The
Department of Residence Life
strives to compliment the College’s educational mission by
providing quality out-of-class learning experiences through
programming for students in the residence halls. There is no
better place to do this than in our residence halls.
A variety of medical illnesses,
disabilities and psychological conditions may necessitate
special consideration in the housing assignment process or a
release from the housing contract or meal plan. A few
examples of disability related considerations in residence
halls or rooms are the following:
·
An
air-conditioned residence hall
·
A
residence hall with an elevator
·
A
residence hall with an accessible washroom
·
A single
room
Air Conditioners:
Founders,
Bowers, North and Peterson Halls have central air
conditioning. Buildings that do not accommodate air
conditioning include Cleland, Liedman, and the Fraternity
Complex.
The College
provides air conditioning units to students with a
documented disability and for whom air conditioning is an
appropriate accommodation in McMichael, Grier, Fulton, Graham, Winbigler,
the theme houses, and Phi Delta Theta. To request air
conditioning as an accommodation, students should follow the
process for registering with Disability Services and submit
the required
documentation
to the
Department of Residence Life.
Every effort is made to accommodate
students’ special needs within our housing system and food
service plan using the alternatives available. Keep in mind
the College meal plan contract does not permit releases
based on religious dictates, personal food choice or
preferences (i.e. vegetarianism), or other
non-medically-based, dietary requirements.
Submitting a Housing Accommodation
Request:
To qualify for special consideration
in the housing assignment process, preference for an
air-conditioner, or to request release from the housing
contract or meal plan, a student must follow the process for
registering with Disability
Services and submit the
required
documentation
to the
Department of Residence Life.
Department of Residence Life
Monmouth
College
700 E. Broadway
Monmouth,
IL 61462
The documentation submitted must
indicate there is a disability that requires air
conditioning as an accommodation.
A physician will be familiar
with disability accommodations and the criteria that must be
met to be identified as a disability.
The Department of Residence Life
will make accommodations in consultation with Disability
Services and the
Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of
Rehabilitation Services.
A student may
appeal the accommodation decision of the Department of
Residence Life by doing so in writing to the Associate Dean
of Students/Director of Residence Life.
