Our commitment to Missouri S&T students
Living in the residence halls offers a unique social opportunity unlike most others. Whether you're studying for a midterm with floormates or bonding over community dinners, there are countless opportunities to connect with others in the halls and across campus. Our resident assistants help build these connections through informational meetings, group chats, and bulletin boards to keep you informed about your community.
While classes focus on preparing you for the workforce, Residential Life focuses on helping you improve your personal health and wellness. You'll have access to resources, both in the halls and on campus, designed to help you understand what it means to be well. From interacting with organizations like Miner Wellness and counseling services to in-hall programs focusing on mental and physical health, or even just speaking with your resident assistant one-on-one, our halls offer you a variety of tools to help you succeed both in and out of class.
Living on your own can be overwhelming, but the residence halls provide a safe environment for you to figure it out. You'll experience independent living and responsibilities while learning valuable communication skills through community meetings and roommate interactions designed to help you to express yourself in constructive and mindful ways. In addition, the residence halls help you tackle the professional world head-on through student leadership opportunities, career fair prep, and various campus resources.
Getting the most out of life at S&T
One of the easiest ways for you to experience everything residential life has to offer is on-campus residential learning communities. Living Learning Communities (LLCs) are specialized living environments that connect students based on special interests or experiences. Each LLC is unique and centered on a distinctive theme. Students who choose to live in an LLC have the opportunity to closely engage with campus faculty and partners, access to intentional events and programs, and dedicated staff members who work to make the community a success. Here's a list of the current LLCs along with the location in which the community is located.
Helping you engage with your community
The tools you need to help you succeed
Study lounges are located on each floor in Thomas Jefferson, Residential Commons and University Commons, while Miner Village has a club house with study spaces available. Student lounges in the residential living areas are equipped with dry erase boards, tables, and chairs perfect for those evening review sessions.
Thomas Jefferson, the Residential Commons, and Miner Village all have CLCs maintained through Information Technology. You can enjoy the convenience of having access to networked machines and printing you may use with your university printing quota.
Residential Life greatly values faculty involvement in the residential living areas. Connecting you to faculty outside of the classroom promotes a sense of community on campus. In addition, these interactions allow for you to feel more comfortable approaching faculty with academically related issues or concerns.
The LEAD Program provides learning forums to students who wish to increase their understanding of concepts and content in a wide variety of foundational courses. Thomas Jefferson and Residential Commons offer several LEAD sessions throughout the year in addition to the variety of sessions offered on campus. Learn more
Getting involved in Residential Life
If you're interested in a way to actively voice your opinions about facility improvements, room and board rates, and Residential Life policy, then Hall Government might be the route to pursue. Each residential complex has elected officers and voting delegates known as a hall association. The officers and delegates of each hall association discuss issues in their respective complexes at meetings open to any and all residents of the complex. Representatives of each complex then report back to the Residence Hall Association (RHA), the governing body over all of the residential living areas. These organizations work to provide additional programming and events in each living area as well as provide feedback directly to the Department of Residential Life.
Interested in learning more about the hall association in your complex? Here is some additional information about each governing body.
Residence Hall Association (RHA)
Outer Campus Housing Association (OCHA)
Thomas Jefferson Hall Association (TJHA)
Residential Commons Hall Association (RCHA)
University Commons Hall Association (UCHA)
Residential Life also offers a wide variety of student employment opportunities. From our desk workers who learn customer service skills while managing the front desks of the different complexes, to our residential assistants who build communities, resolve conflicts, and provide support in the residential areas, every student worker helps to make the residential experience at S&T. Here are some more details about the student staff positions available.
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