Mission

The Department of Housing and Residence Life supports and enhances the educational mission of the University of Southern Indiana by providing programs, services, staffing, and facilities, which support academic success and personal development. 

With our four governing values vision, integrity, competence, and inspiration, we will make USI Residence Life “The Best of its Size and Type in the Nation.”

Core Functions

Housing and Residence Life is an organization that:

• creates an environment whereby students are active participants in the academic enterprise,

• embraces certain truths including respect for ideas, the value of diversity, and the vitality associated with positive change, all essential to the holistic development of the students we serve,

• places a premium on both the quality of service and the quality of life we provide to our students,

• prioritizes staff development and recognizes that people are the most important assets of the department and must be the key source of innovation and leadership,

• pursues an aggressive plan to ensure that retention rates of residents exceed national trends,

• maintains financial integrity/solvency,

• purposefully pursues competence in the understanding and application of technology, achieves state, regional and national recognition for its success in meeting the needs of our constituents,

• continually assesses our services, facilities, staff and student satisfaction.

Learning Outcomes

• Be a positive contributing member of our community

• Openly communicate in a clear, concise and appropriate manner

• Explore new ideas and beliefs, define their values, and act in accordance with them

• Take initiative to develop personal goals and work toward accomplishing these goals

• Be open to and understand a variety of different perspectives

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