Policies & Procedures Manual

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Policy No: 815

Policy Contact: Vice President for Student Services

Policy Title: STUDENT HOUSING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

1. Students living in residence halls are required to be enrolled full-time in courses taught on the Decatur Campus. If the residence halls are not at capacity at the completion of registration, students who are full-time through a combination of on-campus classes, off-campus classes, and/or on-line classes through the Mississippi Virtual Community College will be considered on an individual basis. Students dropping below 15 semester hours will be required to move from the residence hall. 2. When a student enrolls at East Central, he/she agrees to accept the policies that govern residence hall life. Failure to observe these policies and regulations subjects the student to disciplinary action, based on the professional judgment of those in charge of the residence halls. Any failure to respond to disciplinary action makes the student ineligible to live in the residence hall. 3. Students living in the residence hall must purchase a meal ticket from the Business Office. The five day meal ticket will be valid for fourteen (14) meals, Monday through Friday. The seven-day meal ticket will be valid for nineteen (19) meals, Sunday-Saturday. Athletes, out of state students, and others who participate in activities that will require weekend meals are required to purchase the seven-day plan. Commuting students may eat in the cafeteria at the per meal rate or may purchase a meal card at the Business Office. 4. Students must complete an application for housing and pay a housing fee before being assigned to a room. Both roommates must complete this process before they can be assigned together. (An application for housing form is included in the appendix.) 5. Rooms are assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. Depending upon room availability, students may choose a residence hall and a roommate. 6. Overnight visitors in the residence hall must be approved by and registered with the Residence Hall Supervisor and the Director of Housing/Student Activities. All visitors are expected to comply with the rules of the institution. Children are not allowed to stay overnight in the residence halls. 7. Residence Hall students are responsible for their room, hallway, and bathroom and will be assessed for any damage. There will be systematic room inspections each week of all residence halls, at which time rooms must be clean, neat, and attractive. Furniture is inventoried for each room and lobby and must not be removed from these areas. Students will not be permitted to move additional furniture to the dormitory without the permission of the Residence Hall Supervisor. (The College is not responsible for personal items permitted in the residence halls.) 8. Students must be considerate of fellow students when playing radios, tape players, televisions, video games, etc. 9. The use of tobacco or tobacco-related products is not permitted on campus (see also Policy 620, TOBACCO-FREE POLICY).

10. Residents of campus apartments and residence halls will not be allowed to keep pets of any kind.