Title: Resident Director Department: Residence Life Where are you from? Hiawatha, IA What brought you to Student Affairs? My passion for working with college students started in undergrad when I was a Resident Advisor. I wasn’t sure in what capacity I wanted to work with college students, so I pursued my MSW so I would
Located on the far south end of campus next to Hinman Dining Hall, Jones Residential Hall has been closed since the fall of 2017, but this fall it will reopen after having undergone some minor renovations. Around 112 freshmen will be living in Jones, along with three residential assistants (RAs). Jones has a mix of
The Willard Great Room had the look and feel of a literary festival on Tuesday afternoon as students, faculty, and staff gathered to celebrate the recent publications of three faculty members who are affiliated with the residential colleges: Christine Helmer (German and Religious Studies, Associate Chair of Willard Residential College), How Luther Became the Reformer; Tom Burke (English, fellow at
On April 15, Ali Aftab Saeed and Saad Sultan, two Pakistani musicians, performed for a group of students and faculty in Chapin Residential College. These two performers are Visiting Artists at Northwestern with a two week residency as part of the Global Humanities Initiative. This initiative is a program created by the Buffett Institute at
On Monday, February 25th, Residential Academic Initiatives partnered with the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities to present “Storytelling Perspectives: Performances + Q&A” with established storytellers, Artist-in-Residence Megan Stielstra and Aimy Tien. Stielstra and Tien provided valuable insight on the techniques of live nonfiction storytelling, gave advice on overcoming writer’s block, and discussed the significance
On Tuesday, February 5, Professor Ava Greenwell (Medill faculty, Communications Residential College fellow) previewed her documentary “Mission Possible: Chicago’s Free South Africa Movement” in partnership with the Office of Residential Academic Initiatives. This was the first in a series of residential programs organized around the themes of race and justice to mark Black History Month.
Whether you were heading down the main Willard staircase to hit Fran’s Cafe for a milkshake or the fitness room for a run, you would have stumbled across a special occasion in the Willard Great Room on Tuesday, January 22. Last month, the Office of Residential Academic Initiatives hosted a tasteful reception in the naturally
For many first-year students, the transition from high school to Northwestern academics can be disorienting, even overwhelming. Yet, for students accustomed to succeeding in school, asking for help can be an alien topic. With all first- and second-year students now living on campus, Residential Services and Academic Support and Learning Advancement (ASLA) are partnering to
One Book One Northwestern picked the right year to select The Handmaid’s Tale and bring Margaret Atwood to campus. The book’s content is more salient than ever in the current cultural and political climate. And, the world learned recently that Atwood is working on a sequel entitled The Testaments that is scheduled for release in
The Sound Studies Listening Group’s Spring 2018 session, led by international award-winning radio/sound artist Colin Black, was hosted by Professor Jake Smith (Radio/Television/Film) in his Faculty-in-Residence apartment at Elder Residential Community. Thanks to Smith’s connection to the residential experience, Black was able to truly immerse himself in the Northwestern experience by living in Elder’s guest apartment for a month-long visit.
