Resident Advisor (RA)/Senior RA

Your RA will live on your floor or a floor adjacent to yours. RAs are students who are trained to help you with any number of situations whether related to academic, personal, or maintenance needs.

Academic Support Resident (ASR)

Your ASR will live in your building complex. ASRs are students who are trained to help and support you with any academic matters.

Residence Hall Director (HD)

This full-time professional staff member is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the residence hall, supervising the resident advisors, advising student groups, and coordinating residence life activities. He or she acts as a liaison with maintenance, housekeeping, and food service. Residents should always feel free to contact their hall directors; they are committed to assisting students in areas of personal and academic growth.

Area Coordinator (AC)

Area coordinators are full-time professional staff members that supervise the hall directors and full-time office staff. They are in charge of the management of their area of residence halls.

Hall Raisers

Hall raisers are sophomores or upper-division residents who volunteer to return to campus early and assist with new-student-week activities. They will welcome you when you arrive, help you through the week, and assist the residence hall staff in hosting social and academic activities. Since hall raisers have already been in your shoes, feel free to ask them for pointers.

Hall Council

Each hall has an organized student government to deal with issues and needs in that hall. Representatives to these hall councils are elected from a floor or section of the hall early in the fall semester. Each hall council organizes social, recreational, and educational activities, and assists hall staff in making hall policy.

Residence Hall Association

Representatives are selected from each hall council to serve on the Residence Hall Association (RHA). Its members represent all the residence halls and work together with Housing & Dining Services to make certain that the wants and needs of residents are addressed. Representatives raise issues of concern as well as plan events for the entire residence hall system.

Elections of representatives to RHA are held in hall councils soon after the fall semester begins. If you’re interested in being a representative, contact your hall director or RA. You can also call the RHA office directly at 303-492-7305.

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