Visitors and Guests

Hampshire College grants residential students the privilege of hosting visitors and guests in residence halls and mods. Students may invite guests on-campus, including in residence halls and mods, permitted they will accompany and take responsibility for ensuring that the guest(s) or visitor(s) follow College Community Standards and Policies. Guests in mods may only be present if it is mutually agreed upon by modmates and is allowed for in the modmate agreement. The following stipulations are in place related to guests/visitors:

• A guest or visitor is any individual who is legally age 18 or older and who is present in campus residence hall rooms or mods at the invitation of a resident student of the room or mod. This definition includes family and friends. For safety and security reasons, all guests or visitors must have a government issued photo identification, and residents are expected only to host individuals with whom they are familiar.
• Students are permitted to have overnight guests in their residence hall or mod as long as the host is on campus during the entire time the guest is present. If the host is leaving campus, they are required to have the guest leave campus with them.
• Hosts must register overnight guests [1], which includes indicating the length of the visit, which may never exceed three (3) nights in a seven day period or more than fifteen (15) days cumulatively in a semester, even if the guest has had more than one host. Students are allowed to have a maximum of one overnight guest on campus at a time. Students who violate this privilege may have their overnight privileges terminated.
• Overnight guests’ vehicles must be registered with campus safety and wellbeing [2] as specified in the parking policy [3].
• Guests or visitors who are disruptive or involved in a policy violation of any kind may be asked to leave the residence hall or mod immediately and my be banned from returning.
• Overnight guests may be restricted over winter and summer intersessions unless specified in the application process for those requesting and approved to stay during that period.

All visitors and overnight guests are expected to abide by Hampshire College’s Community Standards; this includes not bringing an animal into the residence hall or mod unless it is a registered service animal. Responsibility for the behavior and safety of guests lies with the host. Any damage caused by a visitor or guest, whether or not they have been registered, will be the responsibility of the host. Any visitor/guest whose behavior is disruptive will be required to leave campus. Abuse of the visitors and guests policies (e.g., guests or visitors under age of 17 or guests not adhering to campus policies) may result in removal of guest privileges.

Hampshire College reserves the right to alter and adapt guest and visitor policies and will notify individuals or the campus community in these instances. Additionally, Hampshire College can restrict individuals from hosting guests and/or restrict specific individuals from being guests on campus.

Questions related to the guest policy should be directed to Campus Safety and Wellbeing at CSW@hampshire.edu [4] or the Office of Residence Life at housing@hampshire.edu [5].