University Housing

About Us

Vision

To be the premier collegiate residential experience.

ASU University Housing currently houses 12,000 plus students over four campuses in traditional residence halls, apartment-style buildings, and houses. We provide housing in First Year Residential Experience, Upperclassmen, and Family Housing communities. Some of our residential facilities are managed in conjunction with privatized housing companies such as American Campus Communities. We are a growing and changing department that isn’t afraid to try new processes and procedures to better meet the needs of the students. University Housing has built strong partnerships with Student Engagement, Counseling & Consultation, Athletics, Wellness and Health Promotions, ASU Police, Sun Devil Dining, Office of Student Rights and Responsibility and Multicultural Student Services to bring services and engagement to our residential neighborhoods.

Core Values

• Student Centered Service
• Excellence & Quality
• Student Success
• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Strong Stewardship
• Commitment to Staff Development
• Welcoming & Inclusive Communities

Department Units

• Administration (which includes, Operations, Conference and Guest Services, Technology Support, and Fiscal & Human Resources)
• Risk Management & Strategic Initiatives
• Off Campus & Commuter Services
• Residential Life
• Facilities & Services

Residential Life

The Residential Life unit is where you will find our residence halls and the paraprofessional and professional staff that oversee the daily operations of each hall.

Residential Life Mission

We facilitate the holistic development of residential students and engage them in the ASU experience by cultivating inclusive communities, promoting involvement and leadership opportunities, and intentionally connecting students to campus resources, thereby contributing to their retention and persistence to graduation.

Diversity Statement & Goals

Residential Life recognizes and celebrates the diversity within our student body. We strive to present an inclusive environment which welcomes and values all members who live and work in our residential communities regardless of their religion, ability, color, creed, cultural background, ethnicity, gender identity, national origin, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status or any other self-expression.

Residential Life supports University Housing’s commitment in providing a hospitable and inclusive environment for students and staff. Additionally, Residential Life promotes programs and services that enhance the quality of life; facilitate logical, just, and personal development; and develop a culture which stimulates reverence for all human diversity for residents and staff.

• A focus on the individual: We, as Residence Life, plan to implement this aspect of the New American University through focusing on the student as an individual while honoring the background and diverse aspects that each student brings to campus.
• Just communities: Residence Life strives to construct a community that respects and treasures diversity in all forms within our students. We will not abide hate speech or harassment in our communities.
• Social Development: Residence Life provides opportunities for social awareness through programming, community development and student leadership.
• Identity Development: Residence Life fosters an environment to assist and nurture students in their identity development process.
• Professional development: Residence Life cultivates professional and student staff in their awareness of diversity and social justice issues and aids staff members to fulfill their future endeavors.

Residential Neighborhoods

A university of over 69,000 plus students can feel quite large and could leave many students, especially first year students, feeling overwhelmed and lost. In recognizing this and wanting to create a smaller university and campus feel, University Housing implemented "residential neighborhoods" specifically on the Tempe campus, which has over 55,000 students.

Each residential neighborhood consists of 5-10 residence halls of varying sizes. To better meet the needs of the residents in each neighborhood, the partnerships that University Housing has created with varying University Student Initiatives offices such as Student Engagement, Counseling & Consultation, Multicultural Student Services, and Wellness & Health Promotions to name a few, have each assigned a different staff representative to work with each neighborhood. These representatives often have offices located in their respective neighborhoods and will work with University Housing staff members to implement proactive services and/or programs to address the needs of students or provide assistance with current situations.

With the neighborhood concept and services being brought to the residential communities, a university and campus can feel smaller for residents and services made more readily accessible.