University of Maryland Policy on Access to Campus Based Privileges for Graduate Assistants, Graduate Fellowship Recipients, and Postdoctoral Fellows

Effective June 1, 2008, each University of Maryland College Park graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient and postdoctoral fellow may designate one qualified person in addition to himself or herself who shall be eligible for Campus-based privileges in accordance with the following rules. Campus-based privileges are defined in Paragraph 8, below.

1. To be qualified for designation as a person eligible to receive Campus-based privileges, an individual must be at least 18 years old, reside continuously with the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellowship recipient, and not be in a landlord-tenant relationship with the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellowship recipient. A person is qualified only so long as he or she continues to reside with the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow. Examples of such individuals include spouses, domestic partners, and adult children of the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellows. 
2. For the purposes of this policy, graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient and postdoctoral fellow shall have the meaning as set forth in The Graduate Catalog, found at http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/catalog/assistantship_policies.htm and http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/catalog/fellowship_policies.htm and http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/postdoc/ respectively. 
3. Each graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow who wishes a qualified person to be eligible for Campus-based privileges must register the name, age, and address with the Department of University Human Resources, together with other information as may be requested by the Department. 
4. The designated person will have access to the same Campus-based privileges as the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow is eligible for. 
5. A graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow may designate only one person, regardless of the number or nature of the privileges to be enjoyed. The designation shall remain in place until the designation is withdrawn by the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow, or the designee no longer resides with the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow. This is done by written notice to the Department of University Human Resources. A graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow shall withdraw the designation when the person is no longer qualified to receive Campus based privileges. 
6. The opportunity to designate another individual for Campus-based privileges is an advantage extended to University graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow as an inducement for their continued status as a graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow. It shall confer no rights on the designee. Unless sooner terminated, the designated person’s eligibility shall cease at such time as the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow is no longer personally eligible for Campus-based privileges. 
7. Access to the University and to each of the programs, facilities, and services comprising Campus-based privileges is conditioned on availability and shall be subject to the same regulations, specific limitations, qualifications, and fees as applicable to the designating graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow. As new programs and services become available, departments are encouraged to provide access to privileges where feasible and applicable.
8. The Campus-based privileges for which a qualified designated person may currently be granted access are: 
   1. Use of University libraries. 
   2. Access to University Health Center Services. (Note: Health Care plans are State of Maryland programs and not Campus-based programs). 
   3. Access to Counseling Center Services. 
   4. Access to the Campus Recreation Center at the sponsored membership rate.
   5. Access to services of the Center for Young Children for children of the graduate assistant, graduate fellowship recipient or postdoctoral fellow and the designated individual. 
   6. Access to University Golf Course at the faculty/staff membership rate. 
9. The Department of University Human Resources shall maintain the currency and accuracy of privileges available to designated individuals and will be responsible for communicating available privileges to University graduate assistants, graduate fellowship recipients or postdoctoral fellows. Graduate assistants, graduate fellowship recipients or postdoctoral fellows shall be informed about the initiation of this Campus program.