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RESIDENCE LIFE & GENERAL POLICIES
Office of Student Development
David Taylor, Vice President of Student Development................................ Ext. 4206
Ranae Bailey, Administrative Assistant........................................................ Ext. 4207
Kelly Bittler, Director of Counseling & Student Activities.......................... Ext. 4256
Emily Wingfield, Director of Residence Life & Summer Programs............ Ext. 4473
Carlee Sellers, Resident Hall Director-East River Hall................................ Ext. 4641
Andres Palacio, Resident Hall Director-Cruise Hall.................................... Ext. 4394
Rodney Kasey, Resident Hall Director-Rish Hall........................................ Ext. 4402
Steven Quackenbush, Resident Hall Director............................ Bluestone Commons
Will Robinson, Director of Campus Safety........................................... 304-887-1795
Residence Life Philosophy
We recognize that the residence halls play a central role in your total educational experience.
It is in the residence hall that some of your most significant personal growth and maturation
occur. While the classroom and library is where the information is dispersed, the residence
hall is where this information is reviewed, studied, discussed, and questioned. The residence
hall is also where you learn the fine art of getting along with others. Learning to peacefully
and productively coexist with other individuals is fundamental to overall success in life.
Living with others involves day-to-day interaction with people of varying backgrounds and
values. It gives the opportunity to continue the discussions and debates of the day’s classes, a
firsthand experience in community development, and the opportunity for developing strong
and lasting friendships. While living as a community member may be difficult at times,
we hope you will find it a rewarding experience. As is true in any community of people,
some commonly accepted standards or guidelines are necessary to facilitate the provision
of an academically supportive environment and to guarantee mutual respect and dignity
among the members. Central to this concept is the development of a genuine concern for
other human beings. We, therefore, seek to provide an environment that is compatible with,
and supportive of your personal, spiritual, social, physical, and intellectual development.
Specifically, the mission of the department of Residence Life is to provide a living and
learning environment that is clean, attractive, well- maintained, safe, comfortable, and
considered by residents to be a positive and desirable community living arrangement.
Residence Life
Alumni, Cruise, East River, Rish Hall and Bluestone Commons have live- in Resident Hall
Directors (RHD) who are part-time Bluefield College staff members. They are directly
responsible for overseeing the hall and for supervising the Residence Assistants. Each
RHD is responsible for the daily management of their residential facility, and they work
closely with the Director of Residence Life and Summer Programs to provide a community
atmosphere within the halls that reflects the mission of the college and the philosophy
of Residence Life - a physical environment conducive to studying, which is comfortable
and safe, and provides opportunities for individual development and growth. At least one
residence life staff member (either the RHD or a Resident Assistant) will be accessible to
all of the residents of each residence hall between 6:00pm and 7:00am the next morning.
During visitation hours they will be in the office, or making rounds, and in the building at
all other times. The staff in your residence hall will be in and out of the building during the
day. Call, e- mail, or post a message on their door if you have a problem or question and
need to get hold of them.