Residential Life Staff

Resident Assistants
Resident Assistants (RAs) are live-in student staff members of the Office of Residential Life.  Assigned to specific areas of the residence halls, the RAs serve as a peer mentor whose responsibility it is to provide you with information, make referrals to other university departments, and offer social and educational activities.  In addition, he or she will mediate conflicts and insure that community standards are respected.  Your RA is a great resource for getting the most out of your experiences at Barry University.

Area Coordinators
Area Coordinators (ACs) are graduate staff members who live in the residence halls and serve as liaisons between the RAs and the Office of Residential Life.  They supervise the RA staff and serve as a resource for programmatic information.  They also interact with residents during judicial matters and provide crisis management when appropriate.  Finally, they are responsible for a variety of administrative functions that help insure prompt and effective service to residents.

Desk Assistants
Desk Assistants are responsible for checking in visitors, disseminating information, checking out equipment, communicating university and residential life policy, monitoring the security of the halls from the reception desks and dealing with students and the general public.  The desks in Dalton-Dunspaugh Houses, Weber Hall, and Kolasa Hall are staffed 24-hours, seven-days a week during the academic year.