Policy Library


727 Flag Guidelines

Authority: Approved by the Board of Trustees
Last updated on: January 01, 2001
Last reviewed on: January 21, 2021

727.1 Flag Guidelines

The Public Safety Office is responsible for the display of the national, state and other appropriate flags on official university flagpoles.

727.1.1  Death of a Faculty or Staff Member.  Upon the death of a member of the faculty or staff, as an employee of a state institution, the state flag will be draped and flown on the day of the funeral.

727.1.2  Death of an Enrolled Student.  Upon the death of a student enrolled at Indiana State University, the University flag will be draped and flown on the day of the funeral.

727.1.3  Fraternal Group Flags.  Fraternal groups may request that their flag be flown on their national founder's day with the American flag.  Such permission is sought through the Vice President for Student Affairs Office.  The organization will be responsible to provide the flag to the Public Safety Office by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the founder's day.

727.1.3.1  More Than One Request.  If on the same day, two (2) separate requests are made to fly two (2) separate organizational flags, each flag will be flown half a day.

727.1.4  Approval of Public Safety Office.  No flag, including the American flag, may be displayed on official university flagpoles except with the approval of the Public Safety Office.

Related Information

Policy Administrator:
Office of Finance and Administration
Policy Contact:
Public Safety Department
210 N. 6th Street
(812) 237-5555
Policy History:
Policy 727 was included in the 2001 University Handbook revision.