About Us
Who We Are
The Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards is an integral part of the CU Denver community. We utilize a collaborative and student-centered approach to help create a safe and academically sound learning environment. The intention is to facilitate wiser and safer choices by students. Create Better Tomorrows.
Mission
Our conduct educators work with CU Denver faculty, staff, students, and other stakeholders to address behavior that negatively impacts the university community. We help students learn and grow, repair harm, and succeed, while creating a climate of safety and support across campus.
Learning Outcomes
Our learning objectives identify what students will know, understand, and be able to do as a result in participating in the conduct process.
Increase Knowledge
- Increase understanding of how their behavior affects/impacts others
- Evaluate the level of administrator/community concern as a result of their behavior
- Understand the expectations for behavior as described in the CU Denver Student Code of Conduct
- Engage with the institutional process by self-reflecting and asking questions
Personal Responsibility
- Accept personal responsibility for their behavior
- Acknowledge their community responsibility to CU Denver
- Articulate their personal values
Understand Potential Consequences
- Impact on academic career
- Impact on emotional well-being
- Legal implications of behavior
- Personal and community safety
Future Behavior
- Use personal values in decision-making before engaging in future behavior
- Learn, or more fully develop, one or more skills to them avoid future involvement in similar behavior
- Identify ways to move forward after the incident in the best way possible and create a better tomorrow
Meet Our Team
Shanna Mae Petersen, MPA
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards
303-315-7311
shanna.petersen@ucdenver.edu
Iman Roberts, MA
Pronouns: They, Them, Theirs, She, Her, Hers
Conduct Educator
iman.roberts@ucdenver.edu