Visitation
Visitors are allowed in residences throughout the 24-hour day. However, residents must remain sensitive to the safety and security concerns of the residential community as well as the privacy needs of floormates/roommates/suitemates/lodgemates/apartmentmates. Prior to a visitor’s arrival, resident hosts should discuss with the persons with whom they share space, the fact that visitors are expected. Residents are responsible for the conduct of their visitors and violations of University policy may be referred to Student Accountability, Community Standards and Academic Integrity. Visitors (including Vanderbilt students who are not residents and who do not have access to a particular building), must be escorted at all times when in the residence halls. Lending ID credentials or room keys to visitors is prohibited.
Overnight Guests
A student who wishes to host an overnight guest must complete the Guest Registration Form. The request should be made at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the arrival of the guest. Residential Experience will review the request and send a message regarding the status of the registration. Host students should seek the permission of roommates and others with whom they share space (e.g., suitemates) before completing the registration form. Guests' stays are limited to three consecutive nights. Guests must be escorted by their host at all times on campus. Lending student ID credentials or room keys is prohibited. Residents are responsible for the conduct of their guests and violations of University policy may be referred to Student Accountability, Community Standards and Academic Integrity.
Residence hall rooms are not suitable for visiting parents or legal guardians. The presence of parents or legal guardians for any extended length of time in a residence hall can be a source of uneasiness and discomfort among other residents. Consequently, no parent or legal guardian may stay overnight in a residence hall.
There are no overnight guests allowed during break periods.
Media
Residence halls are closed to news media. Students are not authorized to bring news media into residence halls unless authorized by University media relations.
Visiting Minors or Minor Guests Not Participating in a Vanderbilt or Third Party Youth Program
Vanderbilt, as a research University, is generally not a proper environment for minors (under the age of 18) who are not directly accompanied by a parent or guardian unless they are participating in a youth program planned for minors and supervised by adults who have the appropriate training and credentials.
Minor visitors may be allowed, subject to applicable University policies and the exceptions outlined herein, in student residential housing floors or rooms, but must be escorted at all times by their resident host or by their parent/legal guardian. For visits and/or overnight stays, the resident host is responsible for the minor guest and must accompany them at all times. Resident hosts must register overnight minor guests at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the stay by completing the Guest Registration Form. The resident host must provide the age of the guest and documentation that the minor’s parent or guardian approves the visit. If the minor guest is unrelated to the resident host and is under age sixteen (16), the minor’s parent or guardian must also be present at all times. Residents are not permitted to host overnight guests under the age of sixteen (16) unless the guest is a sibling and approved in advance; requests for exceptions for siblings of the resident will be reviewed and must be approved twenty four (24) hours in advance of the stay by the Associate Dean for Housing and Residential Experience or designee. Residents who violate these policies may be referred to Student Accountability, Community Standards and Academic Integrity.