1997-1998 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

Student Programs and Services

Residence Life
IUP is a residential campus. Its fourteen residence halls and two apartment buildings are supervised by professional residence directors with backgrounds in student development or counseling or by graduate residence directors enrolled in the Student Affairs in Higher Education graduate program. Responsibilities include administrative functions of the building, programming, and policy enforcement. Each residence hall also has undergraduate resident assistants (RAs) who are responsible for helping students, planning programs, carrying out administrative tasks, and providing leadership for the development of a community among the approximately thirty students living in their individual section of the residence hall. The university's two apartment buildings are staffed with a professional residence director and student managers whose functions are similar to those of a resident assistant.

It is the policy of IUP to offer full, equal, and nondiscriminatory assistance to all students without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, sexual orientation, or physical ability in both the placement in university housing and the furnishing of facilities and services in relation to that housing.

Specific programs and services offered within the residence halls provide a residential program which supports the academic mission of the university and fosters the development of a community in which the rights and responsibilities of each individual are clearly defined and respected. Respect for the learning process as well as respect for self, others, and property are strongly emphasized. Students are encouraged to question and explore increasingly complex intellectual and personal challenges in their efforts to give meaning and direction to their lives. Staff members actively provide support and challenge students as they assume ownership and accept responsibility for their actions and important life decisions. The residence halls reflect the daily challenges of what it is like to live in any community. It is the intention of the Office of Housing and Residence Life staff to teach students those skills which prepare them to be responsible community members so that when they leave the university, they will be contributing and productive citizens in the larger community in which they live.

Because residence hall living is seen as a positive educational experience, students are encouraged to live on campus unless they are commuting from home. In an effort to make residence hall living more responsive to individual needs, the university offers two living arrangements: single sex and coed. Students should consider these options carefully and select the one in which they would feel most comfortable.

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