Guests and Children on Campus
The facilities of Richmont Graduate University are restricted to use by students, faculty, staff, and guests of the University, except when all or part of the University location, its buildings, or its facilities are open to the general public for a designated time and purpose. A “guest” of the University is a person invited by an officer, employee, or student to visit the campus at a specific time and place for a designated purpose. Guests must sign in and out at the front desk.
Personal guests of students are permitted as long as they restrict the length of their campus visits and abide by all appropriate guidelines and policies related to their visit, including but not limited to not disrupting the student or any other person’s work or other appropriate use of the campus. By inviting a personal guest on campus, the student assumes responsibility for that guest and should remain with the guest. Guests are not permitted to attend class with a student unless the student obtains the faculty member’s prior permission. Such permission will only be granted in very special and limited circumstances.
Arranging childcare is the personal responsibility of students who have children. Students are not authorized to bring children to a Richmont facility for extended periods of time. Frequent or lengthy visits of children are not permitted, as they may create disruptions and distractions and present a liability to the University for their safety. Minors under the age of 12 should not be left unsupervised at any time at any of Richmont’s facilities.
Children may not attend class, use University equipment, or be left unattended on University property. Childcare issues frequently arise when holiday schedules of Richmont and those of the child’s school do not match, or when a child is sick and cannot attend school or daycare. Students must plan for these challenges in advance. Asking a faculty member to allow a child in class is not an option, as faculty members are not authorized to allow children to attend class.