Webster University Pregnancy and Parenting Help

Campus Resources & Support

Lactation Rooms: Student lactating parents shall be provided time to express milk while on campus and that time must be considered an excused absence. Instructors must allow students time away from a long exam to breastfeed/pump with no repercussions. If a student is working on campus while also studying, they may be entitled to additional breaks to breastfeed/pump.

1. Webster Groves Main Campus
   • Emerson Library, Room 329
   • Interdisciplinary Science Building (ISB)/Browning Hall, Room 275
   • Webster Hall, Room 329-2
2. Extended Louis Metro Campuses
   • Gateway – Office of Dean, Extended Education
   • Westport – Office of Dean, Extended Education
3. Extended Campuses – as provided by local director
4. International Campuses – as provided by local director

Online Education Available

Campus Policies & Accommodations

The University will make reasonable modifications to its policies, practices, or procedures as necessary to ensure equal access to the University’s education program or activity. Each reasonable modification shall be based on the student’s individualized needs. In determining what modifications are required, the Title IX Coordinator will consult with the student. A modification that the University can demonstrate would fundamentally alter the nature of its education program or activity is not a reasonable modification. The student has discretion to accept or decline each reasonable modification offered by the University.

Reasonable modifications may include, but are not limited to:

• breaks during class to express breast milk, breastfeed, or attend to health needs associated
  with pregnancy or related conditions, including eating, drinking, or using the restroom;
• intermittent absences to attend medical appointments;
• access to online or remote education;
• changes in schedule or course sequence;
• extensions of time for coursework and rescheduling of tests and examinations;
• allowing a student to sit or stand, or carry or keep water nearby;
• counseling;
• changes in physical space or supplies (for example, access to a larger desk or a footrest);
• elevator access (where applicable); or
• other changes to policies, practices, or procedures.

Pregnant & Parenting Students Policy

Additional campus and community resources can be found at the bottom of the Title IX site under “Resources Specific to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Children”