Leading From Within
Students are immediately given opportunities to lead within their residential community during their first year on Grounds through the Residential Leadership Experience (RLE).
Operated by Housing & Residence Life, RLE helps students develop a well-rounded set of practical leadership skills, provides opportunities to interact with faculty and staff across Grounds, and brings together motivated student leaders who are dedicated to serving the needs of their class.
Each RLE body is made up of students from a set of associated on-Grounds residence halls. The RLE is advised by the association's Senior Resident (SR), a student member of the Resident Staff Program who lives in the residence hall alongside Resident Advisors.
Students who join RLE make the residence hall feel more like home. They organize fun social programs and service opportunities, and develop a strong residential community. RLEs also collaborate with each other to create programming for entire residential areas, as well as across first-year and upperclass communities.
To join RLE, students run in the Residential Leadership Experience election in the fall.
RLE is overseen by the Vice Chair for Training and Development, an undergraduate student staff member of Housing & Residence Life. More information about RLE can be found on their Instagram page.
To learn more, join us at one of our upcoming RLE interest meetings!
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Olsson Hall Room 011
2-3 p.m.
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Warner Hall Room 104
4-5 p.m.