Through interaction with peers and staff members, significant issues are often questioned, confronted and investigated. Students are frequently challenged to examine personal values and beliefs. As students learn more about what they believe, they learn to understand and appreciate others different from themselves. Close friendships frequently develop, and tolerance and respect become the rule rather than the exception. To encourage a respectful living environment, every hall is staffed by a live-in team.
Resident assistants are typically undergraduate students living on a floor or wing.
Staff members serve as referral agents, information sources, advisors, counselors, and organizers of activities. The majority of residence hall students live with roommates. Students from differing backgrounds are sometimes placed together and individual lifestyles may vary. Working out these differences is a learning experience in itself. There are few instances in which roommate differences are not reconcilable.