Facilities Use Policy

1. Purpose:  Indiana University of Pennsylvania (“University”) is committed to maintaining a clean, aesthetically pleasing, healthy, and safe work, educational, and living environment in order to efficiently carry out its educational mission. This policy enables the University to control its buildings and grounds consistent with the IUP policies for use of facilities, which prohibits the use of University Property for purposes unrelated to the regular programs and activities of the University. 

2. Scope: The scope of this policy applies to the use of IUP owned and managed facilities (“University Property”) by all employees, students, guests, visitors, volunteers, and the general public. 

3. Definitions: 

1. “Camping” means the establishment of, or attempt to establish, temporary or permanent living quarters at any location on University Property other than University owned/operated residence halls, apartments, or other University managed housing; sleeping outdoors with or without bedding, tent, or similar device, structure, protection, or equipment; sleeping overnight in, on, or under any parked vehicle; and/or establishing or maintaining outdoors or in, on, or under any structure not designed for human occupancy, at any time, a temporary or permanent place for cooking, storing of personal belongings, or sleeping by setting up any bedding, sleeping bag, mattress, tent, or other sleeping equipment, or by setting up any cooking equipment that has not been approved through the appropriate University processes. 

2. “Commercial Speech” means advertisements, solicitations, or testimonials for goods or services, including distribution of commercial leaflets, flyers, handbills, or similar messaging. 

3. “Expressive Activity” includes constitutionally protected speech and assembly, including but not limited to oral presentations, demonstrations, marches, picketing, and leafleting. 

4. “Spontaneous Expressive Activity” includes Expressive Activity by a speaker on University Property where notice is not provided, nor request for use made through the online reservation procedure. 

5. “University Property” includes any building, land, or space, including, but not limited to, grassy areas, entrances and exits to campus, parking lots, sidewalks, paths, stairways, or platforms that are owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the University. 

6. “University Operations” means all operations necessary to carry out the University’s academic, health, safety, and administrative functions. 

4. Policy: Any individual, group, or entity requesting to use any University Property must request use of the space through the online space reservation procedure. Spaces identified by the University President and the Vice­ Presidents of Academic Affairs, Administration and Finance, Student Affairs, and University Advancement or their designee(s) may be identified as unavailable to be reserved. 

For full consideration, space requests should be submitted ten (10) business days prior to the requested date(s) of use. Requests submitted fewer than ten (10) business days prior the requested date(s) of use may be denied. 

No space requests will be prohibited on the basis of content, including Expressive Activity, as defined in this policy. Expressive Activities shall not unreasonably interfere with University Operations, undermine the protected speech of others, or present a threat of imminent harm to others or University Property. Any University decisions