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Oce of First-Year Experience
Lee Hall, Rm 106
230 Hebrard Blvd.
337-482-6599
Oce Website
ofye@louisiana.edu
OFYE Facebook Page
Academic Success Center
Lee Hall, Rm 115
230 Hebrard Blvd.
337-482-6818
Oce Website
asc@louisiana.edu
The Learning Center
Lee Hall, Rm 209
230 Hebrard Blvd.
337-482-6583
Oce Website
tlc@louisiana.edu
This “How To” will focus on
Parking & Transportation.
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Cajun Connection Information
Students living on campus may purchase fall semester parking permits
starng tentavely Log into ULink, select
“Campus Services”, then select “Access my Parking Account”, next select
“Get Permit”. Permits are $40 per semester, $20 in the summer, and
must be renewed each semester. The zones for residenal parking are:
ZONE 22R Olivier Tower -
entrance located on McKinley St (parking—3rd level and above)
and Ta Street Parking Tower (all levels). Overow parking is located
in Zone 15 (EK Long o of Girard Park Circle).
ZONE 29R Smith
Street and Zone 27 along Rex Street. Overow parking is located in
Zone 15 (EK Long o of Girard Park Circle).
All students (including commuters) must have an acve permit for their
vehicle with transportaon services every semester.
Students not living on campus may park at Cajun Field with a free
commuter parking permit and be bused to campus. Be sure to
arrive at Cajun Field at least 45 minutes before class. Buses start
running at 7:00 am Monday—Friday. See schedule.
On-campus parking permits may be purchased through ULink for
Girard Park Circle Garage for $300 per semester (permits must be
renewed each semester). This locaon oers 1,000 guaranteed
permit parking spaces on oors three through six. Permits go on
sale tentavely on July 30, 2018.
Night permits for campus lots are also available to commuter
students for $25 per semester (permits must be renewed each
semester). Parking access for these permits will begin at 3:00 pm
in non-gated lots and 4:30 pm for many gated lots Monday—
Friday.
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Guests may park on levels one and two of the
Girard Park Circle garage. Accepted methods of
payment: debit cards and credit cards. Cash,
checks, and Cajun Card are not accepted. For fees
associated with visitor parking, click here. The
Girard Park Circle Garage is the only hourly parking
on campus available to visitors. Free 30 minute
parking is available in the side lot of the Student
Union.
Any individual who requires special
accommodaons for handicap parking on campus
must contact the Oce of Transportaon Services
and provide appropriate state issued credenals in
order to obtain a handicap parking permit. &
Vehicles in handicap spots without displaying the
proper state issued credenals will face a $300
citaon from the university and may be
immobilized or towed at the owner’s expense. If
immobilized, a $100 ne is added to the balance
due and all nes must be paid prior to removal. Tr
Transportaon services ulizes virtual parking
permits and LPR (license plate recognion) for
enforcement. Decals and hangtags are not issued.
License plate recognion soware is used to
idenfy parking privileges in certain locaons. It is
imperave when registering for parking on campus
that you enter your plate number correctly. When
registering, you will need:
student ULID
phone number
home address
assigned housing community
(if an on-campus resident)
license plate number
license plate state of issue
vehicle year, color, make, and model (SUV,
truck, sedan, etc.)
Parking regulaons remain in place 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Any parked vehicle must be registered with
the university.
A vehicle can be immobilized or towed
aer a vehicle accumulates three unpaid
citaons.
The university provides transportaon from the
main campus to the satellite facilies of Bourgeois
Hall and Cajun Field. During the school year, these
shules run connuously from 7am to 9pm
Monday - Thursday and 7am to 7pm on Friday.
Night shules are available from 9pm to 11:45pm
Monday - Thursday and 7pm to 11:45pm on Friday
by calling 337-482-5305.
Please download our app "Ride Systems" for either
Apple or Android devices. Choose the Agency
= "University of Louisiana Lafayee". Select the
type of route you would like to see all buses on
that parcular route along with all stops
associated with it. You can get esmated mes of
arrivals for any of the stops.
Find pertinent information
regarding the UL Lafayette
campus and community.
Oce of Transportation
Services
619 McKinley Suite 100
337-482-6858
Oce Website
parking@louisiana.edu
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UL Lafayee is a bike friendly campus oering
special bike lanes on St. Mary Blvd. and mulple
bike racks across campus. All bikes on campus and
their use must be in compliance with state
requirements and regulaons which chiey
consists of having lights and reecve materials on
your bike, as well as ulizing streets instead of
sidewalks. Rules of the Road for bicycles. Register
your bike.
Other rules include:
Bicycles must be secured to a bike rack.
Individuals are encouraged to ulize a U bolt
style lock as they are the most secure.
Bicycles cannot be secured to a handrail, fence,
trash receptacle, tree, trip rails, sign posts or
anything other than a bike rack.
Bicycles not properly secured to a bike rack will
be impounded by Transportaon Services.
Bicycles which remain in bicycle racks or other
places 7 days aer the end of the semester will
be impounded by Transportaon Services.
Bicycles which remain unclaimed for 6 months
will be disposed of according to State of
Louisiana rules and regulaons.
Look for the yellow stars on the campus map to
see all of the residenal parking areas on UL
Lafayee’s campus. The black stars show
commuter and visitor parking areas. For more
informaon and a detailed map, visit the Oce of
Transportaon Services website.
Residential
Parking
Areas
Commuter
& Visitor
Parking
Areas
Oce of
Transportation
Services:
619 McKinley Ste 100
337-482-6858
Oce Website
parking@louisiana.edu
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Looking for a great book to help you with transioning your student
to college? OFYE suggests “” which
oers a handy month-by month guide for parents as the rst year of
college unfolds. While dealing with serious topics, the book reects a
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students, making “tongue-in-cheek” connecons between a child’s
rst months of life to this newest important stage of development -
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Look for the book at your local bookstores, ISBN # 9781537682341 or
online… hps://www.amazon.com/Your-Freshman-College-Month-Month/dp/1537682342