Housing Support Staff
Residential Life Staff
Residential Life staff provide leadership and supervision. As live-in staff, their responsibilities include supporting residents鈥 needs, supervising the RAs, managing hall facilities, and coordinating co-curricular programs. They are available to assist residents in all matters.
Director
Lisa Deiser, MA
Lisa is the Director of Residential Life. Originally from Woodland Hills, California, she received her BA in psychology and social behavior from University of California, Irvine, and her MA in higher education administration from Sam Houston State University. Lisa had the pleasure to welcome the first class of 黑料社区students to the residence halls in 2001. She has over 24 years of experience in student development, student safety, and housing management.
Assistant Director
Jaime Dance, MS
Jaime is the Assistant Director of Residential Life. She earned her master鈥檚 in education with a concentration in higher education from California State University, Fullerton. She has served in higher education since 2011, working in summer programs for high school students, residential housing for undergraduate residents, and off-campus apartment housing for graduate residents. Originally from Apple Valley, California, she is passionate about student leadership, wellness, and creating an environment where all students feel welcomed and at home.
Residence Hall Coordinators
Sharon Legese-Gemechu
L艒kahi Hall 335, Ubuntu Hall 365, Umoja Hall 370 and Acjachemen Hall 375Sharon is a Residence Hall Coordinator. Sharon first started her residential life career in 2005 at Indiana University, after receiving her bachelor鈥檚 degree in speech and hearing sciences. It wasn鈥檛 until her service in the United States Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 2012 to 2016, that she returned to student affairs. Sharon is serving as a Residence Hall Coordinator. She has now worked in Student Affairs and Residential Life across three states and two continents. She is passionate about helping students meet their goals and achieve success.
Shannon Miller
Originally from Pleasanton, CA, Shannon Miller is a Chico State alumnus, having received both her B.A. in Spanish and her M.A. in Teaching International Languages. Shannon started her Residential Life journey working as the Graduate Assistant and later Residence Life Coordinator for Chico State where she came to enjoy the culture that Residence Life cultivated for its students and staff. Shannon looks forward to supporting her residents and all members of the 黑料社区community. In her spare time, Shannon enjoys sitting at home with her cats and getting caught in the rain.
Alexa Girouard
Sunrise Hall 300 and Sunset Hall 380
Kaitlyn Hallworth
Abeona Hall 305, Aurora Hall 310, Horizon Hall 315 and Somnus Hall 385
Resident Assistants (RA)
Resident Assistants (RA) are students who serve as paraprofessional Residential Life staff members during the academic year. RAs work closely with the professional staff in supporting the Residential Life mission of supporting residents in cultivating a meaningful living-learning community and to provide a purposeful experiential program fostering student leadership where residents develop life and interpersonal skills, self-responsibility, and an appreciation for diversity.
- Initiating and maintaining positive relationships with residents
- Being accessible and visible for residents within the hall
- Listening to concerns
- Mediating minor conflicts between residents
- Treating conversations with residents confidentially
- Leading and facilitating community meetings
- Communicating pertinent information about Residential Life and the university to residents
- Being knowledgeable of Residential Life programs, Student Affairs and university-sponsored events
- Regularly posting information regarding on- and off-campus events including related educational materials and service-focused information
- Being knowledgeable about university services including Counseling and Career Services, Security, Facilities, Health Center, and other campus offices
- Referring residents to other offices on campus when necessary
- Coordinating with the Residential Life professional staff in assessing the needs and interests of residents
- Assisting in the planning and implementation of community building activities for residents
- Assisting the professional staff with community programs
- Supporting and participating in community-wide programs
- Sharing information relevant to the community at large with representatives of the Residents鈥 Council
- Explaining and enforcing all hall and university policies
- Communicating information impacting community citizens (medical, facility, policy) to the professional staff
- Serving 鈥渙n-duty鈥 in the residence halls
- Performing community walks of residence halls
- Inform professional staff of issues or concerns that occur within the community at large
- Open residents鈥 doors for lock-outs