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Animals on Campus

View the full policy and forms here : Animals on Campus Policy & Forms

Carroll College is committed to providing employees, students, and visitors with a healthy and safe environment in which to work and study. Based on reasons of health, sanitation, and safety, individuals are not allowed to have their animals inside any campus facilities without prior approval. Individuals can be approved to have specific animals in campus facilities, under specified conditions, including:

  • Individuals with a disability requiring a Service Animal individually trained to provide specific assistance to the individual (§49-4-203(2), MCA)*;
  • Individuals with a disability approved for an ESA*.
  • Faculty using their own animals on campus for instructional purposes in the ANZ program**;
  • Anthrozoology and club animals that have received approval to access specific areas of campus***;
  • Non-students who are residents of Carroll housing facilities*;
  • Law enforcement officers with on-duty police dogs;
  • One-time exceptions granted for events involving animals*;

*The use of an ESA or Service Animal must be accompanied by documentation of disability with Accessibility Services. ESAs and Service Animals must be approved by and registered (with training credentials and vaccination/health records) with either the Residential Life & Housing (“RLH”) Office or Human Resources Office (see approval process below).

** ANZ program will maintain veterinary records for any of the faculty-owned animals used for instructional purposes.

***Clear markings of animals that are part of any Anthrozoology course or program, or that are part of a student club is necessary for the safety of all animals and people on campus. It is the purpose of this policy to ensure safety and understanding as well as to create an environment that is friendly and safe for all individuals responsible for an animal to live and learn.

The City of Helena ordinances regarding animals within the city limits—which include the Carroll College campus—address the following:

  • Animals at Large. All animals not confined within an enclosure or on the owner’s property shall be kept on a leash not more than ten feet (10’) long, securely restrained, or held so as to prevent the animal from running at large.
  • Removal of Excrement. It is unlawful for any person in control of an animal to cause or permit such animal to be on any property, not owned or possessed by its owner, and to fail to remove excrement left by such animal.
  • Animals in Natural Parks. Within any natural park, as defined in city code and designated by the city commission, dogs must be kept under control, either on a leash or within sight and under voice control of their owners or other competent persons. Examples of natural parks include Mt. Helena Park, Mt. Ascension Park and Davis Gulch but do not include the Carroll College campus. Dogs must be kept on a leash within one hundred (100) yards of any trailhead in any natural park.
  • Complaints. Animal Control Officers for the Helena Police Department handle animal calls within the city limits. Vicious animals, animal bites, and dogs at large should be reported immediately. For questions or concerns, contact Animal Control at 406.447.8461. Impounded animals are transported to the Lewis and Clark Humane Society (406.442.1660). Owners may claim an impounded animal after paying an impound fee plus board fees. You may also be responsible for any city code violations.

Approval Process to have an Animal in Campus Housing

Pets: Professional staff who live in Carroll housing may apply to have a pet. Proof of licensure in Lewis and Clark County and current health records must be on file in Residential Life & Housing. Owners must complete the “Application For Approval Form” to be approved by the Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Residential Life and Housing. These pets will only be allowed in the professional staff ’s campus housing and will not be allowed in any other building on campus.

Anthrozoology Dogs: Those students who are enrolled in Carroll College Anthrozoology Canine classes to train a dog through the Anthrozoology program may apply to have a dog in campus housing. Proof of licensure with the City of Helena and current health records must be on file in Residential Life & Housing. Student trainers must complete the “Application For Approval Form” to be approved by the Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Residential Life and Housing. Animals approved under this program must strictly follow all expectations set forth by the Anthrozoology program and Residential Life & Housing.

Emotional Support Animals (ESA) and ADA Service Animals: Requests for ESAs and ADA Service Animals in College housing and campus facilities will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Requests should be made first to the Office of Accessibility Services. Students wishing to have an ESA or Service Animal in any Carroll housing facility must complete the “Application For Approval Form” to be approved by the Accessibility Services Coordinator. All dogs must complete and pass the AKC Certified Canine Good Citizen Training. The Accessibility Services Coordinator will gather and assess evidence as necessary from a licensed healthcare provider to determine if an ESA is necessary as a reasonable accommodation.

Conflicts Over the Use of Animals on Campus

The use of animals may negatively affect others with allergies, respiratory impairments and other relevant disabling conditions. Employees should report a conflict through the Human Resources Office while students should contact the Residential Life and Housing Office.

Campus Visitors

Carroll College reserves the right to request campus visitors to leave college property. Failure to comply with the request to leave college property will result in the college requesting Helena Police to issue a “no trespass” citation to the campus visitor. Violation of a “no trespass” citation may result in arrest. For assistance in addressing the presence of campus visitors, please contact the Director of Campus Security and Safety, Securitas patrol officer; or the on-call Residential Life & Housing Senior Staff.

Corette Library & Simperman Learning Commons

The Corette Library and Simperman Learning Commons serves as the intellectual hub of the College; is a collaborative, student-centered destination; and offers a network of services and support needed for success across all disciplines.Together, the Corette Library and Simperman Learning Commons actively engage students, faculty, staff, and partners to collaborate, explore, experiment, and grow as researchers, creators, scholars, and informed citizens.

What We Have to Offer

  • Study Spaces
    • Quiet
    • Collaborative/Group
    • Individual
    • Whiteboards
    • Projectors
  • Technology
    • Computer Labs
    • Green Screen/Lightboard Studio
    • Moodle
    • Podcasting Studio
  • Support
    • One-on-one support
    • In-Class sessions
    • Tutoring (go here for more)
    • Video Tutorials via our Tube page
  • Resources
    • Print & Electronic resources (find via Saints Search)
    • Interlibrary Loan
    • Course Reserves

The Corette Library

We provide access to specialized information resources, robust librarian-led research support, and seek to preserve the Carroll College experience.

Resources: Books, Articles, Databases, and More!

We offer a wide range of print and electronic resources.

  • Find books, e-books, journals, journal articles, and more via Saints Search, the Corette Library Catalog.
    • Check out print materials (e.g., books, DVDs, courses reserves) with your Carroll ID.
    • Use our self-checkout kiosks to check out books yourself!
  • For databases, articles, and more subject-specific resources, check out our Databases.
  • Put materials on reserve for your courses. For details, go here.
  • Request materials not held by the Corette Library via Interlibrary Loan.
  • Can’t find what you need? Want help? Email us at libstaff@carroll.edu or call us 406-447-4340.

Research Support

Our librarians are eager to help you and your students by offering:

  • One-on-one research support
  • Tailored library instruction for classes (in person or virtual)
  • Online tutorials (go here)
  • Collaborating on creating assignments incorporating Information Literacy concepts and components
  • Embedding a librarian or library resources in your class or in Moodle
  • Bibliographic instruction for managing sources and citations (Zotero)

For more, see our Faculty Information Guide or email libstaff@carroll.edu

Preserve and Promote the Carroll Experience

We are committed to preserving and promoting scholarship by Carroll faculty, staff, and students and to preserving documents that capture Carroll College life.

  • Carroll Scholars is our Institutional Repository. It is an open-access, digital place for students and faculty to publish, share and preserve their scholarly work (everything from faculty papers, student SURF presentations, digital projects and theses) online.
  • Carroll College Archives contains primary source materials documenting the history of Carroll College. This includes records of the college, college publications, manuscript collections of persons with ties to the college, photographs, slides, negatives, audio and video recordings, and blueprints. Our digitized collections (all Carroll College publications and some photographs) can be found here.

Simperman Learning Commons

Launched in 2019, The Simperman Learning Commons supports Carroll students and faculty in their quest to become more effective communicators, whether in traditional modes such as writing or presentations, or the modes emerging from our expansive digital landscape. An essential part of our work is intensive collaboration with the Corrette Library, academic departments, and faculty.

Our Services:

  • Academic Technology
  • The Communication Center
  • The Writing Center

Together, the SLC’s three centers provide tutoring, instructional materials, workshops, and other resources to assure that Carroll’s students can meet the communication challenges while in college and in their futures as professionals and citizens.

Academic Technology

Carroll College’s Academic Technology supports the integration of learning and technology across campus, physically and virtually. Please contact Dan Case dcase@carroll.edu, Director of Academic Technology, about any of the following.

We administer and support the Moodle LMS (learning management system).

  • Most classes at Carroll use Moodle on a daily or weekly basis to share content, track assignments, provide a space for collaboration, and give student feedback. How you use it is up to you. If you are new to Moodle or run into any difficulties (beginning with, if you do not have access to your classes), please email Rachel Martin rmartin@carroll.edu. This is the Moodle FAQ page that we share with students. If a student in your class experiences a Moodle difficulty, please contact us immediately. We can check the server logs, help find missing assignments, and provide technical support.

We provide AV / electronics connection in physical classrooms.

  • When you arrive in a classroom, you can choose to log into a computer using your Carroll username or connect your own device using the provided HDMI cord. Classrooms also have wireless projectors that can be used by students and instructors. We work to make these connections reliable and standardized, so you know what to expect wherever you teach.

We can help you find the technology you need.

  • Need a clicker? Using Zoom for the first time? How about a drone? Want to bounce around ideas for keeping students engaged? Our experienced instructors and technologists are ready to help students and faculty create videos, websites, podcasts, or other projects that allow you to flex creative muscle and communicate in new ways.

Communications Center

The Communication Center offers a variety of services for Carroll students and faculty to help with public speaking and multimedia presentations. This might include:

  • Help with presentation assignments, including grading rubrics.
  • In-class workshops and tours of the Communication Center for students.
  • Space for students to rehearse presentations and one-on-one tutoring sessions for students.
  • Recording and sharing of students' out-of-class presentations (so that you can make the presentations available to students outside of class and preserve class time for other things).
  • Support and equipment for multimedia presentations (by students or faculty).
  • Support, resources and equipment for podcasting assignments.

We offer tutoring assistance for students who would like to improve their public speaking skills and reduce their anxiety in a public presentation setting. Contact director Alan Hansen to discuss how the Communication Center might support your teaching, or make an appointment with Alan Hansen by clicking this link.

Writing Center

The Writing Center provides one-to-one consultations for Carroll students to get help with any aspect of their writing, from specific assignments to general writing skills, across the curriculum for all levels of students. Tutorials can also support students working on graduate school essays, personal statements for professional schools, resumes, and scholarship applications.

  • One-on-one tutoring sessions in which the director or a peer writing consultant collaborates with students to help them become more skillful and independent writers.
    • Rhetorical thinking: interpreting an assignment, understanding an audience, finding a purpose
    • Brainstorming: finding issues, finding problems, creating topics, generating idea
    • Critical thinking: developing/revising a thesis, generating arguments to support a point of view, addressing counter arguments
    • Composing: planning, drafting, integrating sources, revising
    • Making it Pretty: editing, proofreading, formatting

We will not fix writing for the student!

Beyond Peer-to-Peer Tutoring

  • Creating instructional resources for use across the curriculum
  • Creating instructional resources for use in specific courses
  • Classroom workshops
  • Faculty writing consultations with the director
  • Support for Core writing programs
    • First-Year Writing Seminars
    • Intermediate Writing Courses
    • Advanced Writing Courses

Library & Learning Commons Hours

The Library is open to students, faculty, and staff. For up-to-date information on Library hours, check the Hours page of our website or call our main line (406) 447-4340.

Frisbee Golf (or Folf)

Due to damage to campus buildings and landscaping, as well as safety concerns for pedestrians on campus, Carroll College does not allow members of the Carroll community or guests of the campus to play Frisbee golf, or folf, on college property. The same policy applied to individuals playing golf on campus with a tennis ball. Folf players are encouraged to use the folf courses maintained by the City of Helena Parks and Recreation. Individuals playing folf will be asked to cease and/or leave campus. Failure to comply will result in referring the matter to local law enforcement or campus student conduct.

Late Night Study

Students may study at night in Simperman and Fortin Halls. The building will be locked at midnight. Classrooms on Sub Main of St. Charles may also be utilized at night. The building locks at 5:00 pm, and students may use their Carroll ID to access St. Charles until 10:00 pm. Students who utilize classrooms for studying are expected to shut all windows, turn off all lights and electronic equipment, and dispose of any garbage when they leave.

Mail Service

Mailboxes are in the Saints Central mail room in Borromeo Hall and in the Trinity Hall lobby (for Trinity residents only). Mailbox numbers are assigned at the beginning of the academic year. Mail is distributed daily, except Sundays, semester breaks, and holidays. Students should use their box number in all their correspondence.

Please check the Mail Services website for current hours. Saints Central offers a wide variety of services including: stamps, mailing services (U.S.P.S., U.P.S., and Federal Express), and limited supplies (envelopes, boxes, etc.).

Residents in Campus Apartments receive their mail directly from the US Postal Service at the mailboxes provided on Bishop Carroll Drive. They are not eligible for an on campus mailbox.

For more information about postal services, please contact the Saints Central mail room.

Reservation of College Space

For reservation of college space, arrangements are to be completed five days in advance of the planned event with the Office of Conference Services. This procedure will help coordinate the use of college facilities and minimize scheduling conflicting events. Events sponsored by campus organizations in either the PE Center or Campus Center that draw participants from the public at large must have responsible officers of their organization in attendance, must meet fire and safety codes for size of audience, and must have proper security. To reserve a meeting space in the Library permission must be received from the library desk staff. To reserve PE Center space contact should be made with the Director of Athletic Facilities.

The Trinity Lounge is intended for the use of the students who live in Trinity Hall and can only be reserved on a limited basis. Please contact Conference Services to check availability.

Skateboards, In-Line Skates, Scooters, Bicycles and Hoverboards

All individuals using skateboards, in-line skates, scooters and bicycles are expected to use the equipment in a manner which is appropriate, considerate of others and of College property. The use of skateboards, in-line skates, scooters and bicycles inside of campus buildings, including the residence areas, is strictly prohibited. In addition, individuals are prohibited from engaging in tricks (sliding, grinding, jumps, etc.) anywhere on College grounds which involve any College property (i.e. stairs, steps, railings, benches, entrances to buildings). Loitering or “sessioning” in these areas for the purpose of attempting tricks or stunts is strictly prohibited and will be confronted by college staff and/or law enforcement. Because of fire concerns, the use, possession or storage of hoverboards (self-balancing scooters, battery-operated scooters, hands-free Segways and other similar equipment) is prohibited in college-owned buildings or on college property. Like other contraband items, if found, these items will be confiscated.

Slacklining

Slacklining is an activity that involves stretching nylon webbing between two anchor points at different heights for the purpose of walking across and doing stunts. Slacklining is acceptable on campus if the following requirements are met:

  1. Slacklining is permitted between sunrise and sunset and only at the designated slacklining posts on campus.
  2. Participants and spectators assume any and all risk associated with this activity. For participants, the risks include, but are not limited to, death, paralysis, and serious injury. Participants and spectators take full responsibility for following this section and best safety practices within this activity.
  3. All slacklines may be affixed on a temporary basis while in use, and slacklines must be removed when not in use. The owner of the Slacklining equipment is responsible for setting up and taking down the equipment by sunset each day and may not leave equipment unattended. Unattended Slacklining equipment may be removed and stored without notice.
  4. All equipment associated with the practice of Slacklining should be maintained in an operable and safe condition. This is the sole responsibility of the participants to ensure.
  5. The slackline may not be elevated to a height of more than four (4) feet at the center of the span.
  6. Slackline equipment can only be connected to slacklining poles at designated locations on campus.
  7. Slacklines may not be attached to college buildings, signs, handrails, light poles, fences, trees or other non-designated structures on campus.
  8. Slacklines must not obstruct intended uses of campus sidewalks, buildings, paths, fences, or light poles.
  9. Any damage to campus property from any slacklining activity due to participant’s negligence, improper set-up, reckless or careless activity, or failure to adhere to College rules may result in participant liability and incur all costs associated with restoration of campus property as well as restriction from future use.

Tobacco-Free and Smoke-Free Campus

The use of tobacco and tobacco related products including but not limited to lighted or unlighted cigarette, electronic cigarette, cigar, pipe, bidi, clove cigarette, smokeless or spit tobacco, dissolvable tobacco, hookah shisha, snuff or snus, kreteks, and cigarillos, by students, faculty, staff and visitors is prohibited in or on property owned, leased, or used for specific events by the college. Ceremonial use of tobacco in or on property owned, leased, or used for specific events by Carroll College must be approved prior to the event by the appropriate Vice President or Cabinet member.

Vehicle Use and Parking Regulation

Overview

Carroll College's parking regulations are designed to foster the responsible and safe use of vehicles and parking lots at Carroll College. Students and employees are expected to familiarize themselves with all vehicle use and parking regulations. As parking on campus is a privilege and not a right, failure to comply with Carroll vehicle use and parking regulations may result in fines, towing, wheel-locking, or denial of parking privileges. Carroll College assumes no responsibility for any vehicle or its contents while operated or parked on campus. Carroll College has a limited number of parking spaces available on college property for students and employees.

New for Academic Year 2025-2026

What’s Changing?

  • Parking Policy Changes:
    To encourage compliance and reduce repeat violations, parking fines will increase effective July 1, 2025. In addition to fines, repeated and flagrant offenses will be processed through the Code of Conduct procedures. Details on specific violations and updated fine amounts can be found on our website starting on July 1, 2025: https://www.carroll.edu/about-carroll/carroll-campus/parking
  • Improved Signage and Minor Revised Parking Structures:
    Over the summer, increased signage will be placed to improve clarity in designated parking areas. In addition, we will update lot designations and enforcement areas to improve accessibility, especially during peak hours and campus events. Please refer to the updated campus parking map. https://www.carroll.edu/about/carroll-campus/map-directions
  • Parking Permits Required ($25):
    As a reminder parking permits are required. Beginning July 1, parking permits will cost $25 annually. Permits can be purchased online. An email will go out when the permits become available in late July to early August. This fee covers the production cost of permits and supports increased event and safety management services.

Why These Changes?

These updates are designed to:

  • Enhance campus safety by reducing congestion and improving emergency access.
  • Support event logistics more effectively.
  • Foster a community of accountability and respect for shared spaces.

What You Need to Do:

  1. Review the updated parking map https://www.carroll.edu/about/carroll-campus/map-directions
  2. Purchase your permit. An email will be sent when permits are ready. Purchase at https://www.carroll.edu/about-carroll/carroll-campus/parking
  3. Display your permit clearly on your vehicle by August 20, 2025
  4. Avoid fines by parking only in designated areas.