ResLife Handbook
Table of Contents
 
  Foreword
 
  Rights and
  Responsibilities
 
  ResLife Staff
 
  STEPS Model
 
  Facilities and Services
 
  Procedures
 
  Policies
 
  Health, Safety, and  
  Security Measures
 
  Student Conduct

We are all unique individuals with our own goals, interests and needs. At the same time, we are part of a larger group of individuals as members of our residence hall community. We must challenge ourselves to value our individuality, while also encouraging respect for our fellow community members.

We will continuously face the challenge of shaping our environment, building on our experiences and meeting the needs of all members of our community both individually and collectively. We need to create attitudes and develop skills to progress toward the realization that respect and responsibility are the keys to a community of positive living, learning and leading. Through our interaction with each other and by using the STEPS assessment on-line, we can develop an environment in which we experience a feeling of cooperation and commitment to the total group, an environment in which we as individuals can grow and develop.  RAs will provide programming in the following areas to help support this aim:

S: social
· Concurrent with STEPS Resource: Communication.

T: town
· Concurrent with STEPS Resources: Respect for Self and Others and Act with Integrity.

E: educational
· Concurrent with STEPS Resource: Engage in lifelong learning.

P: physical
· Concurrent with STEPS Resource: Lead and Serve on Teams.

S: staff project
· Concurrent with STEPS Resources: Value Diversity and Value a Global Perspective.

Residence Hall Association (RHA) and Hall Councils
RHA provides a number of services and opportunities to the residents of South Dakota Tech’s on-campus housing. The students living on campus during the 1965-66 school year formed RHA to help with residence hall administration. All residents are members of Residence Hall Association and are encouraged to attend all association meetings. Individual hall councils represent the residents of their hall.

The purposes of the Association as promoted by hall councils are:

• To sponsor functions and services that will benefit all members;

• To aid in the designation of uses of recreation fund money;

• To work with the administration in formulating and carrying out residence hall rules and policies.