As excitement builds for the upcoming event hosted by your Kent State University student group, you plaster posters on lamp posts and the sides of campus buildings to promote it.
While Kent State supports events created by student organizations, there is a right way and a right place to hang posters on campus. So, before you grab that roll of tape and stack of posters, here are some tips on the best ways to showcase your mission while following regulations.
Kent State Today spoke with Ben Davis, Ph.D., director of the Kent Student Center and the Center for Student Involvement, about the policies that students and student organizations should follow when hanging posters around campus. The posting policy is meant to support student activities while maintaining the aesthetics of the building and providing equitable standards for all groups.
University Policies restrict hanging posters to designated campus community bulletin board areas. To meet policy requirements, students must hang posters within two weeks of their event, and the posters must highlight the event’s date and the organization’s name.
Additional requirements include:
- No posting of notices or displaying of messages on any state property, including but not limited to trees, buildings, utility poles or campus sidewalks.
- Only one poster of each activity per bulletin board is allowed.
- Posters must be removed the day after the event by the sponsoring organization
“We want to have a pretty campus. We want walls that look nice,” Davis said. “That is a really big part of trying to maintain the campus [as] a nice place for everybody.”
As a university where respect is the foundation of all interactions and diversity is respected, Kent State asks that all papers posted not cover the ones hung by other students. Members of the student groups should also be the ones who take them down.
Davis recommends students who notice their posters are removed from designated areas contact the designated facility curator. Facility curators are responsible for removing posters that do not follow university requirements. These curators can assist students with ensuring that their posters meet all university standards and, if necessary, posting the flyers again in the correct areas.
Students looking to post posters inside residence halls must follow the University Housing Posting Policy, which requires students to receive pre-approved permission for postings.
Following these rules keeps our campus beautiful and allows student organizations to share their events and initiatives equitably, Davis said.
Learn more about student organizations on the Kent Campus.
Learn more about Bulletin Boards and Residence Hall postings.