Are members of the Residential Education staff available to assist students in the residence halls?
Resident Assistants (RAs) are undergraduate students who live on the floors throughout the residential system and assist residential students. An RA is on-duty every night in each residence hall and accessible through the front desk if needed. Assistant Resident Directors are graduate students and Resident Directors are full-time Wagner administrators, both of whom live in the residence halls as well. Resident Directors, Assistant Resident Directors, and RAs serve as excellent resources for students living in the residence halls and provide programming for each floor. The Residential Education staff serves a number of purposes. Their main function is to build community amongst the students in the residence halls. They do this through programming and organizing activities on a floor and campus-wide level. These staff members also monitor the buildings and assist in maintaining the facilities, confronting violations of College policy, counseling and crisis response, as well as referrals
