Faculty-in-Residence
Elon currently has three
Faculty-in-Residence:
 | Dr. Sandra Seidel, associate professor
of biology, lives in the Isabella Cannon International
Academic Pavilion for International Studies. |
 |
Dr. Eric Hall, assistant professor of exercise science
and Elon's first Faculty-in-Residence, lives in the
Jordan Center. |
 | Maurice Levesque, professor of
psychology and director of the Undergraduate Research
Program, lives in the Honors Academic Pavilion. |
The Faculty-in-Residence program (FIR) provides a unique
opportunity to further Elon University's commitment to
integrating learning in and out of the classroom. It
encourages and maximizes the quality and quantity of greater
faculty-student interaction in the residence halls 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. This faculty involvement
leads 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:
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interacting with students in informal settings
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providing informal academic advising
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maintaining contact hours each week in the residence halls.
The goal of the Faculty-in-Residence program
is to provide a bridge between the formal academic program and
the out-of-classroom learning and developmental activities of
residents. The program develops opportunities for students to
immerse themselves in a number of different educational and
social communities and programs by having faculty and residence
hall staffs develop programs that are relevant to students and
enrich their academic experience.
