All keys for academic, administrative, and residential buildings at Mills are recorded and tracked through the Department of Public Safety. For students, faculty, and other employees, the Department of Public Safety usually issues and processes the return of keys. For College guests and affiliates, Conference Services usually issues and processes the return of keys.
Keys are the responsibility of the person to whom they are issued.
A 48 hour turn-around time may be expected when requesting such such keys. To gain access to any academic or administrative building without a key, students must show a Mills College ID with a current validation sticker. For some laboratories and special areas in some buildings, a key may be required for access or may require additional written authorization for access. All students who are issued keys for student residential housing must meet certain minimum critera and, in some circumstances additional critera as indicated below. The student must have a signed residential contract on file with the Office of Student Life, or in the case of graduate students living in Aurelia Reinhardt Hall, with Conference Services.