Staffing / Employment
Our residence halls are staffed with committed professional and student leadership that support the campus life experience.
Employed by Residential Life & Housing, Resident Director (RD), Graduate Student Workers (GSW), Residents Advisors (RA), and Student Desk Worker (SDW) provides service to residents who lives within our communities.
Resident Director
The Resident Director (RD) is a full time, masters level professional that oversees the day to day operation of the residence hall community.
The RD serves as the immediate advocate for residential students, serving as the liaison for the Residence Life, Housing Administration, University Facilities, Student Conduct and Community Standards, and University Police departments on campus.
The RD is responsible for the development and implementation of a residential curriculum that drives the living and learning experience.
Working directly with faculty and staff across campus, the RD empowers student leaders to effectively build relationships, to create thriving communities, and to ensure a healthy and safe residence hall environment.
Graduate Student Worker
Graduate Student Workers (GSW) are master level students employed to support the vision of Residential Life & Housing.
Supervised by Resident Director, GSWs provide additional oversight to the student leaders within residential community.
Through the supervision of student staff, advising of community boards, addressing behavioral concerns, and the administration of residential curriculum within the residence halls, GSWs play major roles in the growth and development of community within residential spaces.
GSWs are required to work no more than 20 hours per week. Depending on their assignment, GSWs may provide oversight to our smaller halls, while others assist in the supervision of our suites and apartments.
Compensation for GSWs include a tuition waiver for ESU approved coursework, a stipend and an on-campus apartment for their remuneration.
Resident Advisor Positions
Resident Advisors (RA) are critical participants of the residential experience.
As model community members, Resident Advisors directly engage students on their floors/halls/wings in the areas of mentorship, student development, advising, behavior, and academic achievement.
RAs participate in a duty rotation, ensuring that residents have immediate access to hall personnel to address emergent matters.
RAs also promote academic and co-curricular programming and act as a general resource for students at ESU.
Resident Advisors work 20 hours per week, are wage employees, and receive free housing as a part of their compensation package.
Student Desk Worker Positions
Residential Student Desk Worker (SDW) are student employees that serve and support the living experiences of residents every day.
SDWs function as desk receptionists, operating as the first line of security at the entrances of each building. SDWs are excellent resources for residents in need of support from hall staff and/or police. In addition, SDWs administer mail and parcel delivery to our centralized stations within the residence halls and at our University Center.
SDWs work midday and evening hours in traditional and suite-style buildings seven days a week.
Contact Us
Contact Information
- Campus Address
- Hemlock Suites, South Wing
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3460
- Fax:
- (570) 422-3952 (Fax)
- Title of Department Leader
- Special Assistant to VP of CLIE
- Name
- Curtis Dugar
- E:
- housinganddining@esu.edu
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3732
