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Student Mailbox
All students are required to maintain a campus mailbox. Entering students will be assigned a mailbox. Your mailbox number will be printed on the front of your Orientation Packet and you can obtain the combination for your mailbox from the Campus Post Office (1st Floor, Walvoord Student Center). Important information is regularly distributed through campus mailboxes.
 
Student ID
A student photo ID is necessary in order to use the library, Baylor Fitness Center, and certain other campus facilities. Students and students’ spouses must go to the Registrar’s Office (2nd Floor, Walvoord Student Center) to obtain a photo ID. Normally this takes about five minutes.

Each spring and fall semester, students must return to the Registrar’s Office for a validation sticker. Students who only attend winter only and/or summer only may obtain validation stickers when they arrive on the Dallas campus for class.

Baylor Fitness Center
All students enrolled in six hours per semester are automatically members of the Baylor Fitness Center. To activate this new membership a student must return an enrollment form to the Baylor Center and present to the Baylor Center a valid DTS ID. This MUST be done during the first two weeks of school. During this enrollment period, students taking fewer than six hours per semester and students’ spouses may elect to have a Baylor Fitness Center membership. Those individuals must first pay an activity fee ($55) at the DTS Business Office (3rd Floor, Davidson Hall) before following the above procedure for activating a new membership. No new memberships for the semester will be accepted after the first two weeks of school. Don’t miss out on this exceptional opportunity.

Parking Permit
Although there is no fee for a parking permit, students must have one in order to use campus parking. Contact Campus Police (in person at the security kiosk) to obtain a parking permit. Vehicles on campus without parking permits are subject to being towed at owner’s expense. Students are not permitted to park in fire lanes, delivery zones, visitor spaces or lots set aside for faculty, staff, and campus residents. Lot B on Apple Street, which includes parking spaces directly across from the Security Kiosk and parking spaces next to the Mitchell Ministries Center, has been set aside for the sole use of unescorted female students. Women students are issued parking permits marked “Lot B” which qualifies them to use those lots. Due to the limited parking in Lot B we ask that husbands and wives coming to campus together use general student parking lots.

Kerygma
The Kerygma is the official campus publication for informing the student body of announcements, notices, and deadlines. The Kerygma is distributed in electronic form through the student’s personal email account each week. Students are responsible to be aware of information published in the Kerygma. Please take time at the beginning of each semester to update your email account on your Student Information Page or through the Registrar’s Office. The current edition of Kerygma can also be found on the Student Information Page.

Inclement Weather/Closing
In the event of inclement weather, DTS will be closed if the Dallas Independent School District is closed and open if the DISD is open. When you are in doubt, listen to TV and radio for the DISD announcement or visit the CampusNet.

Dress Standard
The appearance of Seminary students is expected to reflect modesty and discretion. Unkempt appearance is not acceptable. The criteria for the men and women who are a part of our campus for chapel, for daytime classes (before 4:30 P.M.), and the library is professional casual attire.

Professional casual attire includes shirts with collars, skirts, and pants that are pressed (dress trousers, Dockers, Haggar-type slacks, etc.) Appropriate shoes and socks are also a part of this suggested attire. Students are expected to refrain from wearing jeans and/or Levi’s jeans, short pants, t-shirts, shirts emblazoned with printed “messages,” caps, athletic shoes or flip-flop sandals without socks, et cetera. The wearing of jeans, athletic shirts, and shorts is acceptable at other times, within standards of modesty and good taste.

For a full description of the dress standard, please consult the student handbook.

Where to Go
Need help finding a doctor, church, or place to go for fun? Stop by Student Services for a list of those recommended by students. Need a will? Student Services can provide a simple form will for you to fill out and we will even notarize it for free!

Seminary Information/Communication with Students, Spouses, and Families
Students’ spouses and families need (and generally desire) information and news of Seminary events, plans, and policies. Students are strongly encouraged to take home copies of the student newspaper and other communication pieces the Seminary distributes through student boxes. Spouses are encouraged to view Kerygma on the Student Information page or through a joint email account. Please update your email addressed with the Registrar’s Office.

DTS Job Board
You may access the DTS Job Board through “Students Only” portion of the DTS CampusNet using your personal login and password provided to you by the Registrar’s Office. Once you are logged on to the Student Information page, select “Job Board” from the drop down menu. Jobs are also posted in writing on the first floor of the Walvoord Student Center in the main hallway.

Entrance Interview ... Mark Your Calendars
We require all new students to meet with a Student Services staff member for a one-time Entrance interview. Sign-up sheets for these 20-minute appointments will be available in the Student Services Office. Spouses are encouraged to attend with the student.