Office of Residential Life

Community Standards Residential Program

Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Values
Building: Shaw
How to Sign Up: Special Interest Lottery
Why is it different?

Vision Statement

The community standards residential program (CSRP) aims to promote the values of mutual respect and student accountability through fostering a safe and inclusive environment, open campus communication, and improving student involvement in the residence halls.

Mission Statement

The community standards residential program's mission will be to:

Promote the health and safety of the community through mutual respect and accountability
Promote civility and positive growth while maintaining integrity and safety
Create a community in which residents feel invested and connected to each other and the larger Denison community
Develop opportunities that facilitate learning through interactions with others.
Open lines of communication between members of the Denison community including, but not limited to, students, staff, security, administration, physical plant, and faculty
Build a framework for the personal grown of its residents by encouraging a commitment to academics, social development, personal responsibility, and respect for others

Values

Respect: Treat people and property with dignity, consideration and thoughtfulness
Accountability: Ownership of your words and actions and their impact on others
Communication: Through interaction and dialogue, community members will be active participants and will make positive contributions that better the community.
Involvement/investment in community: Community members will be active participants and will make positive contributions that better the community.
Health and Safety: Community members will promote personal wellness which includes respecting the emotional, spiritual, mental, academic, and physical well-being of self and others.

Building: Shaw

Shaw Hall which is located on the East Quad houses approximately 99 students and is a mix between suite, single, and multiple occupancy housing. The building tends to be a fairly desirable location as well as an active building in terms of student behavior. Shaw Hall provides a relatively representative sample of the student body. The committee believes that Shaw would be an ideal building to pilot the program because of its location, variety of room types, and student demographic.

How to Sign Up: Special Interest Lottery

The Community Standards Residential Program building, Shaw Hall, will be offered during the Special Interest Lottery. Interested students will need to sign up for the Community Standards lottery in the same manner in which they currently sign up for either the Taylor or Quite/Substance Free Lotteries. Students must register for the Community Standards/Shaw Hall lottery to sign up for the program. The space in the building will be allocated evenly between class years. If the allocated number of spaces for seniors is not filled during the lottery then the remaining spaces will be divided evenly between juniors and sophomores. If the building does not fill the night of the Special Interest Lottery, open spaces will be made available during the General Lottery. Students who select to live in the Community Standards Residence Hall during the General Lottery are required to abide by the Community Standards Contract.

Why is it different?

The students living in the Community Standards Residence Hall will have a unique opportunity to create and enforce community agreed upon standards for their buildings. The hope is that this program will provide a structure for students to take more ownership over their residence hall. The expectation is that all members of the community will be actively involved in creating and upholding the standards the community establishes. Community members will be responsible for the following:

Resolving issues of vandalism
Establishing and enforcing the quiet/noise policy created by the community members
Determining outcomes of Guest Policy violations including on and off campus guests
Settling interpersonal conflicts between community members
Determining use of lounge space with in hall (i.e. social, quiet study, etc.)
Allocating building programming funds
Establishing other policies that are agreed upon by community members

The program will be administrated by the Policy and Programming Board. The Policy and Programming Board will consist of three Community Coordinators (which replace RAs) and six elected members of the community. The six elected members will be nominated and elected by the hall residents.

Lastly, community members will be able to personalize their residence hall by being allowed to paint their rooms and decorating the public spaces such as lounges and hallways.