About Us

Mission

Our mission is the creation of an academically supportive residential environment which challenges students to explore their commonalities and differences. We are student-centered in our endeavors and foster an educational community that respects and values our members, including students, staff and faculty. We support our students in their intellectual, moral and personal growth through the cultivation of responsible citizenship.

Core Values

Our Core Values are Diversity, Community, Scholarship, Citizenship and Personal Growth.

The Office for Residential Education live-in staff includes five full-time, professional Assistant Directors (ADs), over 20 Residence Coordinators and Assistant Residence Coordinators (RCs, ARCs), and approximately 160 graduate and undergraduate Resident Advisors (RAs). Seventeen of USC’s most prestigious faculty members and their families also live and work within the residential colleges, and over 100 faculty and student affairs professionals interact with residents as Faculty/Staff Mentors (FSMs).