Policies & Procedures
Policies & Procedures
Policies & Procedures
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COVID-19 ADDENDUM
Due to the current climate caused by COVID-19 and guidelines provided by the State of New Jersey and CDC, the Chamberlain Student Center will be implementing the following changes to our policies and procedures to ensure the safety of all members of the Rowan community.
These changes are subject to the guidance of the University, State, and national offices and may change accordingly at any time. Please click the below for full updates.
General Policy Updates
- All guests of the Chamberlain Student Center must wear a form of face covering their nose and mouth while in the building.
- Please refer to CDC guidelines for additional face covering instruction https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/index.html
- There will be adjusted hours of operation. Please refer to the Hours of Operation tab found on the Chamberlain Student Center webpage.
- Indoor dining will not be permitted in the building at any time.
- Prior to entering office spaces, all guests are asked to adhere to all posted signage.
- The Game Room will be closed until further notice.
- All guests will need to remain physically distanced in lounge areas and furniture will not be permitted to be moved at any time.
- Guests are asked to clean spaces after use with provided cleaner/disinfectant.
- Guests are asked to clean the microwave after use with provided cleaner/disinfectant?
- The lactation room will be cleaned by Chamberlain Student Center maintenance staff in between use.
- To access this space, please contact the Information Desk or building manager on duty.
Student Center Scheduling and Reservations Policy Updates
All events are subject to the Assistant Director of Special Venues, Events & Logistics regarding availability, space, turnover time, and staffing. For additional event information, please refer to the University event guidance webpage: https://sites.rowan.edu/universityevents/resourcesandguides/index.html.
- All event attendees must wear a form of face covering their nose and mouth.
- Before a reservation can be confirmed, the event scheduler must submit a request for approval through Proflink
- No new or existing events with an external audience will be permissible in the Chamberlain Student Center until further notice.
- Events that include singing and dancing will not be permitted.
- Monday through Friday all events will begin no earlier than 8:30am
- Saturday through Sunday all events will begin no earlier than 9:00am
- No events will be permitted to start early and no event contacts and/or hosts will be allowed to use the space early to begin setting up for an event
- All events will end no later than 10:00pm
- All events will only be permissible to use layouts that are located in the Chamberlain Student Center Social Distancing Catalog which can be found on our Student Center spaces webpage
- go.rowan.edu/studentcenterspaces
- The Ballroom and Pit may allow for custom room layouts based on the approval and availability of Chamberlain Student Center staff
- All maximum capacities have been revised to meet current institutional and state guidelines
- There will be new buffer times between each event
- Buffer times are when an event ends in a specific location and the time between then and when the next event begins in that same location
- The new buffer times are the following:
- Vendor Tables - 15 minutes
- Ballroom - 4 hours
- Meeting Spaces (Room 127, 129, 144, 221) - 1 hour
- The following locations will be offline for reservations
- Ground Floor and First Floor Vendor Tables
- The Owl’s Nest
- Main Hall
- Back Patio
- Balcony
- Prof’s Place
- Room 128
- Room 128 will only be used for event storage, performer green room, etc.
- This will be reviewed by Chamberlain Student Staff before approval
- Room 128 “Open Room” Policy at the discretion of Chamberlain Student Center staff
- There will be 5 outdoor vendor table locations allowable for reservations
- These vendor tables will be located on the sidewalk of Route 322 adjacent to the half circle
- All vendor tables will be permissible to have only one person from the reserving group present at the table
- There will be social distancing ground stickers illustrating guests of the table where to stand to maintain a safe distance
- There will be no bake good sales permitted
- There will be no external organization vendors permitted
- There will only be 1 event permissible in the Pit per day
- Normal pit policies will remain, please refer to page 21 in the Policies and Procedures manual
- All events that start at 4:00pm or later in meeting spaces will only be permissible to use our Social Distances theater style layout
- There will be an adjustment in our no show policy
- First Offense - Warning
- Second Offense - $25 Fine
- Third Offense - Loss of Reservation Privileges
- The necessity of Special Event meetings will now be determined by the Event Services team.