Karen Candlish, JD ’12 serves as the Dean of Students. She advocates for students who need support and oversees housing, dining, student activities, and the student conduct process.
Dean Candlish is an alumna of Marian University, graduating in 2012 with a B.A. in English. She furthered her education at Indiana University, earning a M.S. in Education with a concentration in Higher Education and Student Affairs in 2014 and a J.D. in 2020. She returned to Marian University as a staff member in 2014. She held various roles in Alumni Relations and Residence Life before becoming the Dean of Students in 2019.
As dean, my top priority is student success. Much of my work focuses on how to get students engaged on campus – enriching their student experience and providing opportunities to use their in-class learning outside of the classroom through leadership opportunities. At the same time, I am working to remove barriers to student success and helping students manage the bumps in the road that come up sometimes.
The core values of student conduct at Marian University are based on the Franciscan Sponsorship Values: Dignity of the Individual, Peace and Justice, Reconciliation, and Responsible Stewardship. They are:
Marian University students are responsible for knowing the information, policies, and procedures outlined in the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities. Students are also responsible for knowing other printed university policies, such as policies in the student-athlete handbook, housing contract, and IT acceptable use policy, for example. The university reserves the right to make changes to the code as necessary, and one those changes are posted online, they are in effect.
In support of the Dignity of the Individual, one of our Franciscan sponsorship values, Marian University does not tolerate acts of violence of any kind, including sexual violence or sexual harassment. Members of the Marian University community have the right to be free from all forms of sexual harassment. All members of the community are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that maintains an environment free from sexual harassment.
Marian University supports Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination based on gender in educational programs receiving federal financial assistance. Title IX also protects students and employees both male and female, from unlawful sexual harassment in school activities. Sexual harassment also includes sexual violence.
Title IX was enacted to ensure: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
More information, including ways to report, can be found at marian.edu/title-ix.
In support of the Dignity of the Individual, one of our Franciscan sponsorship values, Marian University does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, based on any identity a person may hold.
“Discriminatory Harassment” is harassment based upon an individual’s actual or perceived membership in a protected class. Harassing conduct may take various forms, including, name-calling, graphic or written statements (including the use of cell phones or the Internet), or other conduct that may be physically threatening, harmful, or humiliating.
“Protected class” means age, race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status, familial status or any other protected category under applicable local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.
Each member of the university community bears responsibility for their conduct and assumes reasonable responsibility for the behavior of others. When members of the community fail to exemplify these values by engaging in violations of the rules below, conduct procedures are used to assert and uphold the policies, including policies outlined in the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities and the employee handbook.
You may report harassment or discrimination in person, by email, by phone, or by using the online Incident Report Form.
Designated Reporting Officers
Karen Candlish, Dean of Students
Marian University
Clare Hall, Room 122
3200 Cold Spring Road
Indianapolis, IN 46222
(317) 955-6190
kcandlish@marian.edu
Ruth Rodgers, Senior Vice President of Leadership Integration and Student Success
Marian University
Clare Hall, Room 125
3200 Cold Spring Road
Indianapolis, IN 46222
(317) 955-6318
Students and student organizations can apply for the Dean of Students Programming Grant Fund.
Dean Candlish created a fund to support student events. To be eligible for funding, applications must meet the following requirements:
Preference is given to events planned collaboratively, by multiple student organizations, or students working with faculty or staff for an event. Apply on Connect.
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Notice of Nondiscrimination
Marian University does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, age or disabilities in the selection of administrative personnel, faculty and staff, and students.
*Placement rates are gathered from data collected from graduates within six months of graduation.
Students may make a complaint to the Indiana Commission of Higher Education.
Marian University is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Indiana.
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