Student_Handbook

41 NSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2021-22 7. Working Days : those days when the office of the institution are open for business. C. POLICY 1. Institutional Facilities Institutional facilities and grounds embody investments by students and taxpayers to advance the educational, research, and service missions of the institution. They are not open to the public for assembly, speech, or other activities as are the public streets, sidewalks, parks, or seats of government. Institutional facilities and grounds are selected, designed, and operated to balance aesthetic and utilitarian considerations, to provide settings conducive to learning and research, and to provide venues to expose students to high and popular cultural activities. These purposes define the priorities for their use by private parties. 1.1. Casual visitors may enter institutional facilities and grounds to conduct business with the institution, to attend institution sponsored events, exhibits or programs that are open to the public, to deliver goods ordered by residents or to traverse the grounds without stopping, or for purposes incidental to personal family or social matters involving students or institutional staff. 1.2. Private parties may request permission to use facilities or grounds for private meetings or events. Such requests may be granted to the extent that institutional program schedules permit if the requested use is lawful and otherwise consistent with this policy, poses no risk of harm to persons or property, and will not disrupt the intended use of the facilities or grounds by the institution, its students, staff, or other visitors. 1.3. Permission to use facilities or grounds for private meetings or events shall be contingent upon agreement to avoid disruption of institutional uses of the facilities or grounds, interference with students or employees, or damage, fouling or littering facilities, grounds or other property. Private users shall be responsible for the cleanliness and order of any facilities or grounds that they use. 1.4. Institutional facilities and grounds are tax exempt public facilities and, as such, are not generally available for use by private parties for commercial purposes. Institutions may contract with private parties to provide goods and services on its behalf, to provide access to dedicated advertising venues or to engage in limited mission-related testing, research or economic development activities. As part of their service to the state and their host communities, institutions may designate specific venues where third parties may schedule occasional activities that may have incidental commercial purposes. 1.5. Some institutional facilities and grounds may be restricted, and private parties may only venture there if specifically invited by a person with authority to invite them. Buildings or facilities that are ordinarily open during regular business hours shall be deemed to be restricted areas if they have been locked. 2. Private Parties Private Parties must request prior authorization to use a facility or a portion of the institutional grounds. Each institution shall develop and shall make public practices and rules to implement this policy. In particular, 2.1. Each Institution shall appoint a person or persons to receive and to administer private party requests for permission to use institutional facilities or grounds for meetings or events. Facilities Use by Private Parties 6:13 Page 2 of 7 2.2. Each institution shall designate those facilities, or portions thereof, or portions of the grounds that may be used by private parties for meetings or events, and shall specify whether, when and how private parties may use application in conjunction with their meetings or events.