Rhodes College recognizes the importance of service and emotional support animals to individuals with disabilities and has established the Animals on Campus Policy which outlines requirements and guidelines concerning the presence of such animals on campus.
To Request an Animal Accommodation
Students requesting to keep a service or emotional support animal in the residence halls must complete the SAS Accommodation Request Process.
Contact SAS@rhodes.edu with questions about this process.
Important Dates
- Continuing students should complete the SAS accommodation request process by February 15. Continuing students who are approved for one accommodation to have a service animal or emotional support animal in housing will complete the regular room selection process to select their desired location with a roommate and/or suitemates who agree to live with their animal.
- New students should complete this process by June 15. Residence Life makes housing assignments at the beginning of the year with the animal requests in mind to ensure that an assistance animal does not interfere with other students who may have animal allergies or aversions.
- Outside of these preferred dates, requests for service and emotional support animals are not accepted unless a new condition has developed for which the animal is required.