University custodians lock academic and administrative buildings around 11 p.m. Monday
through Friday, and open the buildings at 7 a.m. the following day. The buildings
are locked from 5 p.m. Saturday until 7 a.m. Monday.
Exceptions: In Belk Building, Fine and Performing Arts Center, and Music/English Building,
special arrangements have been made for monitoring by staff members, faculty members,
or graduate students. Opening and closing times also vary on some multi-use buildings
such as Hunter Library, the Student Media Center, Hinds University Center, and Reid
and Breese gymnasiums.
Residence halls are locked twenty-four hours a day. Resident students receive electronic access cards to their buildings and may enter at will. All residence hall visitors and guests must be escorted at all times. Please remember: Security is breached if doors to residence halls are propped open.
University Police Officers periodically check exterior doors to campus buildings, but do not routinely patrol inside buildings. Students and faculty and staff members should not remain in academic or administrative buildings during "closed" hours.
University Facilities Management is responsible for providing and maintaining the campus's exterior lighting and observes standard foot-candle specifications. Facilities Management personnel identify and trim trees and shrubbery that interfere with lighting. In planting and maintaining shrubbery around the buildings and near thoroughfares, our grounds crews try to preserve lines-of-sight for pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Please report inoperable lights or hazardous conditions to the University Police Department or to the Physical Plant.