University Retirees Volunteer Center

Community Volunteers Needed for Academic Integrity Matters Program (AIM)

Program Overview:

• Academic Integrity Matters (AIM) is a program offered to students who have engaged in scholastic dishonesty and accept responsibility for violating the Student Conduct Code. The AIM Program is structured around the principles of restorative justice.
• The goal of the program is to help students better understand academic integrity and the impact of academic misconduct on themselves, their classmates, their families, and the University by working with a panel of university community volunteers composed of current faculty and staff, graduate students, and/or faculty and staff retirees.

Volunteer Activities:

• AIM community members are volunteers who represent the interests of the University of Minnesota in Community Meetings.
• At Community Meetings, students explain what they have done and how they are impacted by their actions.
• Community members help students think about how scholastic dishonesty impacts the broader community.
• After discussion on the incident and impact, community members propose an educational plan that a student can complete to learn from the incident and repair harm to the University.

Date, Time, and Location:

• The AIM program offers flexibility. Volunteers may choose as many or as few AIM Community Meeting Panels in which to participate.
• AIM Community Meetings are scheduled 2-3 times weekly by AIM office staff during the academic year, and 1-2 times weekly during the summer.
• Meetings are held virtually via Zoom and in-person. In-person meetings are held in Appleby Hall, 128 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455.
• AIM Community Panel meetings are typically two hours long.

Volunteer Eligibility and Training Requirements:

• It is beneficial if volunteers understand the student experience and University resources.
• It is important that a volunteer be able to listen and suspend judgement.
• A volunteer training session, typically one hour long, will be arranged for volunteers based on availability.
• Volunteers must have access to a personal computer or tablet with camera microphone accessibility and be familiar with utilizing Zoom.

What to Wear:

• Casual or Business Casual wear is recommended.

Parking / Transportation:

●      A parking voucher will be provided by URVC for on campus AIM panel meetings.

Please contact the URVC office at URVC.umn.edu to request a parking voucher.

●      The closest parking is Weisman Museum or River Road ramps.

Please indicate at registration whether you are a URVC/UMRA volunteer.

Deadline for volunteer application: IMMEDIATE & ONGOING

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Or, contact the University Retirees Volunteer Center

by email at URVC@UMN.EDU (preferred) or by phone at 612-625-8016