KState Honor System

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K-State Honor System

• Whats it all about and what does it mean for
  graduate students and GTAs?

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Under the Umbrella

• 4 Components of the Honor System
• Pledge
• Staff
• Honor Council
• HIPE

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K-State Honor Pledge

• On my honor, as a student, I have neither
• given nor received unauthorized aid
• on this academic work.

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Staff

• Director Dr. David Allen
• Assistant Director Dr. Camilla Roberts
• Administrative Assistant Bethany Ewing
• Honor Council Chair Dyan McBride
• HIPE President Whitney Palmgren
• honor_at_ksu.edu OR 785-532-2595

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Honor Council

• Adjudicating body
• Faculty/student representation
• Serve as case investigators
• Serve as hearing panelists
• 10 graduate student members

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H.I.P.E.

• Stands for Honor Integrity Peer Educators
• Serves 2 purposes
• Educate the campus community
• Serve as advisors to students coming through the
  System
• Graduate component in infancy

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If you are a GTA

• Communicate first with your coordinating faculty
  member.
• Give verbal and written expectations.
• Use scenarios explaining expectations.
• Report ALL violations where an academic sanction
  has been given.
• Use Faculty Tips on web site.

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Graduate Students as Students

• Know individual faculty expectations.
• Ask if its not written down.
• Know how far to help a friend.
• Read it, write it, then CITE it.
• THINK before acting.
• Access Student Tips on web site.

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Need More Convincing??

• Access the Honor System web site at
• http//www.k-state.edu/honor

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K-State Honor System

• Have an HONORABLE semester!