Statistics say that the more a student is involved, the more likely the student will succeed in his/her scholastic career. Housing & Residence Life has an exclusive program to get your student involved. It is called the Connection Program. The mission statement of the connection program states: "It is the mission of the Weber State Residence Life Staff to connect with our residents early and often. We are committed to each student's individual success and are invested in aiding them in achieving the learning out-comes they desire. We want to create a living and learning community where students feel comfortable, have life-changing experiences, and want to stay for the duration of their college experience. It is our goal to accomplish this mission through personal connectedness with each resident. "
The connection program is more than any other college program. This program is described to the Resident Assistants as a way to make relationships. A behind-the-scenes-look into the Resident Assistant manual tells us what "connection" means. ‘Connections’ is simply a new way to look at our relationship with residential students and is based on the [University of North Carolina-Charlotte’s] research from the ‘Get Connected’ project. The word ‘connections’ best describes the process Resident Assistants go through in: - Meeting their residents
- Getting to know their residents
- Helping their residents establish support networks
When you engage in this process as an RA, you are making connections with individual residents by finding out who they are and what they like to do. At the same time, you are also encouraging individual residents to make their own connections by bringing residents together and serving as an information resource for them. Resident [Assistants] build relationships and in case you didn’t notice, relationship-building is the same as MAKING CONNECTIONS!”
As a parent you can rest assured that your student will have the chance to get involved and make meaningful relationships if they live in Weber State Housing. Also, to learn more about this program feel free to give our Assistant Director a call at 801.626.7275, also check out our photo gallery to see what students and staff are up to! |