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CAB

Community Adjudication Board

(*Formerly University Judicial Board)

MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE AT MASON!

Recruiting Members NOW For The 2007/2008 School Year

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Why Join The CAB?

This Important Group Will Help Decide Important Community Issues

All The While Acquiring And/Or Demonstrating Your Vital Leadership And Critical Thinking Skills

 Open To All Students And Majors

GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN GOOD STANDING WELCOME

2.3 Cumulative GPA Is Required

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Introduction The Community Adjudication Board (CAB)   

The Community Adjudication Board, or CAB, is new to the George Mason University community.  It has been established to replace the body formerly known as the University Judicial Board beginning the 2007/2008 school year.  (See Judicial System for Student Conduct)

The Community Adjudication Board shall have jurisdiction over violations of all university-wide, non-academic regulations that are not explicitly assigned to another hearing board.

1. Membership. The University Community Adjudication Board (CAB) shall be composed of all willing members of the University student community.

• Conditions of Membership: Members shall be required to have and maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.3, be in good academic and disciplinary standing with the university, and have completed at least one semester of full time enrollment at Mason during their academic career. 
• Membership will be open to all classifications including graduate students and to all majors. 
• The CAB will be comprised of two Chairs appointed from its membership by the Director of Judicial Affairs and/or his/her designee.
• The rest of the CAB shall serve as CAB Panel Members. 

2. Advisor. The Director of Judicial Affairs or his/her designee shall serve as advisor to the CAB. The advisor and his/her designee should sit with and advise the board at all hearings.
3. Training. CAB members must participate in training to insure that they understand their duties, rights and obligations under the Judicial Code of Student Conduct. This training will be designed to insure fairness in adjudicating allegations.

values and Mission of the CAB

Core Values

The CAB is organized to give the community of students at George Mason University an opportunity to serve the University through the adjudication of alleged cases of violations to the Code of Student Conduct for which the community, students included, has set as the behavior expectations for those students who voluntarily enter its doors.  The values of the CAB shall be set to support not only the mission of the entity but also the mission and values of University Life at George Mason and those of the greater community at large.  It is therefore that the membership of the CAB should espouse the following Core Values in order to carry out these missions:

1. Foster Student Success

Through the adjudication process the CAB will be mindful of the overall success of all students involved in cases and of the community at large.

2. Live and Act With Integrity

While performing the functions of the CAB it is vital that its members act and live with integrity on and off the board and in and out of the classroom.  This shall also include expectations of professionalism and to understand and follow strict confidentiality guidelines of the law and the University while serving on the board. 

3. Embrace Our Differences

The CAB will seek not only to embrace the differences of its members but those of the members of the community that come before them. 

4. Catch The Mason Spirit

The CAB will seek to catch the Mason spirit as leaders and members of the Mason community.  This spirit is a pride and excitement about being a part of such a community.  They will embrace collaboration among its members and among the greater Mason community.  They will seek to work together with respect and collegiality not only as an entity but also as part of the greater University team. 

5. Show You Care

A genuine ethic of care binds and unites the community.  This is true even when one of its members or groups violate the standards set forth by that community.  The CAB will seek not only to listen with their heads but with their hearts and make decisions accordingly.

6. Dream Big

Innovation, invention, and imagination are the cornerstone of Mason.  The CAB will be motivated to initiate and adapt change driven new ideas as these ideas apply not only to its function but to the entity of the CAB and to the greater to the community as applicable to its mission.

7. Celebrate Achievements

The CAB will acknowledge in meaningful ways the accomplishments of not only its members but of both those also those members of the community that come to be heard before them.    

8. Pursue Lifelong Learning

The CAB will encourage learning each and every day not only for the accused and the accuser but also for the life long learning of its members.

9. Lead By Example

The members of the CAB, as leaders, must they themselves stand for the values and standards set forth by the community.  The members of the CAB must seek to espouse those values each and every day both in and out of the classroom. 

Mission

The CAB is a diverse group of trained individuals who have voluntarily agreed to hear cases of alleged student misconduct as a means to provide accused students the opportunity to have their case heard by their peers.  It will be the mission of the CAB to do so with the previous stated values in mind all the while observing established protocol and procedures and within the published standards of the University.