Mission Statement
Residence Life provides a safe, diverse, and well-maintained environment that complements and supports the academic mission of the University. We create a dynamic living/learning experience that promotes and inspires individuals to become empowered community members.
Goals & Objectives
Goal #1: Provide quality housing for students.
Objective #1: Provide safe and well-maintained facilities.
Strategies
- Conduct facility assessments
- Perform preventative maintenance
- Respond promptly to maintenance/housekeeping concerns
Measures
- Inspections
- Surveys
- Focus groups
How this information will be used
- Identify and budget future projects, renovation, and purchases
- Extend life of facilities
- Reveal areas where additional staff may be needed
Objective #2: Assist students in making a decision about living options.
Strategies
- Develop and distribute marketing material
- Utilize housing web page
- Provide oral and written information to customers during recruitment days
Measures
- Occupancy reports
- Focus groups
- Recruitment evaluations
How this information will be used
- Identify areas that may need additional marketing
- Adapt marketing strategies to address our diverse clientele
Goal #2: Provide living & learning opportunities beyond the classroom.
Objective #1: Develop educational and social programs.
Strategies
- Assess the needs of our clientele
- Implement programs to address needs
- Encourage diverse programming
Measures
- Needs analysis
- Program evaluations
- Quality of life surveys
How this information will be used
- Assist staff in developing programs
- Identify student's developmental needs
- Create proactive programs
Objective #2: Encourage faculty and staff involvement.
Strategies
- Create a residential faculty program
- Promote faculty and staff informal/formal swap shops
- Encourage partnerships with other departments
Measures
- Needs analysis
- Summative and formative evaluations
- Focus groups
How this information will be used
- Strengthen faculty and staff awareness
- Promote Residence Life to other departments
Objective #3: Cultivate special interest environments.
Strategies
- Strengthen Honors housing program
- Implement and maintain First Year Residential Experience
- Explore viable academic interest
Measures
- Needs analysis
- Facilities audit
- Peer institutional review
How this information will be used
- Market housing to specific students
- Determine special interest areas
- Select special interest programs to implement
Goal #3: Develop community.
Objective #1: Recruit, select, and train staff committed to student development.
Strategies
- Institute a comprehensive recruitment and selection program
- Identify staffing needs
- Update training sessions, manuals and other developmental publications
Measures
- Training evaluations
- Quality of life surveys
- Staff evaluations
How this information will be used
- Strengthen training program
- Provide updated training materials to staff on a continual basis
- Educate staff on student development opportunities
Objective #2: Challenge students through empowerment, development, and leadership.
Strategies
- Implement service learning programs
- Encourage campus involvement
- Foster personal growth and development
Measures
- Focus groups
- Surveys
- Peer institutional reviews
How this information will be used
- Identify types of developmental programs
- Develop service learning resource guide
- Identify leadership opportunities
