Flag
Policy
(Drafted and Approved 9/03)
POLICY: Only the United States flag will be flown on the western pole.
On the eastern pole, the College Flag will normally fly. Other organizations
may fly their flags in accordance with the following guidelines:
1) Approved Groups to fly Flag
a) Organizations recognized and funded by Student Council.
b) Organizations, sponsored by an academic department or administrative
office, which have existed for at least [six] months.
c) Organizations which have a faculty member as an advisor.
2) Flag Specifications
a) The flag must be a professionally-produced, commercially available
flag which has been outfitted to fly on a flagpole (i.e., grommeted
and reinforced).
b) The sponsoring organization must provide, at its own cost, the flag
to be flown.
c) The flag can be no smaller than [4’ x 6’] and no larger
than [8’ x 10’].
3) Regulations
a) No flag may fly on the same pole as the United States flag.
b) Except for flags of other states or countries, organizational flags
will fly below the Muhlenberg College flag.
c) One or two organizational flags may fly on the same day.
d) An organization may fly their flag only one day per academic year.
e) Extraordinary events (i.e., a College day of mourning) may preclude
an organization’s flying day. In that case, the organization
may request another day to fly their flag.
4) Responsibilities
a) The sponsoring organization must provide the Dean of Students with
a written request at least
10 business days before the date they wish to fly their flag. The request
must include a short -rationale giving a brief outline of the reasons
why the group would like to fly their flag on the designated date.
b) Upon approval by the Dean of Students Office, the sponsoring organization
must contact Campus Safety to arrange for the flag-raising and flag-lowering
on the approved date. At least two – and preferably more – representatives
of the organization must be present for BOTH the raising and the lowering
of their flag to assist Campus Safety. Normally, the flag is raised
at sunrise and lowered at sunset.
5) Notes
a) Flying the flag over the Muhlenberg College campus should be the
result of a celebration sponsored by, or the commemoration of, an
event pertinent to a group.
b) Typical examples of a request could be: a Greek organization celebrating
its Founder’s Day; an international students’ group celebrating
the Independence Day of a foreign nation represented within the group;
or a group celebrating the kick-off or the conclusion of its Awareness
Week. Other requests are welcome; a request does not guarantee approval.
c) The celebration or commemoration – and the flag flown – should
be germane to the sponsoring group (i.e., the Math Club cannot commemorate
the death of John Lennon by requesting that the College fly the Lithuanian
national flag).
