any undergraduate member whose cumulative scholastic average falls below a 2.25 on a 4.0 scale shall be placed on academic probation for a period not to exceed two (2) academic terms. Should said member’s cumulative scholastic average not exceed a 2.25 on a 4.0 scale during the probationary period, he shall be suspended from membership in the chapter until such time as his cumulative grade point average exceeds a 2.25 on a 4.0 scale. Petitions to waive the suspension may be made only to the Director of Academic Affairs of the Arch Chapter.
Article XI, Section 1. Suspension of Membership. Suspension means denial for a definite, specified period of the usual rights and privileges of membership in the Fraternity, and such other rights and privileges as may be specified in the order of suspension, during which period the member’s Badge of membership shall be deposited with the chapter advisor of his chapter or with the Executive Vice President. Such rights and privileges denied by suspension shall consist of living in a chapter house, attending chapter and other Fraternity meetings, voting, holding office, or representing the Fraternity or participating in any Fraternity rights, functions, or activities.
Upon the expiration of the effective period of suspension, the member shall resume all right in and pertaining to the Fraternity unless there shall then be pending charges for further suspension or expulsion against him, in which case the period of suspension shall be automatically extended until such time as final disposition is made of such charges.
Article XI, Section 2. Causes for Suspension of Membership. The Arch Chapter and each undergraduate chapter shall have the authority to suspend from the Fraternity, until a date or certain event, any member of the Fraternity on any one or more of the following grounds:
(d) Unsatisfactory scholarship;
Article XI, Section 3. Procedures for Suspension of Member. Proceedings for suspension of a member of the Fraternity before any undergraduate chapter of the Arch Chapter shall be held in the following manner:
- In an undergraduate chapter proceeding, a motion for suspension shall be made and seconded at any regular meeting of the undergraduate chapter in which a quorum is present, with said motion to be immediately tabled until the member to be suspended has been given six (6) days oral or written notice of the existence of such motion. After such six (6) day notice has been given, the motion maybe be recalled from the table and the member shall be suspended until a date or event certain upon a majority vote of those members actually attending any regular meeting at which quorum is present.
- In an Arch Chapter proceeding, the Arch Chapter shall have the power to suspend any member of the Fraternity at any time to a date or event certain, by an eight-elevenths (8/11) vote.
Article XI, Section 11. Appeal from Suspension. Any member of an undergraduate chapter who is suspended until a date or event certain that ends at least six (6) months after the date of his suspension may petition the Arch Chapter for reinstatement by the same means and methods as are provided in Section 9 above for the appeal to the Arch Chapter of an expulsion from members.
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Article XI, Section 9. Procedure for Appeal from Expulsion by Undergraduate Chapter. Any member expelled by action of an undergraduate chapter may petition the Arch Chapter for reinstatement, which reinstatement shall occur under the following conditions:
- Any member who disputes that he had a fair or impartial hearing at his expulsion proceeding or that he had inadequate notice of his expulsion proceeding may, not later than six (6) months from the date of his expulsion by an undergraduate chapter, petition the Arch Chapter for reinstatement upon the grounds that his notice was inadequate or that his hearing was unfair. Upon receipt of a petition making such allegations, the Arch Chapter shall investigate the allegation and may, by majority vote, reinstate such member and remand the expulsion to the undergraduate chapter with instructions to correct any inadequacy in the proceedings below and redetermine the matter of the member’s expulsion.
- Any expelled member not proceeding pursuant to subsection (a) above may petition the Arch Chapter for reinstatement and, by a eight-elevenths (8/11) vote of the Arch Chapter, may be restored to full and regular standing in the Fraternity. Said petition shall set forth fully all circumstances and reason for such reinstatement and shall be endorsed by at least five (5) members of Fraternity, three (3) of whom shall be alumni or undergraduate members of the petitioner’s chapter.
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