POMONA COLLEGE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

SEAVER NORTH BUILDING ACCESS, KEY ISSUANCE AND RETURN POLICIES

FOR STUDENTS

While studying and/or working in the Chemistry Department, it is imperative that safety guidelines are observed to avoid personal injury and that care is taken to insure that only those authorized are allowed entry to the building and laboratories.

Building Card Access

• Card access is granted to Chemistry and Molecular Biology majors on a semester by semester basis and to other students authorized by the Chair of the Chemistry Department.
• To secure card access, obtain a Seaver North Card Key Access Permission Form from the Chemistry Department Stockroom, secure the necessary Faculty/Chair approvals and take the completed form to the Stockroom Manager who will arrange for access privileges.

Building Use

• Of utmost importance is your safety when in the building, especially during late hours. We prefer that students are never alone in the building after 7:00 pm and, more specifically, do not ever work in laboratories alone.

• Never let strangers into the building. Do not allow entry to individual(s) you do not personally know.

• Never prop open any entrance door.

• If you encounter anything suspicious, or if an injury occurs, please notify Campus Security immediately at extension 72000.

• It is permitted to bring friends into the building, but first-access to resources is intended for majors.

• Students are not permitted to bring alcoholic beverages in the building.

• Civil and polite behavior is expected with regard to all interactions when in the building.

Computer Classrooms Rooms 205 and 113

• These rooms are used as classrooms. As such, you cannot lay claim to table space or a computer for extended periods of time. When you leave a computer, log off and take all of your materials with you. “Ownership” of areas/resources will not be tolerated in these rooms. Anything left in these rooms will be picked up periodically and placed in a box for retrieval. Each Friday the contents in that box will be deposited in the trash.

• Locking computers for personal use is not permitted. Computers found locked will be shut off and re-booted. (Special cases for long-term calculations must be cleared through a faculty member who will: a. notify all other faculty members; and, b. provide a signed note that will be placed on the computer in use.)

• People use these rooms to study and compose brilliant pieces of work. Please be respectful of these study areas and keep noise to a minimum. The use of headphones to listen to music is permitted but public broadcast of music or other sounds is not permitted unless everyone in the room, including people entering later, agree that it is acceptable.

• Never prop the room entry doors open.

• Eating and consumption of beverages is not permitted in either of these computer rooms.

• Printing privileges in Room 205 are for majors only (except for students in courses that have been granted permission).

Room 106 (Lounge)

• Again, never prop doors open in this room.
• Eating and drinking of non-alcoholic beverages is permitted in this room.
• Please clean up any mess that you make by depositing all trash in the baskets available.
• In addition, this room is used for study. Please be respectful of how the room is being used and limit noise to a reasonable level.

Key Issuance and Return Policy

• Determine which Seaver North key(s) you require and obtain a copy of the three-part Key Issuance and Return Form* from the Chemistry Department Stockroom.
• Complete the form, secure the necessary Faculty/Chair approvals, and return it to the Stockroom; the Stockroom Manager will issue the appropriate keys. You will receive a copy of the form and the Stockroom Manager will keep the Department copy and the Student Accounts copy.
• All keys are due at the end of each semester. If you work during the Fall Semester and intend to work during winter break, you must get permission from your Faculty supervisor and the Chemistry Department Chair to retain your key during this period. All keys are due at the end of the Spring Semester. If you work during the summer, the appropriate keys will be issued when you report for work.

Violation of any part of these policies will result in suspension of privileges.

* The Key Issuance and Return Form details the rules and charge information for all key(s) issued for Seaver North.

The above information is also available online at www.chemistry.pomona.edu

01/06: F.J. Grieman, Chemistry Department Chair