Visitation Policies
Revised Visitation Policy
effective January, 2008
Definition of a Visitor/Guest: A friend or family member of a resident who has come to visit the resident in his/her living arrangements.
Visitation Hours and Policies:
- Sunday through Thursday - 8am to Midnight
- Friday through Sunday -20 hour visitation (8am-4am)
- Friday through Sunday visitors of either gender will be allowed to check-in at 8am and must be checked-out by 4am each morning. The hours of 4am-8am are designated a no visitation time to ensure there is always time when only residents or their same gender overnight guests are on the floor. Overnight visitors may only be from the same gender as the resident. In order to have overnight guests, the roommates must have a signed roommate contract on file with the RHD in advance signifying they both agree with this arrangement. Otherwise, no overnight guests are permitted. Opposite gender overnight guests are NEVER permitted. During this period of overnight visitation, guest(s) will not have to continually check-in and check-out as long as they are escorted by the resident and have the visitation pass on their person when they enter the hallways and common areas of the hall.
- Overnight guests will be allowed to stay for a maximum of two consecutive nights, for a maximum of 16 nights per semester.
- In all halls, the guests of the opposite gender must only use the designated 1st floor restroom for such guests. The floor restrooms must NEVER be used by opposite gender guests and showering is NEVER permitted by a guest of the opposite gender on a floor.
- Immediate family members are required to check-in only once upon arrival. After that, they must be escorted by the resident at all times and carry the visitation pass on their person.
- Persons under 16 years of age have to be accompanied by a legal guardian and carry their visitation pass on their person at all times while in the residence hall.
- Visitation passes must be in the visitor’s possession at all times while in the residence hall , but the pass is not required to be worn around the neck. There will be a $25 charge placed on the student’s account the guest is visiting for a lost visitor’s pass.
- One resident may check-in a maximum of 2 persons