The Student Experience

All reservation requests for the CRC are done through 25Live.

Please review our CRC House Usage Policies. 

The CRC prayer room must be treated with great respect, and may only be used for prayer and/or meditation. Those entering the room must conform to the strictest religious parameters—absolutely no food, animals, or shoes. Quiet and reverence are essential, as well as entering with clean feet and hands. 

Important rules and regulations regarding the CRC:

  • Never use the fireplace for a fire
  • The basement and third floor are off limits for safety reasons
  • Respectfully share the space and treat all religious materials, objects, and activities with sensitivity
  • If you wish to check out a book belonging to a chaplain or one of the religious clubs on campus, contact the CRC chaplains
  • Alcohol and fire are not permitted in the CRC except for sacramental wine and candles used for religious rites
    • If wine is to be drunk, a non-alcoholic alternative must be available
    • Candles must be attended at all times
  • Be sure to label all food with who they belong to and when they will be used;
  • The kitchen is to kept kosher—no pork or shellfish is permitted in the CRC
  • If you’d like to use the CRC kitchen to maintain a religious diet, first make reservations with the chaplains and execute a kitchen contract

Contact

Location: 
Collegiate Religious Center
Phone: 
508-831-5796
religiousdiversity@wpi.edu

WPI statement on religious diversity, mutual respect, and non-proselytization

WPI does not tolerate any unlawful discrimination or harassment that consists of treating a person differently in any WPI program or activity based on their race, sex, age, color, national origin, religion, genetic identity, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or any other protected status.

Furthermore, WPI is dedicated to creating an atmosphere that encourages diversity in all aspects of campus life—from academics and residence hall living to social interactions among students, faculty, and staff. In accordance with these policies, it is appropriate to further clarify that WPI, its religious groups, and its Collegiate Religious Center and Chaplains are committed to mutual respect and non-proselytization. WPI will not tolerate any form of religious harassment or coercive behavior that affects one’s personal freedom to choose one’s own religious practice.

Religious Organizations on Campus

WPI's Policy on Religious Observances

A student who is unable to attend classes or participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day because of his/her religious beliefs shall be excused from any such examination or study or work requirement, and shall be provided with an opportunity to make up such examination, study, or work requirement which he/she may have missed because of such absence on any particular day; provided, however, that such makeup examination or work shall not create an unreasonable burden upon such school.

Religious Holidays

Visit the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education for an interfaith calendar and comprehensive list of religious holidays.

Places of Worship

If you would like to submit information about religious services not currently listed on our website, email the CRC.