Housing and Residence Life
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Residence Staff & Government
The department of housing and residence life is responsible for the management
of the following services for students that live in the residence halls; students’ well being, staffing, programs, discipline, room assignments, policy information, hall councils and Residence Hall Association.
The department coordinates the repairing and replacement
of keys and other repairs in the room and the residence hall with Facilities management. The housing and residence life staff operates as a team to assist each resident with having a positive living and learning experience. This is accomplished with the Desk Assistants, Resident Assistants (RA), Area Directors (AD), Graduate Hall Directors (HD), the Housing Coordinator, Assistant Director and the Director. These trained staff members are available to assist you with any problems you may have.
The Housing Coordinator provides information for students interested in living on campus, coordinates initial room assignments, housing re-application processes and inputting room and board fees.
The Assistant Director works primarily with the Area Directors, Hall Directors and RAs. She oversees the day to day operation of the residence halls, including programming and staffing of the residence halls.
The Director administers and supervises all housing and residence life staff and programs, and serves as the official representative to the College.
The Graduate Hall Director (HD) is a live-in part-time, 10-month, professional staff member. The HD holds at minimum a bachelor’s degree and brings to this position experiences from other residence life systems or related areas. The HD is supervised by an Area Director and manages one residence hall; the HD supervises RAs and desk assistants. The HD advises hall council, conduct discipline meetings, offers supportive counseling to residents, mediates roommate conflicts, responds to emergencies, serves as on call emergency support and manages the daily operations of her residence hall. Her office is located on the first floor of
the residence hall and her office hours are posted.
The Area Director (AD) is a live-in full time, 12-month, professional staff member. The AD holds at minimum a bachelor’s degree and brings to this position experiences from other residence life systems or related areas. The AD manages two or more residence halls and supervises Graduate Hall Directors, RAs and desk assistants. The AD advises hall council, conduct discipline meetings, offers supportive counseling to residents, mediates roommate conflicts, responds to emergencies, serves as on call emergency support person and manages the
daily operations of her residence hall. Her office is located on the first floor of the residence hall and her office hours are posted.
The Resident Assistant (RA) is a full time Spelman student that lives on the floor with residents. She is trained to meet the needs of residents through daily interactions by planning and implementing educational, social, cultural and recreational programs, providing peer counseling, assisting with the enforcing of College and residence hall policies, mediating roommate conflicts, and serves as an information and resource person.
The Desk Assistant is responsible for assisting the live-in professional staff with completing day to day tasks in the residence halls. The desk assistant primarily works evening shifts. Her primary responsibilities are to greet guest as they enter the residence hall, assist residents with lockouts, verify the identification of males entering the residence hall floors and ensures that a resident of that building escorts him around. The office assistant is located in the designated RHO (Residential
Housing office) in each residence hall.
Residence Hall Council is an advisory board comprised of students living in the residence hall. The council serves as the appointed representative of the residence hall population. Duties include, but are not limited to, voicing concerns and questions about overall issues residents may be facing; providing fun and educational programs and opportunities for residents in the residence hall, and serving as a liaison between the residents and staff members. Each hall has a residence hall council with different expectations and duties. For more information about joining this governing body, please contact your Resident Assistant.
