Student Handbook 2018

Formfor DisabilityHousingAccommodations and identifybyname the students they wish to live with in the hall. 6. Appeal Procedures: Students who are not granted hosing accommodations through this processwill have the opportunity to appeal the committee’s decision. If a decision denying the request for disability housing accommodations is made, students will receive information about the appeals process with their decision letter. All requests for appeal are reviewed by David Taylor, Vice President of Student Development. Students not approved for disability housing accommodations, or whose appeal is deniedmayapplyforanassignment throughnormalroomlotteryprocedures.Students should contact theirResidentAssistant orResidentHall Director about this process.

BLUEFIELD COLLEGE SERVICE ANIMAL POLICY Forms can be completed in the Office of Student Development

BluefieldCollege (Bluefield) recognizes the importance of ServiceAnimals to individuals with disabilities and has established the following policy regarding Service Animals to assist peoplewith disabilities. This policyensures that peoplewith disabilities, who require the use of Service Animals as a reasonable accommodation, receive the benefit of the work or tasks performed by such animals and the support they provide. Bluefield is committed to allowing people with disabilities the use of a Service Animal on campus to facilitate their full-participation and equal access to the College’s programs and activities. Set forth below are specific requirements and guidelines concerning the appropriate use of and protocolsassociatedwithServiceAnimals.Bluefield reservestherighttoamend thispolicy as circumstances require. A. Service Animal A Service Animal is a dog that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasksforthebenefitofanindividualwithadisability.Insomecases,aminiaturehorse maybe permitted as a ServiceAnimal. Other animals, whether wild or domestic, do not qualify as Service Animals. Examples of such work or tasks including guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribedmedications, calming a personwith Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service Animals are working animals, not pets. Thework or task a ServiceAnimal has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as Service Animals. B. Pet A “Pet” is an animal kept for ordinary use and companionship. Apet is not considered a Service Animal or an Assistance Animal. It is not covered by this policy. Residents are not permitted to keep pets, other than fish, on college property or in college housing.

Section I. Definitions

C. Approved Animal

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