Editing Herzing Issues: Student Organizations and Governance (section)

=== HU-055: SNA board emails to faculty advisor Dr. Stacie Johnson went unanswered for 11 days (April 13-24, 2026); honor cord for outgoing president Student B unresolved days before graduation ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:14em" | Severity
| High
! Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Faculty Advisor Non-Responsiveness / Honor Cord Delay
! Date added
| 2026-05-04
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Dr. Stacie Johnson (Faculty Advisor) / Dr. Prashad / Registrar
|}
'''Finding.''' Per the tracker's evidence, SNA board emails to faculty advisor Dr. Stacie Johnson went unanswered for at least 11 days (April 13-24, 2026); Dr. Johnson's out-of-office reply was not received by the student; upon returning, Dr. Johnson imposed new communication requirements without acknowledging the disability-related email access barrier; separately, the honor cord for outgoing president Student B remained unresolved as of May 1, 2026, three days before Student B's probable graduation date.

'''Evidence.''' SNA Teams email chain: the reporting student to Dr. Johnson (late April 2026); Dr. Johnson's reply; Dr. Johnson Teams chat (May 4, 2026). Source group: SNA Board Leadership Microsoft Teams Chat; SNA Email Chain (Apr to May 2026); HOSNA Chapter Bylaws (2026); SNA Membership Roster (June 2025); NSNA Shared Governance Document (2024); SNA Transition Letter (Student B).

'''Reported statement.''' <blockquote>I want to say respectfully, we did send an email to establish contact on 13 April 2026. This was about 11 days before our first meeting, and we did not get a response.</blockquote> (the reporting student, to Dr. Johnson, late April 2026.)

<blockquote>Your email sent on 4/13 was from an external email and was sent to my junk box therefore I never received it.</blockquote> (Dr. Stacie Johnson, reply.)

<blockquote>I have asked three different people about Student B's cords and am still waiting on an answer.</blockquote> (Dr. Stacie Johnson, Teams chat, May 4, 2026.)

'''Standards.''' HOSNA Chapter Bylaws Article V, Section 2 (Quorum): faculty advisor's 11-day non-response left the SNA without guidance at a critical organizational launch period. Honor cord recognition for student organization leadership is a legitimate student recognition matter. ADA/Section 504: the faculty advisor's requirement that the reporting student use only Herzing email (see {{HU|HU-054}}) imposes an inaccessible communication barrier on a student with a documented disability.

'''Impact.''' The 11-day gap in faculty advisor communication left the new SNA board without institutional guidance during their critical first month of operation. Decisions made during this period may be contested as potentially non-compliant with bylaw quorum requirements. Student B may not receive her honor cord in time for her graduation ceremony.

'''Notes.''' Student B's outgoing president letter formally requested ProctorU discontinuation on behalf of the student body. This advocacy work was conducted in her official SNA capacity and represents meaningful student governance activity deserving institutional recognition. See also {{HU|HU-053}} (institutional overreach into SNA operations).

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