Living at RWU
When you live at Roger Williams University, you'll discover an educational, safe, supportive, and fun community you'll be proud to call home.
The Roger Williams University is a tight-knit community of open, accepting and affirming citizen scholars, leaders, world travelers, athletes, environmentalists, artists, music fans, thinkers and doers. Our campus is vibrant and filled with opportunities for learning and growth. Residence Life & Housing is committed to making Roger Williams your home away from home, and helping you discover your path and your passion.
Student Life Experience
Meet Our Residence Life & Housing Staff
Residence Life & Housing supervises a live-in staff of trained Area Coordinators (ACs), Graduate Community Assistants (GCAs), Head Resident Assistants (HRAs), and Resident Assistants (RAs). Our RAs are students charged with the responsibility of ensuring the health and safety of our resident students. They help establish a safe and welcoming community, provide fun, and educational programming, are knowledgeable resources for students, and enforce university policies and regulations. RAs are selected through a rigorous process, and receive continuous training throughout the summer and academic year. They serve as unit leaders, program facilitators, student advocates, and great campus resources for our students! Our Area Coordinators are full-time, professional staff members who also live in assigned residence halls. They oversee the day-to-day operations of their specific residence hall, including supervision of the Resident Assistants and Graduate Community Assistants.
The Central Office professional staff consists of our senior leadership team as well as the administrative staff who are essential to the function of of Residence Life & Housing.
Erin Durigan
Associate Director of Residence Life & Housing
edurigan@rwu.edu
Liz Furtado
Assistant Director of Residence Life & Housing
effurtado@rwu.edu
Debra Forrest
Administrative Assistant & Housing Billing Coordinator
dforrest@rwu.edu
Teresa Braga
Administrative Assistant
tbraga@rwu.edu
Our residential community professional staff live in their respective residential community and oversee the day-to-day operations of the community, including supervision of the Graduate Community Assistant (GCA), Head Resident Assistants (HRAs), Resident Assistants (RAs), and serving as student conduct officers. These professionals and their community staffs are essential to the development of our residential students.
Trezell Truesdale
Area Coordinator
Stonewall and Willow Residential Communities
ttruesdale@rwu.edu
Elliot Welsh
Area Coordinator
Bayside and North Campus Residence Hall
ewelsh@rwu.edu
Kurt Stitzel
Area Coordinator
Cedar and Maple Residential Communities
kstitzel@rwu.edu
The Graduate Assistant is an additional support and resource for residents of their particular assignment. They assist with the day-to-day operations of the residential communities, serve as conduct hearing officers for lower-level infractions, and assist with ensuring the goals and learning outcomes of our robust residential curriculum model are obtained and assessed.
McKenzie Kolstad
Graduate Community Assistant
mkolstad@rwu.edu
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Jimmy Vigar
Graduate Community Assistant
Almeida Apartments
jvigar@rwu.edu
Contact
Residence Life and Housing is committed to making your Roger Williams University experience the best it can be. Do not hesitate to reach out. We're here to help. We are located on the first floor of the Center for Student Development in Suite 120. We can be reached Monday-Friday (8:30am – 4:30pm) via email at rwuhousing@rwu.edu, via telephone at 401-254-3161, or via fax at 401-254-3451.
Mailing Address
Office of Residence Life and Housing
1 Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI 02809