Policy No.: 7060 Board Approved: May 24, 2005 Revised: October 16, 2018
Facilities Rental and Usage by Outside Organizations
Hagerstown Community College (“The College”) is committed to serving the needs of its local community through educational courses and programing, as well as through other services. The first priority for use of campus facilities is programs and activities intended for students, faculty, and other members of the campus community. Use of College facilities by outside organizations will only be considered after it has been determined that the requested space is not needed for instructional purposes, required for any organized campus event or student organization, neededfor general student and staff use, needed for the college development office fund raisers, or has not already been reserved. College facilities that are available for rental include, but are not limited to, the Athletic Recreation and Community Center (ARCC), Kepler Performing & Visual Arts Education Center Theater and Theater Lobby, Alumni Amphitheater, Merle S. Elliott Continuing Education & Conference Center, and the Behavioral Sciences & Humanities (BSH) Building Auditorium, athletic fields, as well as some selected labs and classrooms. The following provisions and restrictions apply to outside organizations who wish to rent College facilities: 1. College facilities may not be rented or used for formal religious services orproselytization. Community memorials or tributes are excluded from the prohibition. 2. College facilities may not be rented for partisan political activities including campaigningor fundraising for a political candidate. Current elected government officials may however be allowed to use College facilities to address constituents related to current legislation orother issues of general public interest, as long as the event is not part of a campaign orfundraising effort. Refer to Policy # 8067 for further details on the College’s policy related to political activity on campus. College or Student Organization sponsored events are not considered rentals under this policy, and thus are not prohibited. 3. Outside organizations may not use College facilities for fund-raising activities, unless approved by the Office of College Advancement to ensure that goals of the event are notin conflict with goals and efforts of the College. 4. College facilities will generally be made available to outside organizations if the goal ofthe event is promoting learning and personal development, and the event does not provide competition to College credit or non-credit programing. 5. Groups using College facilities may not limit, restrict, disrupt, or in any way inhibit the normal instructional programs of the College or other College activities. Groups must also comply with other existing College policies such as the Tobacco-free campus policy (#8030), Alcohol at Special Campus Events policy (#8020), Student Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy (#4041), Expressive Activity Policy (#8068), and Commercial Solicitation Policy (#8069).
Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs