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Faculty-in-Residence

The Faculty-in-Residence program (FIR) encourages and maximizes the quality and quantity of faculty-student interaction on campus and outside of the classroom by having faculty members live in apartments located within the residence halls.

Faculty in the program get a unique perspective on student life and unique opportunities to interact with students in learning outside the classroom, all of which lead to:

  • community building
  • intellectual discussion and growth
  • career and idea exploration
  • creative thinking and
  • practice in lifelong and seamless learning.

Students living in these halls have the opportunity to develop friendships and mentoring relationships with interesting and popular faculty members and their families.

Faculty-in-residence impact students by:

  • interacting with students in informal settings
  • providing informal academic advising
  • maintaining contact hours each week in the residence halls.