Residential Living Staff
Director of Residential Living
(Student Commons, 706-778-3000, ext. 1357)
The Director of Residential Living has administrative responsibility for the overall planning, development, and management of the residential living curriculum and operations in addition to providing leadership for staff and services. Such services include the implementation of programs and activities to enhance the cultural, social, academic, intellectual, and leadership endeavors of the University, supervising the conduct system for Housing policy violations, and working with students and staff to provide a safe environment within the residence halls. Additionally, the Director is responsible for ensuring housing assignments and policy enforcement is handled properly through on call crisis management procedures. Piedmont University is committed to providing safe housing with services and amenities that foster academic success.
Associate Director of Residential Living (AD)
The Associate Director of Residential Living (ADRL) is a live-in professional member of the Residential Living staff within the Student Affairs Division. The AD is responsible for administrative, educational, and supervisory tasks of assigned residential areas. While reporting directly to the Director of Residential Living, the AD also has significant interaction and responsibility with all functional areas of the housing operation such as assignments, key management, occupancy reports, and room changes. ADs would be expected to supervise Resident Assistants in their residential area and assist the Director with retention efforts, departmental initiatives, programming, and judicial processes with students. Duties of the AD include: staff supervision, administrative duties, staff recruitment/selection/training, stimulating the development of educational, social and personal growth programs, hall council advising, promoting the safety and welfare of all residents, and would refer students to campus resources.
Assistant Director of Residential Living (AD)
Assistant Directors (ADs) are full-time professionals who also reside on campus to support students through on call procedures. They are responsible for the health and safety concerns of residents, and they assist students with personal, scholastic, and residential matters. Residential Living professional staff also coordinate educational and social programming, room assignments, maintenance requests, housing regulations enforcement, and building security. They also supervise the student Resident Assistant (RA) staff. AD and the Director staff are responsible for the day-to-day management of the respective facilities, providing programming and assist with educational conversations focuses on housing policies to ensure safety within the community they oversee.
Resident Assistants
Resident Assistants (RAs) are student staff that are hired to provide support to the students residing on campus. An RA is responsible for the development of communities within the residence halls by providing for the care, welfare, and safety of the residents. Student staff participate in crisis management response within the halls and provide educational, social, and inclusive programming monthly to students. Students seeking to be an RA for the next hiring cycle, must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.5.
Residence Hall Council
The Residence Hall Council (RHC) is a student-run organization that advocates for the interests and well-being of residence hall students while also providing opportunities for personal growth and development. It is a student group dedicated to building leadership, honoring diversity, rewarding excellence, promoting scholarship, and encouraging student engagement and involvement in resident halls. RHC represents and represents the interests, concerns, and rights of the residential community.