A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN OF STUDENTS - Fisher College

PROVIDING ADEQUATE NOTIFICATION
Some of the ways in which the College will ensure that adequate notification is provided to students are:
• Notification via the College Catalog and/or the Student Handbook or another official College publication.
• Notification via College mail placed in their College mailbox, hand delivered, or dropped off to their Residence Hall
room.
• Notification via postal mail addressed to the address that the student has registered with the Registrar’s office.
• Notification via e-mail sent to their Fisher e-mail account.
• Notification via notices posted on bulletin boards in the College and/or Residence Halls, and/or on doors.
• Verbal Notification.
One or more of these ways may be utilized in any particular instance to notify students.
In order to allow communication between the College and students, each student is required to:
• File a permanent home address with the Registrar’s Office and keep up to date.
• File a local home address with the Registrar’s Office, if the student lives off-campus.
• Activate their Fisher email account and check it daily.
• Register an active phone number with the Registrar’s Office (and the Office of Housing and Residential Life, if the
student is a residential student), where the student can be reached effectively.
• Check their College mailbox daily.
• Read all notices posted on bulletin boards, doors, or hand-delivered to him/her in person or to their residence hall
room.
Please ensure that you read the entire Student Code of Conduct, including the Residential Life section (even if you are a
commuter student). Several policies are elaborated in that section, and it is your responsibility to know them.
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
A residence hall is a densely populated community composed of students with many different interests, habits, and
tastes. The College is committed to the concept that residence halls should provide an atmosphere conducive to both
living and learning, where, in a spirit of cooperation and consideration for others, students may live, study, and relax
together.
In our residence halls, students will have an opportunity to associate with other students from a wide variety of geographical
locations and cultural backgrounds. The experience of each student will be enhanced by his/her tolerance
and respect for others, as well as by his/her regard for the standards of good citizenship. Learning to live with one’s
fellow residents in a group living situation will be a challenging adjustment, especially in the first semester.
Everyone must develop the ability to relate productively to a diverse group of people living in close proximity. This
task is easier for some than it is for others, but for everyone it is an experience that provides for individual growth and
development.
There are numerous people eager to help you develop this potential. Every residence hall has a Resident Director
(RD), who is a professional staff member, whose function it is to help the residents develop and maintain a positive
environment. She/he is aided in this task by student Resident Assistants (RAs), who are upper-class student staff
members, whose function it is to help coordinate the activities of the residence hall, build community and enforce
policies. Who could better understand your concerns as a student than another Fisher College student Your RA is the
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