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Dartmouth College strives, in various aspects of its life, to provide a welcoming environment for students, staff, and faculty from the full range of religious and spiritual perspectives.
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Dartmouth Dining Services works with Rabbi Saffra, from Tablet K, to bring Kosher favorites to the Dartmouth Community through the Pavilion, a separate cooking space. Freshly-cooked Kosher options are available at the Class of '53 Commons, and some prepackaged Kosher options are available at the Courtyard Cafe in the Hopkins Center.
Looking for off campus resources for Kosher food? Click here! (opens up Google document)
Freshly prepared Halal meals and other menu options are available, on site and to-go, during the academic year to Muslim students at no extra cost in '53 Commons. Students keeping Halal will find special meals prepared daily with Halal-certified ingredients. Halal options are also provided after hours through Dining Services for students observing Ramadan.
Looking for off campus resources for Halal food? Click here! (opens up Google document)
Vegetarian and vegan specialties are available through the Herbivore kitchen in '53 Commons, where the prep-environment is completely meat-free.
Looking for off campus resources for Vegetarian food? Click here! (opens up Google document)
The Dartmouth community has students of many cultures, beliefs and faith-based practices. We strive to support the practices of different students around their faith, and provide several options to students for their living environment. Housing options range from single-sex floors to gender-neutral housing assignments based on the needs and wishes of undergraduate students. Locations for these types of housing options are noted in the information for each residence hall, which includes floor plans.
Reasonable accommodations may be available for religious reasons. More information can be found on the Office of Residence Life Religious Housing Accommodations webpage. Requests are reviewed by the Equal Opportunity, Accessibility, and Title IX (EOATIX) office and the Tucker Center.
If you are a graduate student and need religious accommodations, please contact your school's Dean of Students directly.
If you are a student who has a religious observance that you anticipate will conflict with academic participation, we ask that you please meet with your professors as soon as possible at the start of the term to discuss appropriate course adjustments.
Please refer to the Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life's holy day calendar. This list represents significant holy days that may affect attendance and participation in campus activities, including course attendance and exams, throughout the calendar year.
If you are a faculty member, please refer to the Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life's holy day calendar. This list represents significant holy days that may affect course attendance and exams throughout the calendar year.
We encourage you to add wording to your syllabi regarding religious observances. Examples include:
Any employee planning to participate in a religious observance that may impact their work should make their chair or supervisor aware ahead of time so that similar adjustments can be made.
Please refer to the Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life's holy day calendar. This list represents significant holy days that may affect attendance and participation in campus activities, including course attendance and exams, throughout the calendar year.
Out of respect for one another, we also ask those of you involved in planning Dartmouth-related events to please be mindful of religious holy days with significant work or other restrictions before scheduling. If you have questions about these dates or any other concerns, please contact Rev. Nancy Vogele '85, College Chaplain and Director of the Tucker Center.
Open flames are not permitted in housing managed by Dartmouth College, except in special cases of religious/spiritual observance (e.g. smudging for Native American and Indigenous students).
Students who wish to maintain an open flame for religious or spiritual observance must complete a request form with the Residential Education Office. The form must be submitted and approved prior to the lighting of any open flame.
If you live in a Tuck residence hall, please contact your housing administrator with questions. If you live in a residence operated by the Dartmouth Real Estate Office, please contact that office directly with questions.
Dartmouth celebrates the cultural and religious diversity of our community, and therefore the use of tobacco-based products that are part of traditions or religious observances may be exempted from this policy. Exemptions must be requested in advance for any use of tobacco-based products in cultural or religious observances. Such requests will be reviewed and addressed in writing on a case-by-case basis.
Undergraduate students who wish to use tobacco products for religious or spiritual observance must complete a request form with the Residential Education Office in the Office of Residential Life. The form must be submitted and approved prior to the observance.
If you live in a Tuck residence hall, please contact your housing administrator with questions. If you live in a residence operated by the Dartmouth Real Estate Office, please contact that office directly with questions.
Employees who wish to use tobacco-based products for religious or spiritual observance should request an exemption through their supervisor or Human Resources.
Organized events that may use tobacco-based products as part of ceremonial rituals may request an exemption through the Native American Program.