Nicholls State University
University Parking Services

Students beginning classes for the FIRST time at Nicholls State University during the Spring 2010 semester MUST have a current parking permit properly displayed by the first day of classes.  There is NO grace period.  Come to Parking Services with your Colonel Card (no exceptions) and vehicle registration prior to the first day of classes to pick up your permit.  Parking permits will be available to incoming freshmen during orientation; be sure to bring your vehicle registration with you.

Parking Services will be CLOSED November 23rd-27th and will reopen on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 7:30 a.m.

Students attending night classes only must purchase and properly display a parking permit. Citations for no decal are issued during night classes.

Parking citations are issued on the first day of SPRING classes.

2009-2010 parking permits expire on JULY 31, 2010. There will no longer be a grace period during the fall semester. Citations for no decal will be issued on the first day of classes beginning with the fall 2010 semester.

In an effort to better serve students and faculty/staff, new hours have been established.  Beginning August 31, 2009 parking permits will be available from 7:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Thursday.  Friday hours will be from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

Parking Services has moved from the Student Union/Student Life Office to University Police located in Calecas Hall.

A 24-hour online registration service will be available between June 1, 2009 and July 3, 2009. To receive your permit by mail you must register online.

Permit distribution for those who did not register on line and did not receive a permit by mail will be available in Le Bijou Theatre (in the Bollinger Memorial Student Union) beginning August 17, 2009 between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Fridays. You will need your Colonel Card and your vehicle registration. Permit distribution will return to the Office of Parking Services located in Calecas Hall on Monday, August 31, 2009 during regular business hours. Please see above for new hours.

• All vehicles must have a current permit properly displayed by September 1, 2009.
• Citations are issued during every semester, intersession, summer school and during night classes.
• Every vehicle on campus must have a parking permit. Visitors can obtain one from University Police or the Office of Parking Services.
• Handicap parking requires a state handicap tag AND a Nicholls handicap permit. You can not use handicap areas as unloading/loading zones.
• Yellow “No Parking” zones are not loading/unloading zones.
• The west side of Bowie Road is a no parking zone.
• The area by the post office is a no parking zone.
• Faculty/Staff permits are movable from one vehicle to another but vehicles must be registered.
• If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Parking Services or refer to your parking manual.
• Bought a new car? Be sure to remove your parking permit to swap for another. Otherwise, you may be charged for another permit.