The Residence Life Department provides a network of programs and services that assist residence hall students in enhancing and maximizing their academic potential. Through peer-led academic skill-building workshops, in-hall English assistance, in-hall faculty lectures, career seminars, and the 3.0 Club, residence hall students have access to personalized support during their college experience.
Academic Involvement Coordinator
The hall RHA is responsible for the organization of activities and programs that increase the academic focus of students living in the residence halls. Academic Involvement Coordinators will provide academic skill building workshops, in-hall tutoring sessions, in-hall study sessions, and promote campus-wide Academic Success resources.
Academic Skill-Building Workshops
Each semester Academic Involvement Coordinators offer the following Academic Success workshops throughout the residence halls:
- Boosting Academic Motivation
- Creative Memory and Note Taking Skills
- Lecture Note Taking
- How Do I Show What I Know
- Taking a Multiple Choice Test
- Increasing Reading Efficiency: Rate and Comprehension
- Improving Your Reading Skills
- Memory Skills
- Study Skills and Writing Term Papers
English Writing Assistance
An English Writing Assistant, trained by the Writing Center, helps students develop term papers and research papers five nights a week in the residence halls. Students do not need to set up an appointment and are encouraged to utilize this service.
| Sunday | Hapner Kellogg Room | 7-10pm |
| Monday | North Hedges Conference Room C | 7-10pm |
| Tuesday | Hapner Kellogg Room | 7-10pm |
| Wednesday | Hapner Kellogg Room | 7-10pm |
| Thursday | North Hedges Conference Room C | 7-10pm |
3.0 Club
Residents who sign-up for the 3.0 Club commit to attain a 3.0 or higher G.P.A for the Fall semester. Participants will receive a monthly Academic Success newsletter filled with academic tips and campus resources. Successful students will receive a 3.0 Club prize, a letter congratulating them on their induction in the 3.0 Club, and have their name published in a newsletter that goes out to the Residence Hall Community.
The purpose of this program is to encourage residents to set an academic goal for themselves. Residents will also receive information on the resources available to help them achieve their goal.
Last Lecture Series
Each month a selected faculty or staff member will present his/her last lecture to residence hall students. Presenters are given the license to say what they would say if this were truly their last lecture. Lectures will be hosted in various halls throughout the year.
Academic Theme Floors
For many incoming freshmen, the transition from an intimate high school setting to a university environment can be a daunting task. With the goal of easing this transition, the Residence Life Department at Montana State University has established academic theme floors within the residence halls. The reason for establishing academic theme floors is so that residents of these floors have a smoother transition to university life and to help them achieve greater academic success.
An academic theme floor is for students interested in being around others with similar academic interests. Rather than finding their way through class projects, research papers, and exams alone, students become part of a close community of students who are experiencing similar educational challenges and transitional issues. When you live on an academic theme floor you:
- Live with 30-50 students with similar majors
- Have great opportunities to make friends and study partners
- Have access to a peer academic assistance
Who should live on an academic theme floor?
Living on an academic theme floor will benefit students who have chosen a major, as well as students who are still undecided. Residence Life will offer the following academic theme floors for Fall semester 2009:
Art & Architecture
The Art & Architecture Floor is open to declared Art or Architecture majors as well as
non-Art/Architecture majors interested in exploring a Art/Architecutre related field.
Students living in this community will benefit from the social and academic support of other
first year students.
Engineering
Majors and careers in Engineering are demanding and competitive. You can give yourself an
edge when you choose to live on the Engineering theme floor in Hannon and Langford Halls.
Engineering theme floor residents will be exposed to Engineering faculty members
as well as upper division students to help them during their academic career. In-hall academic advising
and study sessions will also be provided.
Business
If you are interested in pursuing a program of study or career in business, this community may be for
you. Business floor participants will have access to in-hall English tutoring, study sessions, and
evening presentations by business faculty and local business leaders. This co-ed floor will be designed
to provide career exploration and exposure to other majors that allow for a
career in the business field.
University Studies Freshman Year Experience Floor
The Freshman Year Experience Floor is a co-ed floor open to students enrolled
in the University Studies program. Students living on this floor must be enrolled in one of four special
sections of US 101-US. Resident Advisors will integrate the course curriculum into floor activities and
programs. This floor is a great option for students interested in exploring the topics of critical
thinking, the value of a college education, major and career planning, 21st Century Global Issues,
interpersonal communication, and college success.
Health Professions
The Health Profesisons Floors located in Hapner and Langford Halls are designed to promote
exploration of issues and opportunities in the health professions such as nursing, physical therapy,
physician, physician assistant, dentist, pharmacist, health care worker or administrator. Women in
Hapner Hall and men in Langford will enjoy activities including in-hall academic advising, floor study
groups, in-hall test preparatin, career planning, tutoring and othe ronsite resources.
What are the benefits of Academic Theme Floors?
- Students with similar majors live next door, or right across the hall
- Students have great opportunities to make friends and study partners
- Many students will be taking classes together while living together which promotes a smooth transition to university life and academic success
- Academic theme floor participants will have access to peer tutoring and additional faculty support
