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About Residence Life

Welcome home to Residence Life at Central Michigan University. When you live on campus, you become an empowered citizen who can responsibly impact your community.

The Office of Residence Life includes the following units: Facilities Operations, Care Advocate Program, Central Office in Ronan Hall and Residential Education.

We are committed to providing residents a comfortable, educational, diverse and caring community where academic success, personal growth and social responsibility are valued.

Please email us at reslife@cmich.edu if we can be of any assistance regarding your decision to attend CMU or to live on campus.

    The Office of Residence Life is committed to providing residents a comfortable, educational, diverse and caring community where academic success, personal growth and social responsibility are valued.

    To provide generations of college students a nationally recognized, cutting edge, living environment.

    As a result of living on campus, students will become empowered citizens who responsibly impact their communities.

    Learning Goals:

    • Identity:
      Students will engage in self-discovery and reflection to construct a sense of purpose.
    • Relationships and Communities:
      Students will live productively among others and develop a caring network.
    • Equity and Justice:
      Students will explore diversity in identities, background, perspectives and experiences among individuals and groups and choose to dialogue about issues related to privilege and oppression to foster equity and justice.
    • Social Responsibility:
      Students will demonstrate an understanding of and a commitment to creating safe, healthy and thriving communities.

    We celebrate and focus on connecting with community members with a wide range of individual and group identities, including but not limited to:

    Age
    Ability
    Color
    Education level
    Ethnicity
    Food security
    Gender
    Gender expression
    Gender identity
    Gender information
    Height
    Immigration status
    Language
    Marital status
    National origin
    Political persuasion
    Pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition
    Race
    Religion
    Sex
    Sex-based stereotypes
    Sexual orientation
    Social class
    Transgender status
    Veteran status
    Weight

    (CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on the above) (List of identities provided by Shannon Jolliff-Dettore, Director - Office of LGBTQ Services and Gender Equity Programs in conjunction with CMU's above mentioned AA/EO statement)