Professional Staff Roles

Office of Residence Life Professional Staff Roles:

Assistant Dean of College Life and Director of Residence Life - The Assistant Dean and Director of Residence Life is responsible for the oversight of the entire housing and residence life system. This includes over 2,000 beds and 45 residential buildings. This person is also responsible for off-campus housing approvals.

Associate Director of Residence Life and Housing - The Associate Director is a full-time professional staff member who has a masters degree and at least three years experience. This person is responsible for the selection, training, and supervision of our student staff and also supervises the full time Area Coordinators who work with students in the First-Year buildings.  Additional responsibilities of the Associate Director include coordinating break and senior week housing. This person also works with the Assistant Director for Housing to support housing initiatives.

Assistant Director of Residence Life - The Assistant Director is a full-time professional staff member who has a masters degree and at least two years experience. This person is responsible for the upperclass residence halls and their residents, including serving as a hearing officer and meeting with students who violate college policies. The Assistant Director also supervises the RC/RA/CL staff members in the upperclass area. Additional responsibilities of this person include summer staffing and storage.  This person also works with the Associate Director to develop student staff training and is also responsible for developing and implementing a sophomore year initiative.  

Assistant Director of Residence Life for Housing - The Assistant Director manages the housing operations for the campus. This person works with housing assignments for First-Year students, manages the upperclass housing selection process, and supervises the billing and room change process.

Area Coordinators (3) - Area Coordinators (ACs) are full-time professional staff who each have a Masters degree in Education or a related field. Each AC is responsible for a set of residence hall buildings and the residents within. One Area Coordinator works with the East Area (Hanson, Patrick and Huber Halls), one works with the West Area (Rice, Paul, and Stine as well as the RISE program), and one works with Theme Housing. The area coordinators are responsible for the day to day operations of the residence halls. They serve as hearing officers and meet with students who violate college policies and they supervise the RC/RA/CL staff in their day-to-day duties.

Administrative Aide - The Administrative Aide for Residence Life oversees the daily operations of the main office, including the supervision of several student office assistants.  This staff member works with the Director of Residence Life in overseeing the department's budget.  This person also provides some assistance to the Assistant Director for Housing on first-year housing assignments, upperclass housing selection as well as other processes relating to housing.  In addition, the Administrative Aide coordinates summer housing for those Gettysburg College students who remain on campus during the summer.