Our Mission, Goals and Values

Mission

The Department of Residence Life and Housing actively and continuously strives to enhance and support students' Personal Growth, Intellectual Development, and outlook on Civic Engagement.

Program Goals

• Promote the holistic growth and development of students, based on the goals of the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management specifically, Learning Outcomes, Transitions, Civic Responsibility and Campus Environment. Our priority focuses on developing civic responsibility, interpersonal development and intrapersonal competence.
• Teach students respect, responsibility for themselves and as members of the community, altruism, ethics and leadership.
• Create environments in which students value diversity of ethnicity, thought, culture and lifestyle.
• Expose students to and encourage their participation in service to the campus and community at large.
• Provide learning experiences which assist students in adapting skills to their future lives of work and leisure.

Administrative Goals

• Develop, maintain and refine management functions including planning, personnel, property management, purchasing, contract administration, budgeting, financial control and information systems.
• Develop and disseminate policies and procedures explaining duties of residents and staff for building safety, security and physical condition.
• Achieve adequate and appropriate departmental staffing to accomplish mission, goals and objectives including recruitment, selection, training, compensation and professional development.
• Conduct regularly systematic qualitative and quantitative assessment of the departmental progress toward meeting its goals through the use of nationally normed surveys, focus groups and other means as appropriate and available.
• Maintain high quality residential facilities through ongoing facility inspection, customer service, capital improvement planning and equipment enhancements.

Divisional Value Statement

WE VALUE and strive to sustain a vibrant, caring and just learning community. To that end, each individual member of our community commits to:

• respecting the unique strengths and experiences of ourselves and others, our creativity, and our desire to learn;
• understanding that our learning is enhanced through inquiry, exploration, practice and reflection;
• engaging in personal endeavors and collective activities that benefit our campus and community, enrich our educational experience, and broaden our understanding of the diversity and commonality of our shared human experiences.