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Residential Life Staff

On Friday and Saturday nights (including Midterm Breaks and Reading Days) throughout the term, a Resident Assistant from each area is on duty from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.

If you need assistance, please call the phone number listed:

Burton/Davis/Sevy, 649-2399

Cassat/Memorial, 649-2325

Evans/Goodhue, 649-2402

Musser/West Side Houses, 649-2400

Myers/Nourse, 649-2401

Watson/East Side Houses, 649-2403

Residential Life

  • Phone: (507) 222-4072
  • Fax: (507) 222-7473
Steve Wisener, Director of Residential Life
Steve Wisener
Director of Residential Life
Office: Severance Hall G17
Phone: x4072
  • Lead and manage housing operations and programs including Room Draw and first year student housing
  • Select and supervise residential life professional staff
  • Assist with the supervision, selection, and training of the RAs
  • Respond to student behavioral problems
  • Provide counseling, advising, and mediation services to individual students and staff
  • Plan, implement, and evaluate all policies affecting Residential Life
  • Involvement in college-operated residence halls and houses planning and development
  • Develop long-range plans and objectives for Residential Life
  • Participate in campus on-call system
Amy Sillanpa, Assistant Director
Amy L. Sillanpa
Associate Director of Residential Life
Office: Severance Hall G19
Phone: x4072
  • Hall Directors
    Supervision
    Assist in selection, training and on-going professional development
  • Resident Assistant selection, training, supervision and evaluation
    Coordinate the application and selection process
    Coordinate training and on-going staff development program
    Oversee the staff evaluation process
  • Community Development and Education
    Oversee the community building programs and the budgets associated with the programs
    Safety Awareness Education
    Peer Leader Group Involvement
  • Housing
    Oversee winter and spring break housing
  • Meal Plan Exemptions
    Review requests, advise students, and coordinate efforts with dining services regarding meal plan reductions and exemptions
  • Roommate/Student Conflicts and Other Miscellaneous Concerns
    Counseling, advising, conflict resolution, and mediation services to individual students
    Resource to staff and students about general concerns and community issues
Vicky Deering
Vicky K. Deering
Administrative Assistant/Data Specialist
Office: Severance Hall G10
Phone: x4072
Kari Scheurer, Administrative Assistant/Project Specialist
Kari L. Scheurer
Administrative Assistant/Project Specialist
Office: Severance Hall 16
Phone: x5465
Danica Lance
Danica M. Lance
Hall Director, Cassat and Memorial
Office: Cassat Hall 103
Phone: x7246
Mel Stauffer
Mel Stauffer
Hall Director/Musser & West Side Houses
Office: Musser Hall 101
Phone: x4457
Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah J. Thomas
Hall Director Evans and Goodhue
Office: Goodhue Hall 19
Phone: x4442
Fernando Rodriguez
Fernando Rodriguez, Jr.
Hall Director/Watson & East Side Houses
Office: Watson Hall 123
Phone: x4093
Carrie Morris
Carrie L. Morris
Hall Director Burton/Davis/Severance
Office: Burton Hall 129
Phone: x4500
Chloe Coenen
Chloe Coenen
Hall Director Myers/Nourse
Office: Myers Hall 119
Phone: x4455