Residential Life at Macalester<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Living on campus is an important part of a Macalester student’s education. Residential Life focuses on the whole student experience as well as fostering learning beyond the classroom setting. Students are provided numerous opportunities to learn about themselves as well as meet, interact, and develop relationships with others on the floor, building community with those who are different from themselves. Our goal is to give students a greater understanding of their responsibility to the local, national, and global communities as citizens of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Residential Life at Macalester serves approximately 1300 students in campus housing. Living options include traditional and suite style residence halls, theme houses, language houses, and apartments located above a Grand Avenue restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Language Houses: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic House<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Specialty Areas: Summit House, Veggie Co-op, Eco House, Dietary Affirming Intentional Community, Substance Free Affirming Community, and Cultural House.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Living Learning Communities for ’25-’26: Cultural House, Veggie Co-op, Eco House, Language Houses (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic), Substance Free Affirming Community, the Layover: A Study Away Community, residential First-Year Communities (FYCs)<\/a>, and Perspectives in Leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
All first-year and sophomore students are required to live on-campus.\u00a0 About one fourth of the junior class and one fifth of the senior class also live on campus. Starting in fall 2028, the junior class will be required to live on-campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Staffing includes five professional, masters\u2019 degree level Residence Hall Directors (RHD), Assistant Director – Residential Services, Associate Director – Student & Community Support, Associate Director – Learning & Development, and the Executive Director of Residential Life. It also includes a student staff of 35 Resident Assistants and 5 Office Assistants, and 4 Programming Assistants. The RHD team provides 24-hour on-call support to residential communities and trains, coaches, and supervises a team of undergraduate paraprofessionals (Resident Assistants) who are resources, educators, and community builders to our students. RHDs and RAs are also visible and involved members of their residential communities. All members of the staff work in collaboration with students, faculty and staff to provide opportunities, support, and a rewarding living environment to residents. Office Assistants (OA) are students who provide a welcoming environment in the building in which they\u2019re assigned and offer administrative support to the multiple living communities. Programming Assistants (PAs) develop programming for students in the residence halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n
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- \n Kyle Flowers<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Executive Director of Residential Life\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- kflowers@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t \t\t
- he\/him\/his<\/li>\n\t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Beekah](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/residential-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/IMG_9560-scaled-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
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- \n Beekah Madia Russell<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Director of Residential Life-Student & Community Support\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- rrussel1@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Lizzie](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/residential-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/Screenshot-2024-07-15-at-1.14.14\u202fPM-150x0-c-default.png\")
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- \n Lizzie Barry<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Director of Residential Life | Learning & Development\n <\/li>\n\t \t \t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Priscilla](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/residential-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/20220719_102255-2-scaled-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
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- \n Priscilla Perez Umphress<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Assistant Director of Residential Life – Residential Services\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- pperez1@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t \t\t
- she\/her\/hers<\/li>\n\t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
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- \n Johnny Yang<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Bigelow, Bowman, and Wallace Hall Residence Hall Director\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- jyang5@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t \t\t
- he\/him\/his<\/li>\n\t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Gabe](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/residential-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/Gabe-1-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
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- \n Gabe Wardin<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Doty\/Turck Residence Hall Director \n <\/li>\n\t \t
- gwardin@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t \t\t
- he\/him\/his<\/li>\n\t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Luca](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/residential-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/421593874_6959159124197097_390880908826281612_n-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
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- \n Luca Faulkner<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Dupre Hall\/ Summit House Residence Hall Director\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- sfaulkn1@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t \t\t
- They\/Them\/Theirs<\/li>\n\t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Tyler](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/residential-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/Tyler-Casey-Headshot-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Tyler Casey<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Kirk, Veggie Co-op, Language\/Eco Houses Residence Hall Director\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- tcasey@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t \t\t
- he\/him\/his<\/li>\n\t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t <\/div>\n\n- \n
- \n Marc Anthony Hidalgo<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n GDD and GCA Residence Hall Director\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- mhidalg1@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t \t\t
- they\/them<\/li>\n\t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- \n Associate Director of Residential Life | Learning & Development\n <\/li>\n\t \t \t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
- \n Kyle Flowers<\/a>\n <\/li>\n