Residence Hall Leadership

Resident Director

Each residence hall/area has 1 Resident Director (RD). The Resident Director is a full-time professional staff member of the University who lives in the building. The RD provides a high level of individual student care, mentoring, and intervention, and provides leadership for the overall administration of the hall, all activities and programming, and hall student leadership.

Assistant Resident Director

Each hall has 1 Assistant Resident Director (ARD). The ARD serves as a resource and support for RAs, coordinates hall Front Desk operations, and supports the Resident Director in providing leadership to hall initiatives and programming.

Resident Assistant

Each residential unit has a Resident Assistant (RA). The RA is there to serve the students by building community and helping them to develop holistically. Each RA:

• Develops friendships for in-depth growth and discipleship
• Plans educational programs and social activities
• Develops community in his/her unit
• Works with Hall Chaplains to provide unit devotions and other spiritual activities such as small groups, and Bible studies
• Holds unit community accountable to IWU Community Standards and University Policies

Hall Chaplain

The Hall Chaplain serves on the hall leadership staff and works with the Campus Pastor to implement a small-group, spiritual formation program within the hall.