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Residence Life Staff

The Office of Residence Life (ORL) is staffed with full-time, para-professional, and student staff members to manage the Coker students’ residential experience.  In addition to providing facility management, the ORL administers a comprehensive educational programming curriculum designed to assist students in their personal and academic development.  Members of the ORL include:

Director of Residence Life (DRL):  Manages the daily operation and staffing of the Residence Life office; coordinates hall opening and closing procedures; facilitates building maintenance requests; develops and implements a comprehensive residential programming curriculum; serves as the primary University judicial officer for all Residence Hall violations.

 

Assistant Director of Residence Life (ADRL):  Supervise Resident Assistants; oversee the daily functions of the residence halls; assist the Director of Residence Life with daily operation of the department; serve as University judicial officer.

 

Graduate Assistant (GA): Assists the ADRL with the daily functions of the residence halls and the daily operation of the department; serves as a University judicial officer for minor policy violations.

 

Community Resource Coordinators (CRCs):  Senior-level student employees who assist the Director of Residence Life and Assistant Director of Residence Life with daily operation of the department; maintain up to date and accurate records of all residential students; provide customer service for all residential students and assist with managing Resident Assistants.

 

Resident Assistants:  Coker University students who have been trained and employed by the University to assist residents in making an effective adjustment to residential living and who contribute leadership and supervision to the residence halls. Primary responsibilities include: serving as a community builder to encourage a cooperative, considerate, respectful, engaged group living environment; fostering campus community by organizing activities and programs; serving as a resource for information about Coker University.

 

Commissioners:  Coker University students in their sophomore year of college who are directly responsible for a group of freshmen students called a “family.” Primary responsibilities include: helping with the personal and academic concerns of freshmen students; assisting freshmen students with adjusting to university life; co-instructing a section of Coker University 101.

 

Junior Advisor:  The Junior Advisor serves as an assistant to the Coordinator of First Year Experience and assists with Orientation and the Commissioner programs.

 

Auxiliary Staff:  There are other staff members who are very important in maintaining a pleasant living environment in the residence halls.  Housekeepers work each weekday to keep the porches, halls, and lounges clean.  Maintenance personnel work to improve and repair the residence halls.