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Dormitory
Staff Program
Headed by the
Assistant Dean of Students with the aid of the Director of Residential Life, Head Proctors, and
Head Assistant Proctors, the dorm staff program builds a unique
and charged community of residents and residential halls. With primary
responsibility for community development, dorm staff members also
assist in rule enforcement, peer counseling, and coordination of
creative activities for all residents. The dormitory staff at Sewanee
includes proctors, assistant proctors and head residents.
Proctors
The position
of a University Proctor is both an honor and a great responsibility.
Proctors are student members of the administration who work under
the supervision of the Assistant Dean of Students and Director of
Residential Life, to create civil
and respectful residential environments that enhance student academic
experiences. Proctors promote educational and social programs in
their dorms, enforce dorm policies and regulations, oversee the
Assistant Proctors, and serve as leaders throughout the campus community.
Students are elgible for the position of Proctor in their junior
and senior years.
Assistant
Proctor
The Assistant
Proctor is an integral part of the first-year student orientation
process and the residential life system. Working throughout the
year with faculty advisors, the Assistant Proctors help first-year
students adjust to the academic and social life at the University
of the South. In addition, the Assistant Proctors support the Proctors
in creating and maintaining a comfortable and positive dormitory
atmosphere and in enforcing University policies. Assistant Proctors
work under the supervision of the Deans of Students, the Director
of Residential Life and the Head Assistant Proctors. Assistant Proctors
also serve as directors of smaller theme residence halls such language
houses.
Head Residents
Head Residents,
affectionately known as Matrons, are mature, full-time residents
of the University dorms who are responsible for the general management
of their assigned residence hall. Head Residents also assist and
advise the other dorm staff with rule enforcement and program development.
Matrons are a time-honored and important part of life at Sewanee.
For generations now, dating back to when students boarded in the
private residences of citizens of the Sewanee community and later
when Matrons were first installed in the dormitories to provide
a sense of maturity and domestic virtue to provide the influence
of home away from home, they have been an established and important
institution at the University. All University dormitories, with
the exception of a few smaller, upperclassman dorms, have a Head
Resident. If you are interested in the position of Head Resident
at one of the dorms at Sewanee, please contact Katie Steele,
Assistant Dean of Students for Residential Life.
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