About Us

Van Zile Hall

Coordinator Hiring Team

Chaz Robinson, Committee Coordinator and Hiring Committee Chair
Tyler Burns, Community Coordinator
Carissa French, Assistant Community Coordinator
Tyrone Carter, Assistant Director of Residence Life and Campus Connection

 

Department Overview

Housing and Dining Services is a self-operated auxiliary department with six functional areas: administrative services, facilities management, dining services, conferences and events, student living and retail operations. The department serves approximately 5,500 students in 10 residence halls, and a leadership/scholarship house, and more than 1,000 residents in our apartment community. In 2007, 14 new buildings were opened at Jardine Apartments and three more were added in 2012, providing new housing options for single undergraduate students while continuing to provide homes for families and nontraditional K-State students. In 2016, a new residence hall and dining center opened to accommodate 540 additional students. In 2021, a second dining center reopened after being remodeled.

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Student Living Mission

We will support students by engaging in collaborative relationships that encourage scholarship, community and self-discovery. By creating intentional environments of quality and care, we will enable students, faculty and staff to achieve excellence.

 

Residential CAT Communities

CAT Communities

As a Community Coordinator, or CC, you may have the opportunity to supervise one to four Residential Learning Assistants. RLAs serve an integral role in connecting the students’ classroom experience to their living experience in our Residential CAT Communities . The CC’s role is to provide guidance, supervision and support to the RLA in this endeavor. The CC integrates the RLA into the staff team and helps merge the RLA and RA roles with the goal of helping both successfully support their residents.