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Key Policy

A. Purpose

To assign and manage Page Hall keys and BuckID access effectively.

B. Audience

John Glenn College employees and affiliates

C. Policy

Only individuals with an official relationship with the university (faculty, staff, student,visiting scholar, sponsored guest, etc.) can be assigned an office key and/or pass card access for space in Page Hall.

Unit Managers, Staff and Student Supervisors have the authority to request keys and BuckID card access for personnel under their direction.

In general, only Glenn college faculty, staff, students, and guests will be provided with office keys and BuckID pass card access. Exceptions may be approved by the Dean on a case-by-case basis

Requesting Keys/Access
To be assigned an office key, please send an email to Thomas Dickhaut. Include your 16-digit Buckeye ID and the room number to which you’re requesting a key.

  • For each key requested, a Smartsheet entry must be filled out on your behalf and signed by Thomas Dickhaut once you receive your key.
  • Lost or stolen keys should be reported immediately to Kim Young or Thomas Dickhaut.
  • There will be a $20 charge per key for lost keys.
  • All keys issued by the Key/Card Control Center are the property of the Ohio State University. People who have been issued keys must agree not to loan or give keysto anyone for any reason or have the keys duplicated under penalty of State law, Ohio Revised Code 3345.13
  • Master keys, Restricted keys, and Sub-master keys will not be issued. These are kept in the networked key box as dictated by OSU policy.

To be assigned BuckID pass card access to the exterior doors and elevators of Page Hall, please send an email to Glenn-Help@osu.edu. Include your entire OSU Buck ID number in this email. Only Glenn College faculty, staff, student employees and enrolled students will be provided with this pass card access. Exceptions may be approved by the Dean on a case-by-case basis.

Returning Keys/Terminating Access
When a key is no longer necessary to perform a function in The John Glenn College, please return it in person to Thomas Dickhaut in 150E Page Hall.

When pass card access is no longer necessary to perform a function in The John Glenn College, please email GlennHelp@osu.edu to request that your access be removed.

Key/Access Review
At the end of each semester, pass card access will be reviewed and updated based on this policy. Brass key audits are conducted in partnership with the lock and key shop annually.

D. Policy Contact

Kim Young
Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Lecturer
young.1807@osu.edu

Thomas Dickhaut
Financial Operations Coordinator
dickhaut.3@osu.edu

Last updated: 5/21/2026; 11/8/2021