““Bored by mediocrity, Bored by mediocrity, turned on by greatnessturned on by greatness””

The Importance of Housing & The Importance of Housing & Residence Life in Student SuccessResidence Life in Student Success

Dr. Lynne Holland, Associate Director, HRLDr. Lynne Holland, Associate Director, HRLPeggy Crowe, Assistant Director, HRLPeggy Crowe, Assistant Director, HRL

Wednesday, November 12, 2008Wednesday, November 12, 200812 Southwest Hall12 Southwest Hall

A Touch Of Greatness

Today's College Student

Dr. Michael WeschAssistant

Professor of Cultural

Anthropology and Digital

EthnographyKansas State University

Mr. Albert Cullum

Elementary school teacher in New York for over 30 years

Housing & Residence Housing & Residence LifeLife

Who we areWhat we doHow we can and do

partner with the university community

Who we areWho we are

Mission: Mission: • The Department of Housing and Residence Life, in

partnership with the student and the university community, will provide a premier living/learning experience that ensures student success.

Beliefs:• Each person is unique;• Each person has intrinsic value;• Each person has the capacity to learn;• Each person has the capacity to be successful;• Each person is responsible for his/her own decisions;• Each person influences environments, environments

influence each person.

We will:• Maintain and continually improve our facilities;• Continually develop and strengthen our organization’s

human resources to embrace continual change and improvement and pervasive leadership;

• Foster students’ learning by intentionally promoting and providing educational experiences;

• Partner with others in the university community to enhance the academic mission;

• Enable students to declare a vision of their success;• Create and implement a targeted marketing plan that

educates and attracts students to our on-campus experience;

• Recognize and celebrate success.

StrategiesStrategies

Staff of HRLStaff of HRL

Professional Staff Members – Leadership Team & Support Staff– Coordinator for Residence Life– Residence Hall Director– Assistant Residence Hall Director– Graduate Assistant

Student Staff within HRL (over 250) Educational preparation Extensive training and staff development Diverse representation of staff

Retention and GraduationRetention and Graduation– ““Students living on campus are more Students living on campus are more

likely to persist and graduate than likely to persist and graduate than students who commute” (Pascarella students who commute” (Pascarella and Terenzini, 2005, p. 421).and Terenzini, 2005, p. 421).

Values and BeliefsValues and Beliefs– Living on campus positively effected Living on campus positively effected

increases in “aesthetic, cultural and increases in “aesthetic, cultural and intellectual values” (Pascarella and intellectual values” (Pascarella and Terenzini, 2005, p. 421).Terenzini, 2005, p. 421).

Why live on campus?Why live on campus?

DiversityDiversity– Residence Halls influence a “positive shift Residence Halls influence a “positive shift

toward more positive and inclusive racial-toward more positive and inclusive racial-ethnic attitudes and openness to diversity ethnic attitudes and openness to diversity broadly defined” (Pascarella and broadly defined” (Pascarella and Terenzini, 2005, p. 310).Terenzini, 2005, p. 310).

Academic AchievementAcademic Achievement– University of Michigan Study found that living University of Michigan Study found that living

and learning programs has an effect on and learning programs has an effect on students’ academic achievement and students’ academic achievement and intellectual engagement (Pasque and intellectual engagement (Pasque and Murphy, 2005).Murphy, 2005).

– Several DEEP institutions found residence halls Several DEEP institutions found residence halls promote and support intellectual vitality promote and support intellectual vitality (Kuh et al, 2005). (Kuh et al, 2005).

What happens in What happens in residence halls?residence halls? Community Development Community Development

(including, providing educational (including, providing educational opportunities and implementing opportunities and implementing community standards)community standards)

Recruitment, supervision, training, Recruitment, supervision, training, and evaluation of staffand evaluation of staff

Adjudicate educational discipline Adjudicate educational discipline conferences conferences

Facilities management (e.g., Facilities management (e.g., maintenance, 24-hour desk maintenance, 24-hour desk operation)operation)

Just to name a few…Just to name a few…

HRL and Student HRL and Student SuccessSuccess Living Learning CommunitiesLiving Learning Communities Involvement with 5Involvement with 5thth week assessment week assessment Providing educational opportunitiesProviding educational opportunities Student Staff recruitment, training, Student Staff recruitment, training,

developmentdevelopment Student staff leadership opportunitiesStudent staff leadership opportunities Dynamic Leadership Institute (DLI)Dynamic Leadership Institute (DLI) NUFP Fellowship Program (NASPA)NUFP Fellowship Program (NASPA)

Living Learning Living Learning CommunitiesCommunities Living Learning Communities (LLC) are Living Learning Communities (LLC) are

unique living environments where unique living environments where students with similar interests and students with similar interests and academic goals live and study together. academic goals live and study together. Students enrolled in a two or three Students enrolled in a two or three course cluster attend classes with a course cluster attend classes with a small, core group of students and live small, core group of students and live together. Advising, tutoring, on-site together. Advising, tutoring, on-site classes, and special opportunities for classes, and special opportunities for faculty, staff, and student interactions faculty, staff, and student interactions bring academics into the residence halls.bring academics into the residence halls.

Why Living Learning Why Living Learning Communities?Communities? Supports the First-Year ExperienceSupports the First-Year Experience

– DEEP institutions also demonstrate that DEEP institutions also demonstrate that effective institutions connect residential effective institutions connect residential learning and the first-year experiencelearning and the first-year experience

Connecting curriculum and non-Connecting curriculum and non-curriculum curriculum

Civic and community engagementCivic and community engagement Provides multiple safety nets for Provides multiple safety nets for

studentsstudents

WKU Living Learning WKU Living Learning Communities (LLCs)Communities (LLCs) GatewayGateway CHHSCHHS A.C.E.S.A.C.E.S. J. L. Marshall Business LLCJ. L. Marshall Business LLC ROTCROTC HonorsHonors

GATEWAY

Inception: Fall 2003 Mission: To provide learning

opportunities, activities, and academic support for first year students.

First year students, both female and male, generally undeclared

Partnership with the University Experience, Academic Affairs & the Department of Housing and Residence Life

CHHS LLC Inception: Fall 2005 Mission: The Health and Human Services

Living Learning Community is dedicated to students in or considering a program in the health professions arena.

Participants share and learn from students with similar interests and experiences, participate in activities that broaden the academic experience, build professional relationships with faculty members and professionals in the field, and establish lasting friendships with fellow community members.

CHHS LLC

First year students enrolled in the College First year students enrolled in the College of Health and Human Servicesof Health and Human Services

Partnership and sponsorship with Partnership and sponsorship with Greenview Regional Hospital (TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital (TriStar Health System), College of Health and Health System), College of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Housing and Residence LifeHousing and Residence Life

A.C.E.S. LLC

Inception: Fall 2005 The mission of the Living and Learning Community of

Bowling Green Community College is to enhance students' successful matriculation into a global society by engaging them in academic, residential, and social experiences.

First year students, female and male, enrolled in the Bowling Green Community College and residing in the residence halls.

Partnership with the Bowling Green Community College and the Department of Housing and Residence Life

J. L. J. L. MARSHALL MARSHALL BUSINESS LLCBUSINESS LLC Inception: Fall 2007 First year students, female and male, enrolled

in the Gordon Ford College of Business and residing in the residence halls.

Partnership with the Gordon Ford College of Business, James Marshall, and the Department of Housing and Residence Life

Theme Living OptionsTheme Living Options

Women of Western (WOW)Women of Western (WOW) The FIT CommunityThe FIT Community Mosaic CommunityMosaic Community Education CommunityEducation Community

Future living optionsFuture living options

WISE-UP (Women in Science & Engineering – Undergraduate Program)

A community designed to encourage, support, and retain female students interested in the fields of math, science, or engineering. Faculty members serve as mentors and role models to provide both academic and professional support for community members. This community is supported within the residence hall setting with programs that and residence hall staff who assist with students’ transition to college life.

Men of DistinctionMen of Distinction

A Theme Living Option (TLO)A Theme Living Option (TLO) ““Creating Intellectually, Emotionally, and Creating Intellectually, Emotionally, and

Socially Developed Male LeadersSocially Developed Male Leaders”” The Men of Distinction living option strives The Men of Distinction living option strives

to create male leaders within an to create male leaders within an environment focused on whole person environment focused on whole person development through an engaged development through an engaged relationship between the resident, relationship between the resident, Housing and Residence Life staff, and Housing and Residence Life staff, and other university and community other university and community resources.resources.

The Intercultural The Intercultural ExchangeExchange A Living Learning CommunityA Living Learning Community This community will house an interested This community will house an interested

domestic student with an international domestic student with an international student to live a “true” cultural student to live a “true” cultural immersion experience. Students will self-immersion experience. Students will self-select to be a member of this community select to be a member of this community and have a desire to live with and learn and have a desire to live with and learn from someone of a different culture than from someone of a different culture than their own. Classroom linkages are yet to their own. Classroom linkages are yet to be determined. be determined.

Strategies to continue to work together… Become familiar with our faces – who

we are and what we do Use us as a resource for students

academic, social, and personal success Ask us questions; share concerns; help

us to partner and find solutions Partner with us when students/parents

share concerns or suggestions

Resources

Astin, A. W. (1993b). What matters in college? Four critical years revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Kinzie, J., & Kuh, G.D. (2004). Going DEEP: Learning from campuses that share responsibility for student success. About Campus, 9(5), 2-8.

Kuh, G.D. (2003). What we’re learning about student engagement from NSSE. Change, 35(2), 24-32.

Kuh, G. D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J. H., Whitt, E. J. & Associates (2005). Student success in college: Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Kuh, G. D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J. H., & Whitt, E. J. (2005). Assessing conditions for student success: An inventory to enhance educational effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

National Survey of Student Engagement (2000). The NSSE 2000 Report: National benchmarks of effective educational practice. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research.

Students' out-of-class experiences and their influence on learning and cognitive development: A literature review. Journal of College Student Development, 37, 149-162.

THANK YOUTHANK YOUFOR ATTENDING!FOR ATTENDING!

Dr. Lynne Holland, Associate Director, HRLDr. Lynne Holland, Associate Director, HRLPeggy Crowe, Assistant Director, HRLPeggy Crowe, Assistant Director, HRL

Wednesday, November 12, 2008Wednesday, November 12, 200812 Southwest Hall12 Southwest Hall

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