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Process for considering a student who requests admission to Moravian Theological Seminary after having previously been dismissed/expelled from Moravian College, the Comenius Center or Moravian Theological Seminary.
A previously dismissed/expelled student who wishes to apply to any division of the institution must submit a written petition that will be reviewed by a three-member panel consisting of the person in each division with ultimate responsibility for student disciplinary matters or her or his designee. (Under the institution's current structure, those individuals are the VPSA, Dean/VP of the Seminary, and Comenius Center Dean). A student who has been dismissed/expelled may not petition for readmission until a minimum of five years has elapsed since the dismissal/expulsion.
The panel will determine, by simple majority vote, whether the former student is eligible to have her or his application considered. In arriving at a decision, the panel will look for the following:
- evidence that the individual understands that what he or she did was wrong;
- evidence of remorse, personal growth, change in behavior;
- evidence of having achieved something with her or his life or of contribution to society;
- having paid a debt to society (e.g. as a result of imprisonment or other judicial penalties);
- having gone through rehabilitation;
- evidence that the individual is not perceived as being a danger to anyone.
The panel, at its discretion, may invite the former student to meet in person with the panel to answer questions. The panel may, at its discretion, request and consider information, testimony, reference
letters, or comments from other individuals, both those who are or have been part of the Moravian community and those outside the community.
If the panel approves the petition, the former student's application will then go through the regular review and decision-making process for the program in question. (i.e. The panel is not deciding acceptance to the program.) The decision of the panel as to whether or not to permit the former student to apply will be final. No appeals will be considered.
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