Your hall is where you live, so help make it a great place. Along with your hallmates, you'll plan fun things to do and places to go - have a hall party or take a hall trip. Ask your RA to tell you more about these opportunities and how you can even use hall money to plan trips and events for your hall!

A residence hall complex is a group of five to ten halls in one building. Your complex is the perfect place to start getting more leadership experience. Members of complex government often plan big events and fun things for people to do. You'll also meet a lot of new people living in your complex. Talk to your CD for more information.

Every residence hall student in the residence halls is a member of the RHA. The RHA Council is the campuswide student government for the University of Oregon residence halls. The RHA sends representatives to regional and national conferences to network with, and learn from, the RHAs of other institutions. Each complex has three representatives. Students can ask RAs how to become a representative or contact the RHA adviser at (541) 346-4277 or the RHA office at (541) 346-4234, for more information.

• Residence Hall Association Website

The Peer Judicial Board is part of the student judicial system in the residence halls. If you are interested in meeting new people and making your home a better place to live, you should consider joining the Peer Judicial Board. Members are trained in the fall and meet to hear cases that occur in all of the complexes and to address proactive judicial policies in the residence halls. For more information contact the board adviser at (541) 346-5393.

• Student Judicial Affairs Program Website
• Peer Judicial Board Application  (pdf 136kb)

Leadership for the 21st Century is a 1-credit course that takes place during the Week of Welcome. It's a great way to get connected to the campus community and to learn how to get involved! You can register for this course at IntroDUCKtion.

• More on Leadership for the 21st Century

Resident Assistants and FIG Assistants make up the core of our Residence Life student staff. This talented staff, with a variety of interests, skills, and abilities, is a great asset to our department, and we recruit an excellent applicant pool each year. Students who get involved in their communities find it is not only fun but also very rewarding. To best prepare for these positions, you are encouraged to get to know your RA, FA, Student Resident Director (SRD), and Complex Director (CD) and to ask how to help as a resident, participate in student government, or organize programs in the halls. The skills that involved residents learn and relationships they develop become invaluable. RAs and FAs receive free room and board, an annual stipend, and the advantage of training and experience that is sure to carry over into their future careers.

The application process for RA and FA positions takes place during fall and winter term. Applications for these positions will be available at area desks, in the main housing office, and online at the end of fall term.

• Candidates for RA and FA positions must be either an undergraduate with at least sophomore standing by fall term or a graduate student in good standing.
• RA candidates must have a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or better.
• FA candidates must have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better.