Emory’s first-year residential experience uses themed and community-building programs that connect residence-hall life with the broader first-year experience.
What is a Living Learning Community at Emory?
Emory’s first-year guide describes residential communities and first-year experience programming designed to help students build connections and engage with campus life. Participation details and themes vary by residence hall and year, so families should use the current first-year guide rather than assume every hall has the same living-learning structure.
What is the difference between an RA and the professional residence-hall staff?
Emory’s residence-life structure uses student leaders in the halls alongside professional staff. For an everyday community or roommate concern, a resident can start with the student residential staff serving the floor/community; operational, conduct, assignment, or unresolved matters can be escalated to professional Residence Life or Housing Operations staff.
Who should my student contact first when something goes wrong in the dorm?
The best first contact depends on the problem. Roommate/community concerns belong with Residence Life staff; broken fixtures, pests, or facilities issues should be submitted through Emory’s Swoop work-order process, with urgent facilities issues reported to the published urgent number; an immediate safety or medical emergency should use 911 or Emory emergency resources.
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