Residence Life
Our Mission
The purpose of the Office of Residence Life is to support the academic mission of the College and the mission of the division of student affairs by creating caring living and learning communities that are conducive to sleeping, studying, and socializing. Residence Life staff cultivate student leaders and serve and educate the residents.
What We Believe
The Office of Residence Life supports the mission of the College. Toward that goal, we established a residence life philosophy that recognizes the concepts of academic support, mutual respect, learning to live with differences, and safety.
Placing students in the classroom at their optimum capacity to learn is a primary objective of Residence Life. If a student must concentrate on roommate conflicts, unnecessary environmental pressures, or fatigue due to noise, then energy available for academic pursuits is reduced. Since academic performance is paramount, the Office of Residence Life works with students to help them achieve academically.
We recognize that each student is unique and must be treated as such. Each wants to be accepted as someone of worth and importance, yet each person must learn to realize that this is precisely the same desire of everyone else with whom he or she comes in contact. We emphasize self-respect and respect of others.
It is important for us to assist students in transferring the community responsibilities of living together in a residence hall or townhouse to their everyday lives. Students must cultivate the ability to interact and communicate maturely and appropriately with other people. The Office of Residence Life tries to help students develop the maturity to live with persons of different cultures, religions, values, and lifestyles.
Living on campus should be a pleasurable and satisfying experience. The residences should be places where we promote and encourage student learning and personal development both in-class and out-of-class.
Students will have opportunities to learn about and become more responsible for themselves and their actions. The experience of living on campus should play a role in helping a student succeed.
Our Location
The Office of Residence Life is located in Room 102 of Anne Arundel Hall, facing Historic St. Mary's City. The office hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the phone number is 240-895-4207.
