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Responsibilities: As a senior member of the residence life staff, Scholarship Hall Directors directly manage and operate two cooperative living scholarship halls that each house about 50 undergraduate men or women.

  • Facilitate a group-centered, cooperative, academic- and leadership-focused community
  • Advise student government leaders with an emphasis on input, responsibility, and shared decision-making
  • Develop mentoring relationships with residents
  • In cooperation with residents, plan a balanced menu, purchase food items, and train and supervise food preparation within allocated budget
  • Supervise and evaluate undergraduate staff members
  • Monitor the physical maintenance and cleanliness of the hall
  • Respond to student crises and emergencies

Compensation:

  • In-state tuition rate for higher education administration program
  • $690 stipend every two weeks
  • Receive financial support to attend one regional conference
  • Furnished apartment plus cable and utilities
  • Full dining plan when dining centers are in operation

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More than $200,000 in annual scholarships to returning residents
Academic success: More than 94 percent of first-time, full-time freshmen in student housing enroll for the next semester
5,100 residents choose student housing each year
Residence hall rates are almost $2,000 less per year than the national average for public schools
— College Board
$4 million alumni gift funded Krehbiel Scholarship Hall
Options include suites, private bedroom with shared bath, two-person rooms, scholarship halls, and apartments
Oswald and Self residence halls opened in 2015
One bill covers all costs: room, food, utilities, and wireless Internet
One of 34 U.S. public institutions in the prestigious Association of American Universities
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