Travis Greene, Dean of Students

Andrea Conner, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life and Orientation

Laura Gogg, Technical Assistant II

The Department of Residence Life and Orientation provides intentional leadership for our residential community. The department includes a volunteer student staff engaged in building community and committed to supporting students; and student-centered Student Affairs educators supporting self-governance, and exercising the best practices of our profession. We focus our efforts on the physical environment, personal development, community development, and student learning. 

  • Our department partners with colleagues to provide a safe, healthy, comfortable, and welcoming residential environment that fosters ownership, accommodates individual needs, and affords students the opportunity to achieve their goals. 
  • We advance personal development by helping students navigate transitions, prepare to succeed at the College, build life skills, explore identities, and become more socially conscious. We encourage responsible decision-making as students maneuver within this self-governing community and a broader world. 
  • We promote community development by encouraging students to create a respectful community that fosters relationships and values diverse perspectives. Community members resolve conflicts by assuming personal responsibility, developing strong interpersonal skills, and holding each other accountable.
  • We enhance student learning in a challenging and supportive environment by valuing academic scholarship and creating opportunities for learning outside the classroom, thereby establishing a lifelong passion for learning. 

The Department of Residence Life and Orientation administers all room placements, room changes, off-campus permission and all room draw processes (house hearings, fall semester leaves, group draw and mini co-op room assignments), as well as oversees the residence life-related policy development and implementation.

Procedures

Residence Life procedures are located on the Student Affairs website.

Students are responsible for meeting residence life deadlines to be eligible for on- and off-campus housing. Students with special housing requests need to submit appropriate documentation stating reasons for accommodations and the necessary accommodation to the Assistant Dean of Students & Director of Residence Life and Orientation by April 1st for returning students, and June 1st for new students. Accommodations are limited by the constraints of the residential nature of the College.

Students are involved in the residence life housing process through the Residence Life Committee, a student committee that works closely with the Assistant Dean of Students & Director of Residence Life and Orientation and/or the Dean of Students. Students interested in becoming Residence Life Committee members should contact the Assistant Dean of Students & Director of Residence Life and Orientation.