Residential Life: Inviting, Intellectual and Inclusive

• Residential Life Central Office:
• Address: State Quad, Eastman Tower Basement
• Phone: (518) 442-5875
• Academic Year: Monday-Friday 8:30 am - 5 pm
• Summer: Monday-Friday 8 am - 4 pm

Your Home Away from Home

Over 200 dynamic students and professionals comprise the Residential Life staff. Committed to helping you achieve your academic goals, they provide you with an inviting environment and quality service throughout the year.

The Department of Residential Life’s central office is temporarily located in Building 25 (near Empire Commons) on the 1st floor. This is where the Director, Associate Directors, and Assistant Directors for the Department are located. In fall of 2010 Residential Life will move to their newly renovated permanent location on State Quad (basement of Eastman Tower).

Res Life staff based on the quads are as follows:

• Quad Coordinators (QC’s)
  QC’s are responsible for the overall management of the Quad.
• Resident Directors (RD’s)
  Each residence hall is supervised by a full time professional Resident Director. All RDs have offices on the quad and also can be reached through the Quad Information Center. They are primarily responsible for the overall management of their assigned residence halls and directly supervise and train the Resident Assistants (RAs) assigned to their building(s).
• Graduate Assistants (GA’s)
  GAs are part-time professional staff members currently enrolled in a graduate program. They receive the same training as Resident Directors and assist in the management of specialty areas such as quad recreational areas and Quad Information Centers.

• RRAs are undergraduate students who are one of your most valuable resources here on campus. They reside in every hall and will assist you in your transition to the campus community. They have received extensive training in basic helping skills, crisis intervention, multicultural relations, and conflict resolution. RAs also sponsor educational and social events, help implement the student code of conduct, and facilitate community development.
• Student Assistants (SA’s) & Management Assistants (MA’s)
  SAs and MAs possess a wealth of knowledge about the quads, as well as the campus. They are primarily responsible for assisting professional staff in the management and the staffing of the Quad Information Center.
• CHARGE Assistants (CA’s)
  CAs are student leaders who have been selected to work with our C.H.A.R.G.E. program (Celebrating ethnicity, Honoring our histories of struggle, Acting for change, Rising to our higher humanity, Gaining empowerment, and Educating self and others). They are committed to providing quality programs that enhance our appreciation of diversity. They can be found in the C.H.A.R.G.E. office on Indian Quad.
• Wellness Specialists
  Wellness Specialists can be found working in all of our fitness centers. They serve as support staff in these areas and are trained in the use of the fitness equipment.

Quad Information Center (QIC)

The QIC serves as the “Hub” of the quad, distributing information regarding activities on campus, managing issues involving the residence halls, the use of facilities, and repairs for student rooms. General hours of operation are from 9 a.m.-11 p.m. M-F and 1 p.m.-11 p.m. Sat-Sun. These offices are located in the following areas:

• State Quad – Eastman Tower Lobby, (518) 442-5920
• Dutch Quad – Stuyvesant Tower Lobby, (518) 442-5900
• Colonial Quad - Livingston Tower Lobby, (518) 442-5911
• Alumni Quad – Waterbury Hall 1st floor Lounge, (518) 442-5870
• Indian Quad – Montauk Hall 1st Floor, (518) 442-5944
• Freedom Apartments- Apartment D3-102, (518) 442-5830
• Empire Commons - Community Building, (518) 956-6250