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Who We Are


The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards encourages students to contribute to an environment of responsible behavior and respect for others, reflective of the university’s overall mission. It is located on the second floor of the Student Center.

What We Do

The goals of this office:
 - Establish and administer behavioral expectations that improve and maintain the high quality of the communal university experience.
 - Assist in the resolution of conflict between members of the community.
 - Offer procedural fairness to all students documented for violating university policies through an educational and developmental conduct process. 

All students are responsible for knowing and abiding by the Student Code of Conduct, which defines the behavioral standards that have been established for the purpose of maintaining a safe, respectful community here at Lynn and for ensuring that  students are a positive reflection of Lynn University in the greater community.

Every student plays an important role in upholding the Student Code of Conduct at Lynn University. As adults, students are accountable for their own behavior, and are expected to make efforts to resolve any conflicts they may have with others in the university community. Students are expected to act with integrity, and to respect the rights of others. In instances where this does not occur, the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards offers a disciplinary process that encourages students to learn from their mistakes and to think critically about the impact their actions have on others.

Contact Us

Location: Student Center, 2nd floor

Academic year hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.– to 5 p.m.

Summer hours:  Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Fax:  +1 561-237-7240

Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards
Laura Matthews, lamatthews@lynn.edu
+1 561-237-7215

Coordinator of Student Conduct and Community Standards
Joel Hoover, jhoover@lynn.edu
+1 561-237-7266

Student Conduct

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Matthews Presents at Annual Meeting in Tampa

Laura Matthews, Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards, was an invited guest and presenter at the Fraternity Executives Association annual meeting in Tampa, Florida. At the conference, she served as a representative of campus conduct professi...

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Hoover Wins Award at ASCA Conference

Joel Hoover, Coordinator for Student Conduct and Community Standards, and Laura Matthews, Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards and Director of Membership on the ASCA international board of directors, attended the Association for Student Con...

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Lynn goes smoke- and tobacco-free this August

Lynn University will join nearly 1,500 colleges and universities nationwide this fall when it becomes a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. The move, which goes into effect Aug. 1, 2016, is intended to safeguard the well-being of Lynn’s students, emplo...

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Matthews presents at ASCA conference

Laura Matthews, director of student conduct and community standards, was a panelist at the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) Drive-in conference in Gainesville, Florida. Matthews, who serves on the international board of directors for ...

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