Aquinas College :: Residence Life

Residence Life Staff

Woodward Area Staff	Regina Area Staff	Who's on Duty?
Siena Area Staff	Support Staff	Front Desk Services

Director of College Housing

Director of College Housing, Randy MacGeorge, oversees the facilities and operations of on campus housing conducts departmental research and feedback activities, acts as a liaison to the Eastown Community Association regarding off-campus resident concerns, co-advises the Residence Hall Association and assists in managing the Residence Life staff, among other responsibilities and projects. You can contact Randy at macgeran@aquinas.edu or (616) 632-2945.

Area Coordinators

Area Coordinators are professional staff members who reside in a residence hall in their area and are responsible for the total operations of their residential community. Besides general administration of their residential area, their major responsibilities include supervising their Resident Assistant staff, referring and advising residents to other departments on campus, act as Parent liaisons for students in their residential area, acts as Judicial Hearing Coordinators, and co-advising a Residence Area Council. Each Area Coordinator's contact information is listed below.

Resident Assistants

Resident Assistants (R.A.s) are undergraduate students that serve as the paraprofessional staff to Residence Life. R.A.s reside in the residence halls and are responsible to establish and support a safe, healthy living environment on their floor/building. They are specially trained in all aspects of student living and assisting the needs of the residents. The R.A.s act as advisors to their floor members and are capable of discussing academic, social and personal concerns with them. The overall job of the R.A. is to help create a positive atmosphere and build community within their residence hall.

Who's On Duty?

Each area has at least one R.A. on duty every night including vacation periods. This individual is available for any problems or emergencies that may arise. There is also an on-call Area Coordinator, live-in professional staff who oversee the daily operations of the halls, to also assist the R.A.s on duty. Contact the Front Desk to find out who is on duty, should their services be necessary.

Front Desk

The Front Desks, located in both Regina and St. Joseph Halls, are 24-hour information stations maintained by student employees. The Front Desk provides, among other services, change, vacuum cleaners and general information about the resident hall.

Front Desk Services:

Transfer incoming calls to residential students	Signing in of all guests
Selling stamps	Posting information of upcoming events
Sorting mail into mail boxes	Distributing toilet paper
Checking out key to bike room	Refunding vending/laundry machine losses

Support Staff

The support staff are those people within the physical plant, maintenance, and housekeeping departments who keep the residence halls and living areas running smoothly.


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