Honor Council

The following groups and officers are responsible for the promotion and enforcement of the Honor Code.

The Honor Council (HC) is the student body that promotes the Honor Code at Luther College. The Honor Council is made up of twelve students, normally five members from the Senior Class, four members from the Junior Class, three members from the Sophomore Class.

The Honor Council is elected by the students of Luther College. The First-Year Class, the Sophomore Class, and the Junior Class each elect members to the Council (as needed) at their respective class elections held during the spring semester, to take office the following fall.

Members, once elected, continue in office until their graduation, until they leave college, choose to resign their position or are otherwise removed.

Some of the responsibilities of the Honor Council are:

• To promote the Honor Code across campus.
• To create and conduct educational programming designed to promote academic integrity.
• To advise and consult with faculty members and administrative officers on matters pertaining to academic integrity.
• To issue an annual report to the Student Senate, the Campus Life Committee, and the Dean of the College on academic integrity standards, policies, and procedures, including recommendations for appropriate changes.
• To review the Honor Code for the Student Senate.
• To assist in the design and teaching of the workshop on academic integrity and moral development.