What kind of staff and supervision is available in the halls?
Residence Hall Directors (RDs) are the university employees responsible for overall supervision of each residence hall. RDs are specialized professionals with a master’s degree in a field related to education and student development and live in one of the halls they supervise. Ensuring that your living and learning experience is comfortable, productive and safe is their primary responsibility and includes such things as advising students and student groups, encouraging community development, promoting academic involvement and success, handling hall judicial issues, supervising student staff and acting as the liaison for facilities issues. Residence hall offices are open from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with additional evening hours that vary by semester. Community Assistants (CAs) are students (either graduate or undergraduate) who live on designated floors in the residence hall, assisting the RD in its overall operation. As leaders and facilitators for their floor com