Visitation

The University reserves the right to revoke or change visitation rules in all or any residence hall where there is concerns of behavior deemed detrimental to the health, safety, welfare, privacy and/or security of residents and damage to the residence halls. The University similarly reserves the right to revoke or change visitation rules for individuals or ban individuals from the residence halls when deemed necessary. Some residence halls, such as the freshmen hall and freshmen overflow hall, may have visitations policies posted and enforced that change from the following information:

 

  • There are no overnight visitations in the residence
  • There are no visitation during move-ins, move-outs, breaks, mid-terms and final exams.
  • Visitations do not start until the third Monday after the residence halls open each semester.

• Designated Visitation Hours:

  • Sundays to Thursday 5pm to 11pm
  • Fridays and Saturdays 5pm to 1am
  • Resident may choose to limit visitations in their own room. This can be done with a “Roommate Agreement” filled out by involved parties.
  • Resident hall committees and/or councils, with the approval of the Office of Residential Life, may elect to reduce or eliminate
  • If a residence hall desk is closed, there is no visitation allowed at that time unless a residential staff member is contacted and agrees to process the visitation.

 

Visitors:

  • Must meet their host at the front desks or outside the residence
  • Must be able to provide Lincoln University ID or government-issued photo identification such as a drivers’ license or This id will be taken during the hours of visitation.
  • Must remain with their hosts and be escorted at all times by the host including to gender appropriate restrooms.
  • Must be signed out by 11pm or 1am depending upon the visitation schedule.
  • IDs will be returned once the visitor has been signed out in the “VISITATION LOG”.

 Hosts:

  • Must be a resident of the resident hall the visitor wishes to
  • Are limited to ONE (1) guest at a
  • Must meet their visitor either at the front desk or outside of the residence halls.
  • Must remain in the presence of their guest at all

Unescorted visitors will be required to leave immediately.