2.8.16 : Entry Into Student Rooms

Greenville University recognizes the rights of its students to protection against unreasonable entry and search. To preserve these rights, while at the same time continuing the university’s tradition as a place where quality of residential hall living is maintained by policy and practice, Greenville University has enacted the following procedural guidelines as to the entry into and searches of university-owned student rooms.

Reasonable entry and search situations in which university personnel will enter student rooms include, but are not limited to, instances in which there is reasonable cause to believe that:

1.      A violation of city, state, federal laws, or university policy is occurring

2.      A student or other individual is a threat to themselves or others

3.      An emergency exists that requires the identification of a particular object believed to be in the room.

Reasonable cause for belief that a university policy is being violated may result from casual interaction between staff and students which is an integral part of residential hall living. Also, Greenville University reserves the right to depart from these procedural guidelines at any time if, in its sole discretion, circumstances warrant.