Visitation Guidelines

The visitation guidelines for students living in Commonwealth University - Bloomsburg's residence halls, suites, and apartments has been developed in an effort to balance student privileges with academic demands, the rights of occupants not hosting a guest, and health and safety. It should be noted that visitation is a privilege, not a right. Students violating this privilege or the rights of others may be subject to the loss of some or all visitation privileges up to the loss of campus housing.

A mature attitude is necessary when exercising your freedom and responsibility regarding guests in the residential facilities. Visitation guidelines are in place to provide a measure of safety for the residential communities. Please understand that any system is only as safe as those whom are using it, allow it to be. Safety is a shared responsibility. Your cooperation in escorting your guests and informing visitors of our visitation/escort policies when entering any on-campus residence is expected. Failure to comply with visitation guidelines will result in disciplinary action as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct. A guest is considered anyone that is not assigned to a specific room. Therefore, a guest can be a non-CU student, family member, CU student, off-campus student, a resident of another hall or a resident of the same hall.

No one under the age of 18 years old are permitted to stay without supervision of a legal guardian, unless it is a recognized university special event, i.e. Siblings Weekend. This would include providing childcare/babysitting.

The following information outlines visitation guidelines:

• Overnight visitors, limited to two per resident, can visit up to two (2) consecutive days, not to exceed six (6) nights in one month.
• Hosts are responsible for the behavior of their guest(s) at all times and are obligated to inform the guest(s) of all University and Residence Life policies. Violation of any policy by a guest may result in disciplinary action being taken against both the host and guest.
• Guests must be specifically invited by a resident in order to be permitted into the residential facility.
• Guests must enter and exit the building through the front doors.
• Residents should never agree to escort a person they do not know personally. This includes opening the door to allow unknown visitors to enter a residential facility. Guests who reside in the same residence hall are not required to be escorted.
• Guests must be escorted by your host at all times when walking throughout the residential facility.
• Guests left unattended or found to be unescorted may be documented and escorted out of the building. In addition to this, their hosts may be documented for leaving guests unattended.
• Students are permitted to have visitors in their rooms only if there is no objection from their roommate(s). In case of a disagreement between roommates, the person without the guest will retain priority.
• Guests can be asked to leave if they are causing a disturbance or if a roommate does not wish them to be there. University staff will make this decision.
• Violating a roommate’s right of entry into their room or hindering a roommate’s ability to study and/or sleep within their room because of a guest’s continual presence, is considered a violation of this rule.
• Guests may not stay in unoccupied beds in a room without the consent of the resident whose bed is to be used.
• Must be registered online via the Overnight Guest Registration form.

Please note, there will be additional visitation restrictions for non-CU students during Block Party weekend.

The visitation guidelines for students living in Commonwealth University - Lock Haven's residence halls, suites, and apartments have been developed in an effort to balance student privileges with academic demands, the rights of occupants not hosting a guest, and health and safety. It should be noted that visitation is a privilege, not a right. Students violating this privilege or the rights of others may be subject to the loss of some or all visitation privileges up to the loss of campus housing.

A mature attitude is necessary when exercising your freedom and responsibility regarding guests in the residential facilities. Visitation guidelines are in place to provide a measure of safety for the residential communities. Please understand that any system is only as safe as those whom are using it, allow it to be. Safety is a shared responsibility. Your cooperation in escorting your guests and informing visitors of our visitation/escort policies when entering any on-campus residence is expected. Failure to comply with visitation guidelines will result in disciplinary action as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct.

A guest is considered anyone that is not assigned to a specific room. Therefore, a guest can be a non-CU student, family member, CU student, off-campus student, a resident of another hall or a resident of the same hall.

No one under the age of 18 years is permitted to stay without supervision of a legal guardian, unless it is a recognized university special event, i.e. Siblings Weekend. This would include providing childcare/babysitting.

The following information outlines visitation guidelines:

• All guests must show a valid photo ID at the front desk during front desk hours.
• Overnight visitors, limited to two per resident, can visit up to two (2) consecutive days, not to exceed six (6) nights in one month.
• Hosts are responsible for the behavior of their guest(s) at all times and are obligated to inform the guest(s) of all University and Residence Life policies. Violation of any policy by a guest may result in disciplinary action being taken against both the host and guest.
• Guests must be specifically invited by a resident in order to be permitted into the residential facility.
• Guests must enter and exit the building through the front doors.
• Residents should never agree to escort a person they do not know personally. This includes opening the door to allow unknown visitors to enter a residential facility. Guests who reside in the same residence hall are not required to be escorted.
• Guests must be escorted by your host at all times when walking throughout the residential facility.
• Guests left unattended or found to be unescorted may be documented and escorted out of the building. In addition to this, their hosts may be documented for leaving guests unattended.
• Students are permitted to have visitors in their rooms only if there is no objection from their roommate(s). In case of a disagreement between roommates, the person without the guest will retain priority.
• Guests can be asked to leave if they are causing a disturbance or if a roommate does not wish them to be there. University staff will make this decision.
• Violating a roommate’s right of entry into their room or hindering a roommate’s ability to study and/or sleep within their room because of a guest’s continual presence, is considered a violation of this rule.
• Guests may not stay in unoccupied beds in a room without the consent of the resident whose bed is to be used.

A guest is defined as a person who does not live in the residence hall room. This includes other students/residents, friends, parents, siblings, or other relatives of the residents of that room. Residence hall students are allowed to host up to two (2) guests in their residence hall rooms according to the policies outlined below and as long as Health & Safety Guidelines are followed.

However, violating a roommate’s right of entry into the room, or hindering a roommate’s ability to study and/or sleep within their room (because of a guest’s presence) is considered a violation of guest privileges. Commonwealth University - Mansfield residence halls offer a twenty-four-hour visitation program open to host guests.

Host Responsibility

Hosts are responsible for the behavior of their guest(s) at all times and are obligated to inform the guest(s) of all University and residence hall rules and regulations. Violation of any rule or regulation by a guest may result in disciplinary action being taken against both the host and guest.

Escorting Guests

Guests must be escorted at all times by a resident of the residence hall (host). The following guidelines apply to
escorting guests:

• Residents must escort all guests into and out of the building.
• Residents must remain with all of their guests at all times while in the residence hall.

Guests left unattended or found to be unescorted may be documented and escorted out of the building. In addition to this, their hosts may be documented for leaving guests unattended. Residents should never agree to escort a person they do not know personally. This includes opening the door to allow unknown visitors to enter a residence hall. Guests who reside in the same residence hall are not required to be escorted.

Overnight Guests

Residents may have overnight guests, only with the permission of the roommate and only if they do not create a disturbance or violate any rules or regulations. Roommates may request that the overnight guest leave the room or suite at any time. A guest’s visitation privileges, regardless of the host, extend to no more than three (3) nights in a seven (7) day period (the seven-day period begins on day one of the stay). Overnight guests may only sleep in the room of the host who is sponsoring the visitation. Sleeping in other rooms or public/community spaces within the halls is strictly prohibited. In addition, guests may not stay in unoccupied beds in a room without the consent of the resident whose bed is to be used.

Cohabitation

Cohabitation is not allowed in the residence halls. Cohabitation is defined as a person using a residence hall room as if that person were living in the room but is not actually assigned as a resident of that room/suite. Examples of this may include, but are not limited to, keeping clothing and other personal belongings in another room/suite different than the one assigned, and sleeping overnight in the room/suite on a regular basis as if they lived in that room/suite. Violating a roommate’s right of entry into their room or hindering a roommate’s ability to study and/or sleep within their room because of a guest’s continual presence, is considered a violation of this rule.