Guest and Visitation Policy 
Under the Guest and Visitation Policy, “guests” refer to current Juniata students who are visiting a room or residence hall who were not assigned to the space by the Office of Campus Life, and “visitors” refer to individuals not enrolled at Juniata who are visiting campus.  Students can have guests and/or visitors in their rooms only if there are no objections from their roommate(s).  The rights of a student to privacy, quiet, etc. are paramount and supersede the desire of a student to have visitors or guests in the room.  Violating a roommate’s right of entry into their room or disturbing a roommate’s ability to study and/or sleep in their room because of a guest’s continual presence (even if not overnight) is considered a violation of the Guest and Visitation Policy. 

  • Roommates should be consulted prior to inviting guests or visitors to stay overnight in the residence halls.
    • Overnight is considered within the hours of 11pm-8am
  • Overnight visitors under the age of 18 are not permitted in the residence halls unless hosted through a College-sponsored program
  • Overnight guests or visitors (18+) may not stay more than 2 consecutive nights or 4 nights in a 30-day period.  The 30-day period begins the night of the first overnight visit.
  • All visitors are expected to comply with Juniata College rules and regulations.  Misconduct of a visitor including any violations of college policies and/or damage to college property is ultimately the student host's responsibility.  Student hosts may be found responsible through the conduct process for any violations of college policy of their visitor.
  • All visitors must have an escort while visiting residence halls.  Unescorted visitors may be asked to depart campus.
  • Guests and visitors may not stay in the bed of a roommate/suitemate without the consent of the resident whose bed is being used
  • Roommates are expected to resolve problems created by visitations.  If roommates cannot agree, the Resident Assistant, Community Advisor, Residential Life Coordinator, or Office of Campus Life should be consulted.