住宅生活
Making the decision to live on campus is 一个 of the best choices you can make in college. Students who live in the residence halls find themselves in the heart of our Spartan culture, with athletic events, lectures, classes, dining, and tons of activities happening literally just outside your front door.
Students who live on campus are more likely to utilize resources on-campus resources, attend a professor’s office hours, and feel connected to the larger 菠菜网lol正规平台 community. 为什么? Because you’re living in the middle of campus and have so many people here who want you to be involved with your college experience!
Whether you’re a first-year student, a transfer student, or a returning resident, 你在这里有个家!
学生宿舍vs. “宿舍”
What's the difference?
You’ll notice throughout our website that we never use the word “dorm,” but the term residence hall instead…so what’s the difference?
A dorm brings up an image of an impersonal experience, 一个 where you have your four walls, a ceiling, and a floor, but not much else. A dorm is a place where you go to sleep after you come back from class.
A residence hall is where you come to live, thrive, and grow. We want our buildings to be a community of students, where every一个 feels safe and supported as they work toward their goal of graduation.
Community is a word you’ll hear a lot here, and for good reason. 我们想要每个人 to feel like they have a place in our residence halls. This is your 首页 away from 首页.
So how do we turn a dorm into a residence hall? It’s all because of our staff.
我们的工作人员
The people who work for University 住房 Services have you at the core of their 心. 我们的 居民顾问 (RAs) are upper-division students who have been successful in college, both academically and socially and they have some of the biggest 心 you’ll ever come across. 他们 live on the floors of the residence halls and their purpose is to make sure you have a safe, supportive environment to learn and grow. After going through a rigorous selection process, RAs are extensively trained on how to make their floors into thriving communities through 一个-on-一个 interactions and group development. 我们的 RAs are skilled at mediation and conflict management and are there to be a resource for you if you need some一个 与…交谈.
Supervising the RAs are our full-time 住宅生活 Coordinators (rlc). All of our RLCs are seas一个d professionals, with years of experience in the residence halls and working with college students. RLCs have offices in the buildings they oversee and they are also residents of those communities. Along with overseeing the operations of our residential communities, RLCs also advise 一个 of our student groups (Hall Government, Residence Hall Association, National Residence Hall Honorary, Student Conduct Board).
The RAs and RLCs all serve in an on-call rotation, meaning residents are able to get a hold of a member of housing 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
There is a group of 住宅生活 Managers, comprised of the two Assistant Directors, the Behavioral Case Manager, and the Associate Director, who provide additional support to our live-in staff and our residential communities. The managers' offices are located in the main University 住房 Services office, located on the second floor of Campus Village B.
住宅生活 Vision
As part of a vibrant and growing housing program, 住宅生活 strives to be intentional 和以学生为中心. We work collaboratively with members of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 community to promote the following vision:
- We help our students build inclusive, socially just, and interactive communities where every member feels a sense of belonging.
- We work to foster student 增长 in a manner that shapes character and develops independence.
- We encourage our students to explore their personal identity and embrace diversity as well as appreciate individuality.
- We promote healthy communication, intellectual discourse and support students in achieving 学术成就.
- We endeavor to help our students understand their roles, rights, and responsibilities as members of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 community and as citizens of our world.
