Both residential assistants and faculty in residences continue to try to create a community of care in their residence halls — even with the difficulties that come from COVID-19 restrictions and a lack of breaks from academics. Many RAs and FIRs are thinking outside of the box when it comes to programming.
Faculty-in-residence combine work and family
Butler University offers a unique experience for faculty members to live with students in the dorms through a program faculty-in-residence. It also creates a very unusual situation for the families of faculty-in-residence. After talking to Deb Lecklider and Meredith Beilfuss, both faculty-in-residence, Catherine Pangan was convinced that the faculty-in-residence program would be an incredible experience.…