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• Enjoy campus dance events that are purposely and carefully approved by the Dean for Student Engagement.
• Engage in dance styles in off-campus locations that are God-honoring.
• Spontaneously dance with campus members of the same gender in campus housing units.
• Allow for spontaneous movement at concerts and in times of worship where the focus is not on
social dancing.
• Rehearse choreography for other campus-sanctioned events (e.g. Talent Show, Confessions).
Social Dance Event Oversight:
Any Wheaton social dance event, held on or off campus, must be sponsored and supervised by the Student Activities Office (which includes College Union, Class Councils, or an officially chartered special interest club, such as the Swing Club, whose mission is to foster community through dance); and/or the Office of Multicultural Development (which includes Gospel Choir, Koinonia, Unidad Christiana, or the William Osborne Society)). For each social dance, an event proposal must be submitted to the respective office Director a minimum of six weeks in advance of the event. The Director will bring a recommendation to the Dean for Student Engagement. All dances will be denied or approved by the Dean for Student Engagement within one week of receipt of the application; If and when a dance is approved, a request may then be submitted for official space approval via the Campus Scheduling Office. All dance events must be attended/overseen by a College staff member from the sponsoring office(s).
Social Dance Event Guidelines:
1. Dance events are expected to be intentionally planned. Therefore, all dance events must have programmatic themes that reflect clear planning and careful consideration of outcomes and expectations.
2. Campus-wide dance events are open to the Wheaton College community. This includes students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni, and their guests.
3. Non-college or off-campus groups are not to be invited.
4. All music, lyrics and dance style should be consistent with the Community Covenant and pre- approved by the appropriate Student Engagement Director.
5. The following considerations should be taken into account when planning campus social dance events: venue capacity, attire expectations for attendees, sound ordinances, beginning and ending times, structural security of the venue, and other events on the campus calendar.
6. The social dance event and its location must be approved by a Student Engagement Director and the Dean for Student Engagement prior to submitting a request for space for official event approval (see above).
7. The student leaders planning the dance event will be responsible for compliance with all social dance event guidelines, the care of the facility that is being used, and the conduct of all attendees. College staff members attending/supervising the dance event will intervene if necessary. Privileges to sponsor campus-wide dance events may be suspended in response to a lack of compliance with guidelines for dance events, failure to care for the facility, and/or in response to the inappropriate conduct of attendees.
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