Student Resources

 

Student Legal Assistance

A site for students with questions regarding legal matters.  Guidelines and advice for situations from renters issues to criminal acts.

 

Mature Management of Alcohol
In order to keep good relations between students and other students, the university, the community, and law enforcement, a Mature Management of Alcohol Guide has been created.  This serves as a guide on how to manage social events (problem prevention and response) along with several other tips regarding Mature Management of Alcohol.

 

Alcohol Use Rules and Regulations for Truman State University

 

Partners in Prevention is a statewide coalition focused on preventing high-risk drinking among Missouri’s college students. Browse their website for alcohol related resources.

 

Rethinking Drinking offers quality materials based on alcohol related issues.  Useful facts and information that are very beneficial for all are presented.  It particularly focuses upon those who drink more than low-risk limits.

 

Illegal Downloading

Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy

 

Facebook

Face the Consequences

"Thoughts on Facebook" essay from Cornell University

 

Academic Integrity Guides, Resources, and Tips

"Academic Integrity"

     Truman State University's Poster on Academic Integrity

http://www.academicintegrity.org

     Center for Academic Integrity web site.  Links to other University honor codes as well

     resource links to information on academic integrity, ethics, and values

http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/senate/policies/acaddish.html
     This site has several examples of academic dishonesty.

http://osu.orst.edu/admin/stucon/plag.htm
     This page has some examples on ‘acceptable borrowing’.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html
     This site offers a comprehensive guide for conducting research, proper citations

     (APA, MLA and electronic) and writing papers

 

Ethics

http://www.emory.edu/ETHICS/index.html

     Center for Ethics, Emory University. The Center for Ethics exists to enrich moral

     imagination, to deepen knowledge of ethics, and to encourage lives of moral meaning 

     and ethical practice.

http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/

     The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University provides this site. The KIE provides

     strong focus on ethics at Duke University in teaching, training, research, and everyday

     life by inspiring personal integrity and civic commitment.)

 

Values

http://www.collegevalues.org

     The Center for the Study of Values in College Student Development is housed at Florida

     State University.  Provides monthly University president diaries on ethics and values as

     well as featuring regular student reflections on the issue of values in college.  Many other

     resources on character, citizenship, and values.