Student Handbook - Sweet Briar College

Section V: Co-Curricular LifeOffice of Co-Curricular LifeThe Office of Co-Curricular Life is located on the second floor of Prothro Hall.Cheryl Steele, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Co-CurricularLife and Vivien Lee DeWald, Administrative Assistant, staff this office.Co-Curricular Life is comprised of the following departments and services:Residence Life, First and Second Year Student Programs, Student Involvementand Programs, Leadership Certificate Program and other leadership programs,Career Services, Campus Student Employment, Chaplain’s office, Health andCounseling, SWEBOP/Outdoor Programs, and Judicial Affairs. For moreinformation, please go to: http://www.sbc.edu/co-curricular or call434.381.6134.Residence LifeResidence Life StaffChimene Boone, Director of Residence Life, is charged with residence lifeinitiatives and community development, including program implementation,working with students and their housing assignments and overseeing dailyoperations. The student staff consists of Resident Advisors and a professionalstaff of Resident Coordinators (RCs). RCs reside in the halls, are on callevenings and weekends, and have particular expertise and interest in providingpersonal support, assisting with individual or group problem solving, mediatingconflicts and promoting the development of community. The RCs are: ValerieChambers, Deborah Taylor, Debbie Thomas and Danielle Haines.Serving as a Resident Advisor (RA) is an excellent student leadership position.Their role is to be a resource, to serve as a liaison with the Office of ResidenceLife as well as to aid the College in its overall operation of the residence lifeprogram. In addition, they support the Orientation program, assisting with thetransition and the acclimation to Sweet Briar.The following are general guidelines for Residence Life. Each residence areamaintains, to some degree, its own identity and, upon a majority and/orunanimous vote, depending upon the issue, may establish through a communityagreement additional guidelines than those described in this Handbook.For more information, please go to: http://www.sbc.edu/residence-life.Terms and Conditions of College ResidencyResidential living is an integral part of the College community. It is anopportunity to grow, learn and share; a time to establish meaningful________________________________________________________________94