Attendance Policy

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT

Students are required to attend 11 services each semester.

• To receive credit, students must attend services with their own ID card in their possession.
  Credit cannot be earned for late arrival or early departure.
• The College allows a limited number of absences for illnesses and other excused off-campus activities such as athletics, interviews, etc.
• Alternatives are provided for students involved in student teaching, professional internship and other college-approved responsibilities.

EXCESSIVE ABSENCES

• Students who exceed the four-Chapel absence allowance required per semester can forego a penalty by attending a meeting on Reading Day and completing, on time and satisfactorily, the reflection paper assignment described at that meeting. See details below. If students missing more Chapels than allowed do not attend this meeting and/or do not complete the assignments as stipulated, a $50.00 fine, per Chapel requirement not met, will be added to their account at the end of the semester.

  Assignment Details:  In addition to attending the group meeting, students will be required to: (a) listen to the Chapel talk(s) and (b) write an acceptable two-page double spaced reflection paper for each Chapel they have missed.

• Students have 10 calendar days from the day of the meeting to submit their reflection papers.
• The paper(s) are due at the close of business on the tenth day.
• If the paper(s) are deemed acceptable the student′s fine will be set aside.
• If a paper is deemed unacceptable, the fine will be imposed for that Chapel. 
  
  

DISCREPANCIES

All Chapel attendance questions must be submitted within four weeks after the Chapel in question.

TEMPORARY ID CARDS

If students lose their ID card, they may request a temporary ID card from the Residence Life office, located on the upper level of the Student Center.  The temporary ID card must be obtained prior to the day of Chapel.  Students seeking to receive Chapel credit with a temporary ID card must present that card at the information desk in the lobby of Metheny Fieldhouse as they exit Chapel.  The temporary ID card is good for seven days and can be renewed one time.