Leadership Opportunities

Student leaders Miranda Kenton and Maria Arrien

Looking to make a difference on campus? Residence Life offers a variety of ways for students to get involved, to strengthen the Linfield community and to have some fun.

Become a part of Residence Life Staff

The Linfield College Residence Life Staff consists of student leaders in the positions of Resident Advisor and Residence Life Assistants.

Resident Advisors (RAs) are live-in students assigned with the duty of building and supporting safe living learning communities. Students in this position are charged with helping to create community within the residence halls and College apartments and houses. Each January Term and Spring Semester, the RA Training Class is offered for students interested in applying for one of these positions. The hiring process occurs in the Spring Semester for contracts beginning the following Fall. Students must have completed the RA Training Class, lived in the residence halls for at least a semester, and maintain a good GPA in order to be eligible for a staff position.

Lean more about becoming an RA

Residence Life Assistants (RLAs) are Para-Professionals who support the residence life staff. RLAs live in campus housing and must have served as a Resident Advisor for a minimum of one year. There are three RLAs, each with a different focus, program development, leadership development, and residential relations.

Join the Residence Housing Association

Learn more about the Residence Housing Association & Residence Housing Executive Council

The Residence Housing Association (RHA) consists of a group of students who promote community and act as a collective voice for residents living in campus housing. While the structure of RHA is like a student government, the Council members work more as an intermediary between the students and the College rather than a governing body. Each hall or Apartment area has its own unique RHA because each hall or Apartment chooses positions appropriate to their needs.

Every hall/apartment area has an:
President – serves on RHEC (see below) and plans activities
  for their hall or apartment area and campus.

Wellness Chair – works with the college wellness coordinator to
  plan events which promote health and wellness
  on campus.

Volunteer Chair – works with the college volunteer coordinator
    to plan community service events.

ASLB Senator – attends weekly senate meetings on Mondays at 6 pm
 and relays information to fellow residents.

Additional positions people may apply for include:
Birthday Chair – plans events to celebrate all residents
 birthdays

IM Sports Chair – organizes hall teams to participate in IM
    sports

Judicial Board Representative – serves on the Judicial board
  (see below).

Residence Housing Executive Council

Every hall and apartment area selects a President each semester. The Presidents comprise the Residence Housing Executive Council (RHEC). This council is lead by the Residence Life Assistant for Leadership Development. The council plans monthly programs that encompass all members of campus housing and surrounding community. Some of the programs that the RHEC sponsor include Holiday Decorating Contests, a community Easter Egg Hunt, shamrock scramble and Trick or Treating for McMinnville community children.

Judicial Board

The Residence Hall Judicial Board is a peer review board made up of representatives from each of the residence halls. The purpose of the Board is for students to be held accountable for their actions by their peers. The Members of the Judicial Board are elected early in the fall semester and serve for one year on the Board, unless they move out of the residence halls. Each member will serve on the Board for one night a week on a rotating basis (which equals about four hearing days total per semester).