18 Years of Age or Older

In rare circumstances, and always in advance, visits by underage guests may be authorized by members of the Central Office staff. 

Checked In at the Front Desk

All visitors must be checked in at the front desk of the campus resident's residence hall with a WKU ID or a valid state or government issued photo ID (ex. identification card, driver's license).

 Other university IDs and photocopies of IDs will not be accepted.

Escorted at All Times

All visitors must be escorted by their campus resident at all times when in the residence hall and use the designated restrooms.

Visitors should not be left in the building when the campus resident is not there.

Checked Out at the End of the Visit

Visitors must be checked out at the residence hall front desk at the end of their visit. 

Familiarize Yourself with the Residence Hall Visitation Hours

There are limited visitation hours for opposite gender guests in single gender residence halls. Residents of co-ed residence halls have 24 hour visitation. Plan to visit your campus resident during visitation hours.

Bring Your Valid State or Government Issued Photo ID with You

You will need a valid photo ID (ex. WKU ID, identification card, driver’s license) to be checked in to the residence hall.

IDs from other universities and photocopies of IDs are not acceptable forms of identification.

Guests without proper identification will not be permitted to enter the residence halls.

The Desk Assistant will log your information into the visitor system and hold your photo ID at the front desk for the duration of your visit. You and your campus resident are expected to wait at the front desk until the check-in process is complete. Once completed, the Desk Assistant will allow you access to the residence hall.

Call or Text Your Campus Resident When You Arrive to Campus

Ask them to meet you at their residence hall. WKU has a strict “no entry” policy for non-residents* of campus residence halls.

You will not be permitted entry to the residence hall without your campus resident. Guests are not permitted to wait in residence hall lobbies for their campus residents. 

*Only approved university officials (i.e. HRL professional staff, housekeeping and maintenance staff, university police officers, etc.) and vendors that conduct business with the front desk are allowed entry to the residence hall without a campus resident. 

Plan to Go Everywhere with Your Campus Resident

Guests are not permitted in the residence hall when their campus residents are not there—in class, at work, or attending club or organization meetings or campus events, for example.

Use the Designated Restrooms

Collect Your ID from the Front Desk Assistant and Properly Check Out of the Building