Residents should be considerate of roommates when inviting guests to their residence hall room, and especially when hosting guests overnight. Hosts must communicate with their roommate/suitemate/apartment mates 24 hours in advance of a guest’s arrival.

All resident students are granted the privilege of entertaining guests in University housing under certain conditions.

A resident is defined as a student who is assigned to a room, suite, or apartment in the Suffolk University residence areas, including leased properties.

A residential host is a resident student who signs a residential guest into the residence hall to which he/she resides.

A residential guest is defined as a student who has a current housing assignment who is visiting a residence hall that he/she is not assigned to and/or any other individual who does not live in the residence halls and who is visiting and/or staying overnight in the residence halls.

An overnight residential guest is defined as a residential guest who is signed into a residence hall by a resident host anytime between the hours of 1am and 7am.

Procedure to sign in/ sign out a residential guest:

SUPD oversees the guest sign in/sign out process. Hosts must meet their guests at the hall security desk and present their Suffolk ID when signing in guests. Residential guests must surrender a valid photo ID (non-expired) to SUPD when signing in. Hosts should escort their guest(s) back to the desk to check out at which time the ID will be returned. SUPD documents residents who do not properly sign out their guests. This documentation is forwarded to Residence Life & Housing and may result in disciplinary action, a fine and/or guests may be permanently banned from the residence halls.

Additional expectations regarding residential guests:

Residential guests must be at minimum a personal acquaintance of the host and must be escorted at all times by their host, except into opposite-sex bathrooms. Residential guests are required to follow all University policies and hosts are responsible for seeing that their guest(s) follow all University policies. Residence students are responsible for the actions of their guest(s) and therefore responsible for any damage/policy violations caused by their guest(s), regardless of whether the host was physically present when the alleged violation occurred. All residents are requested to be aware of unescorted guests in the halls and to report their presence to Residence Life & Housing staff or to University Police.

Guests who are not properly signed in and/or who have allegedly violated University Community Standards may be considered trespassers and are subject to arrest and/or temporary or permanent removal from the residence hall.

All guests must comply with emergency protocols should a drill or actual emergency occur.

At any time, the privilege to sign in guests may be terminated by a Residence Life & Housing staff member or the University Police.

SUPD and Residence Life and Housing staff reserve the right to deny access to the residence halls to any guest for any reason.

If non-resident students are alleged to have and/or are found responsible for violating Residence Life and Housing and/or university policies, may lose vititation privileges for the residence halls permanently.