When allocating use of joint facilities, the highest priority
shall be given to activities specifically related to the institutions'
missions. No arrangements will be made that may interfere with or operate to
the detriment of the institutions' own instruction, research, public assembly,
and student activities. In particular, joint facilities are used primarily
for:
(1) The regularly established
instruction, research, public assembly, and student activities of the
institutions and their departments.
(2) Cultural, educational, or recreational
activities of the students, faculty, or staff of the college or
university.
(3) Short courses,
conferences, seminars, or similar events, when arranged under the sponsorship
of the institutions or their departments.
(4) Public events of a cultural or
professional nature brought to the campus at the request of institution
departments or committees or institutionally sanctioned student organizations
and presented with their active sponsorship and active participation.
(5) Activities or programs sponsored by other
educational institutions, by state or federal agencies, by charitable agencies
or civic or community organizations whose activities are of widespread public
service and of a character appropriate to the institutions. However, joint
facilities will not be made available for instructional or related purposes
that compete with courses or programs offered by the institutions.
(6) Faculty, staff, registered or official
student organizations of the institutions may use joint facilities to hold
events for college or university faculty, staff and students provided such uses
comply with these rules on use of joint facilities. These events do not,
however, require either preliminary approval by an academic or administrative
unit or final approval by the joint committee on facility use.
(7) Faculty, staff, registered or official
student organizations of the institutions may use joint facilities to hold
events to which the general public is invited when the event has preliminary
approval by an academic or administrative unit of one of the institutions and
final approval of the appropriate designee. The appearance of an invited
speaker on campus does not represent an endorsement by the institutions of the
speaker's views.
(8) Noninstitution
organizations and individuals may use joint facilities to hold events which
have received preliminary approval by an academic or administrative unit of one
of the institutions and final approval of the appropriate designee. The general
public may be invited to such events.
(9) Reasonable conditions may be imposed to
regulate the timeliness of requests, to determine the appropriateness of space
assigned, time of use, and proper maintenance of the facilities. Subject to the
same limitations, joint facilities shall be made available for assignment to
individuals or groups within the institutions. Arrangements by both
organizations and individuals must be made through the appropriate facility
designee. Allocation of space shall be made in accordance with these rules and
on the basis of time, space, priority of request and the demonstrated needs of
the applicant.
