About Us

Daugette Hall in the Fall

We believe in the transformational power of the residential experience.

OUR MISSION 

As a cornerstone of the learning centered community at Jacksonville State University, the Office of Housing Operations and Residence Life provides distinctive living environments that prepare students to be competent, ethical, and responsible citizens. We foster a symbiotic partnership between living and learning, ensuring that every residence hall is a place where students take ownership of their experience.

OUR VISION 

To define the Power of Place at JAX State, serving not just as a home, but as a vibrant hub where students discover their potential, engage in meaningful relationships, and develop the accountability necessary for professional success.

OUR STRATEGIC PILLARS 

The RED Framework

REACH /// Accountability and Sustainability

  • Focus: Enrollment, Fiscal Responsibility, and Operational Excellence.

  • Support Enrollment Goals: Actively contribute to the recruitment and retention of students by providing high quality, safe, and affordable housing options that support the financial foundation of the university.

  • Culture of Accountability: Cultivate an environment of transparency and efficiency in our operations, ensuring that both staff and residents hold themselves to high standards of institutional integrity and fiscal stewardship, committing to doing the right thing even when it is not the most friendly path in the short term.

  • Staff Excellence: Recruit, train, and develop a dynamic team of professionals who model prudent professionalism and are committed to continuous improvement through assessment and data driven decision making.

ENGAGE /// Belonging and Community

  • Focus: Relationships, Safety, and the Home Experience.

  • Benefit of Belonging: Create responsive residential environments where every student feels safe, included, and connected to the larger Gamecock community.

  • Mutual Relationships: Move beyond landlord and tenant dynamics to build transformative relationships among roommates, staff, and campus partners, fostering a supportive network that extends beyond the classroom.

  • Power of Place: Ensure our residence halls and living spaces are not just places to sleep, but vibrant hubs that host distinctive educational, cultural, and societal experiences, making living on campus a central part of the JAX State identity.

DISCOVER /// Expectations and Growth

  • Focus: Self Advocacy, Life Skills, and Student Development.

  • Experiences: Provide learning experiences that connect learners with real world knowledge, skills, and opportunities through high impact learning, expanded technology, and formal mentorship programs.

  • Environments: Create and efficiently use new flexible, technology enhanced learning environments characterized by modern facilities, technological enhancements, active learning, and engaging instruction.

  • Expectations: Promote and assess critical thinking, essential employability skills, and successful degree completion in all learning experiences and environments through transformed teaching and learning support.