Hall Director and Resident Advisor
Ever wonder who your student is talking about when they mention their RA or their Hall Director? Here's the scoop!
Hall Director (HD)
The Hall Director is a full-time professional live in staff member who lives in an apartment/house in the residence hall or area that your student lives in to be accessible and available to help students. The Hall Director oversees the general operation of the hall. These five staff members are present to care for the safety and well-being of your child, to be a resource for the students in the building, to help mediate roommate conflicts, to work with housing/facilities issues, to charge students with violations of college policy and work thought the judicial process with them, to supervise the Resident Advisors in the building, to advise the Hall Council, and to help Resident Advisors plan activities for the building. Your student can visit their Hall Director for a multitude of reasons—roommate problems, room/facilities concerns, questions about campus resources, for help with the housing process, if they're in need of a listening ear, if they have a problem that they need to talk to an adult about, or just to chat!
Resident Advisor (RA)
The Resident Advisor is a carefully selected and trained student who lives on the floor that your student lives on. The RA is present to enforce college policies (such as visitation hours, alcohol policy, quiet hours, etc.), to be a friend, a listening ear, to lend a helping hand, to serve as a resource for questions, to help mediate roommate conflicts, and to plan fun, community building and educational events for the students on the floor. Students can go to their RA with questions about classes, grades, professors, roommates, campus activities, room/facilities problems, relationships, etc. RAs undergo complete and extensive training before school starts, as well as throughout the year, covering everything that they may need to know to successfully help and be an asset to the students on their floor. If the RA is unable to answer the question, RAs will refer the student to the correct department or area, or get the student in contact with someone who can answer the question for them.
