About Us (Housing and Residence Life)
Mission
Housing and Residence Life strives to provide and sustain a safe, comfortable, secure and nurturing living and learning environment for our students that is conducive to their personal growth, supports their academic pursuits, encourages and fosters a sense of community and civic responsibility, and cultivates an appreciation of diversity.
Housing and Residence Life is responsible for the overall management, administration, and program development of all University residential facilities. Living in the residence halls affords and encourages each resident the opportunity to participate in the shaping of their community. This is accomplished through the following goals of Housing and Residence Life:
- To provide quality residential programs and services.
- In partnership with all residents, to create a safe, secure, and comfortable living environment that promotes inclusiveness.
- To create a nurturing environment in the residence halls that is conducive to and supports academic achievement and intellectual stimulation.
- To create strong and supportive residential communities in the halls.
- To encourage residents to individually and collectively help shape their environment and take mutual responsibility for their environment.
- To promote diversity awareness, appreciation, and interaction.
- To enhance student development by offering activities, experiences, and opportunities congruent with the educational mission of the university and student’s educational aspirations.
- To support programs, services, activities, and interventions that foster dialogue and interactions with students and their peers, staff, and faculty; thus, providing residents with an educational advantage.
- To inform residents of the policies, procedures, and regulations required for successful group living.
- To emphasize personal responsibility and accountability.
Meet Our Staff
Housing and Residence Life employs paraprofessional and full-time professional staff members. Professional staff members are responsible for facilities management, programming, discipline, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, and overall coordination of a comprehensive housing and residence life program. All professional and paraprofessional staff members live on or contiguous to the campus for accessibility and responsiveness.
- Rebecca Valenzuela, University Director of Housing and Residence Life, rmiles@fdu.edu
- Allison Lydon, Administrative Assistant of Housing and Residence Life, Metro Campus, alydon@fdu.edu
- Rhia Kumar, Assistant Director of Marketing of Housing and Residence Life, r.kumar@fdu.edu
- Quadier Adams, Resident Director of Housing and Residence Life, Metro Campus, q.adams@fdu.edu
- Isabel Zee Rivera, Administrative Assistant of Housing and Residence, Florham Campus, i.rivera@fdu.edu
- Eleanor Grayson, Associate Director of Housing and Residence Life, Florham Campus, e.grayson@fdu.edu
- Joel Sanabria, Coordinator of Housing and Residence Life, Florham Campus, j.sanabria@fdu.edu
- Daniel. Uzodimma, Graduate Hall Director of Northpointe
- Ryan Benyahia, Graduate Hall Director of University Courts
- Yashvi Mital Patel, Graduate Hall Director of Lindens
- Meredith Smith, Graduate Hall Director of Village
- Bijen Tandukar, Graduate Hall Director of Rutherford & Twombly
- Nicole Martin, Graduate Hall Director of Park Ave