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Monday- Thursday: 10a-2p & 3p-6p
Friday: 10a-1p
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Location: MCC Room# 214
Contact:
Office of Student Activities
MCC Room# 201
Phone: (912) 344-2504
Fax: (912) 344-3475
students@mail.armstrong.edu
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Policy for Outside Speakers on Campus
Although the university encourages meetings, programs and activities by
all university approved groups, it does have a responsibility to insure
that public law and order will be maintained and that the policies of the
Board of Regents will be observed. There is no absolute right to assemble
or to make or hear a speech at any time or place regardless of the circumstances,
content of speech, purpose of assembly or probable consequences of such
meeting or speech, or to the issuance of invitations to outside speakers.
Because it does have the responsibility to insure that public law and order
will be maintained, and that the educational activities of the university
will not be interrupted in a disruptive way, the university reserves the
right to know of outside guests who appear on a program on the campus and
to determine any special arrangements or accommodations which might be required.
Therefore, the issuance of invitations to outside speakers to use the facilities
of the campus to speak to campus groups shall be accomplished within the
following manner and as set forth herein:
A request to invite an outside speaker will be considered only when made
by a university recognized student or faculty group, such recognition having
been
authorized by the President of the University upon the recommendation of
the proper committee or authority.
No invitation by such organized groups shall be issued to an outside speaker
without prior concurrence by the President or the Vice President for Student
Affairs.
Any speaker request shall be made in writing by an officer of the student
or faculty organization desiring to sponsor the proposed speaker, not later
than ten calendar days prior to the date of the proposed speaking engagement.
This request shall contain the name of the sponsoring organization, the
proposed date, time and location of the meeting, the expected size of the
audience and the topic of speech. Any request not acted upon by the President
or the Vice President for Student Affairs within four working days after
submission shall be deemed granted.
Where the request for an outside speaker is granted, and the speaker accepts
the invitation, the sponsoring organization shall inform the President or
the Vice President for Student Affairs in writing immediately of such acceptance.In
the invitation to, or the advertisement or announcement of, guest speakers,
it should be made clear to the academic and larger community that sponsorship
does not necessarily imply approval or endorsement, either by the sponsoring
group or by Armstrong Atlantic State University.
Where he/she considers it to be in the best interest of the university,
the President or the Vice President for Student Affairs may require that
any meeting be closed to all persons other than the faculty, staff or students
of the Armstrong Atlantic State University.
Plant Operations and University Police should be notified of the use of any facility
when an outside speaker is involved. The President or the Vice President for Student
Affairs may, when he/she considers it to be in the best interest of the University,
require that the meeting be held in a specifically designated part of the campus.
Normally this would be the plaza east of University Hall and south of Ashmore Hall,
such area having been designated for this by the President of the University upon the
recommendation of the faculty and the student government.
Where the request for an outside speaker is denied, any sponsoring organization
may appeal upon written application to the President or Vice President for
Student Affairs, obtain a hearing within two days following the filing of
such appeal. The Hearing Committee shall consist of the Student Activities
Committee, augmented by the Vice President/Dean of faculty of the University
and the President of the Student Government Association. Any sponsoring
organization aggrieved by the action of the Hearing Committee shall follow
the appeals provisions as outlined in the policies of the Board of Regents
of the University System of Georgia.
It is the policy of the University that the freedoms of speech and assembly
guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution
shall be enjoyed by the students and faculty of Armstrong Atlantic State
University as respects the opportunity to hear off-campus or outside speakers
on the campus. It is not the policy of the university to curtail free discussion
of subjects of either controversial or non-controversial nature. The above
regulations are set forth to protect the university, the students and the
faculty, and to insure the basic freedoms of speech and assembly.
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