Students
Residential Life
The Whittier College community is one in which students and faculty live and work together, where learning happens not just in class but around the clock, and includes mixing with different kinds of people, viewpoints, and ideas. Living in Whittier's residential campus community, students will find their pursuit of knowledge enhanced, their range of cultural and social opportunities expanded, and that they will learn not just from each other, but about themselves. In the residence halls, lifelong friendships take root, and the experience can engender a whole new definition of "family" and "home."
RESIDENTIAL LIFE PROGRAM
The paramount mission of the Residential Life program at Whittier College is to provide a quality, living-learning environment; we define this as an environment in which all cultures are embraced and the academic success of each student is supported through opportunities to continue learning outside the traditional classroom.
One of our program's goals is to provide excellent customer service, listening to and expediently addressing our residents' needs and concerns, therefore ensuring the best possible residential life experience at Whittier College.
LOCATION
Office of Residential Life
Philadelphia House, 2nd Floor
Tel: 562.907.4223
Fax: 562.907.4980
STAFF
The Office of Residential Life staff, which includes professional administrators, live-in area coordinators, and student residential advisors—work together with a goal to create the best possible living and learning environment for all Whittier College residents.
Administrative Staff
With oversight for the eight residence hall facilities, co-curricular hall programming, housing assignments, and the development of related policies, the administrative staff of the Office of Residential Life is experienced in the areas of community development, programming, and campus resource information.
Delaphine Hudson, Assistant Dean of Students, Director of Residential Life
Tel: 562.907.4223
E-mail: dhudson@whittier.edu
Assistant Director of Residential Life (vacancy)
Matt Washington, Office Manager
Tel: 562.907.4223
E-mail:mwashington@whittier.edu
Area Coordinators (AC)
ACs are full-time, live-in professional staff specifically trained in all aspects of residential life, including: counseling, conflict mediation, programming, and discipline. Housed in Stauffer, Turner, and Wanberg Halls, each AC has comprehensive responsibility and oversight of a residential area housing approximately 200 students.
Tiffany "Tea" Bogue, Area Coordinator
Tel: 562.907.5385
E-mail: tbogue@whittier.edu
Rafael Matos, Area Coordinator
Tel: 562.907.4878
E-mail: rmatos@whittier.edu
Resident Advisors (RA)
RAs are full-time students and paraprofessional staff members trained by the Assistant Dean of Students with assistance from the ACs. Each RA supervises a floor in all aspects of residential living. RAs are role models who serve the needs of students by providing program opportunities, developing safe and comfortable residence hall communities and helping students become acquainted with the campus, the community and its resources.
For a current list of RAs, please visit individual hall webpages.
