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Tiffany Hudson: Well, I'm from Detroit and I always wanted to go to U of M because my
whole family went there so I decided that I was going to go to U of M. And then I wanted
to like, have a small school so Flint had dorms and I moved up here.
Qiana Smith: Having a smaller residential life system makes it easier to develop relationships
and get to know the students so, but we tend to have more activity, we tend to know the
students a lot better than we do at a larger institution. We know more about what they're
doing in their personal life so we can help and support them in those areas as well as
academically. So that's a nice part about having a smaller campus. The residence hall
this year is pretty active. There's a lot of students kind of out and about. We have
more students that stay on campus, um, on the weekends. So there's a lot of activity
from early in the morning til 4 o'clock in the morning the next day. The students are
really engaged in board games, anything that involves food, a lot of them are going shopping,
they're walking around the downtown area, a lot of socializing and getting to know each
other. Tiffany Hudson: Living with different people
from different cultures and getting to know different people and having to deal with different
attitudes, it makes you a better person. Asinda Gadzama: I know a lot of our international
students do live either in the residence halls or around um, the community. We're looking
forward to any changes they can bring to the university.
Ben Jones: You gotta basically become family with the other people in your dorm otherwise
there's going to be problems. I actually really like living in the dorm, um, got a nice, good
roommate and it's easy because most of my classes are right across the street. I like
the dorm life, always stuff to do, always people.
Tiffany Hudson: The dorms, you meet like more people. We're not only friends, we're like
family. We live together. It's like living in a house, a big house with your family and
you get to like wake up 5 minutes before your class. You don't have to wake up like 30 or
an hour before. Qiana Smith: Within the building, we're doing
a lot of programs around community. We brought in outside organizations. The Greek students
did an activity on our little patio area where you can learn about Greek life. We have resident
advisor that live in the buildings as well and they're doing a lot of programming with
students getting to know each other. Tiffany Hudson: I commend them for what they
do. They do a really good job. Especially in these dorms.
Qiana Smith: RAs, their role, is to be an assistant but also to role model appropriate
behaviors. What we really, really stress for them to do is to build that community piece.
Tiffany Hudson: So, yeah, a lot of people up here to help you. But it's up to you to
let them in. I would tell an incoming freshman that they should definitely move on campus.
It's a really good experience.