{"id":35,"date":"2018-03-01T17:31:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/housing\/staff\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:17:57","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/housing\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Housing & Residence Life Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director of Housing & Residence Life<\/h3>\"Ron<\/div>

Ron Mason<\/h3>\t\t\t

masonr@wcsu.edu<\/a>
\nStudent Center 222<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Director for Residential Programs & Staff<\/h3>\"Maribeth<\/div>

Maribeth Griffin<\/h3>\t\t\t

griffinm@wcsu.edu<\/a>
\nStudent Center 222<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Associate Director for Operations<\/h3>\"Kevin<\/div>

Kevin Brenzel<\/h3>\t\t\t

brenzelk@wcsu.edu
\nStudent Center 222<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Office Information<\/h3>\n
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Phone:\u00a0 \u00a0203-837-8533 or 203-837-8531<\/p>\n

Location:\u00a0 Midtown Student Center 222<\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0 housing@wcsu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Employment Opportunities<\/h3>\t\t\t

Please click below for information and opportunities for employment with Housing & Residence Life:
\n Professional Staff<\/a>
\n Student Staff positions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Housing & Residence Life Contact Information<\/h3>\t\t\t

Housing & Residence Life Offices – Student Center 222
\nPhone:\u00a0 203-837-8531
\nFax: 203-837-8529
\nEmail: housing@wcsu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Assistants to the Director \/ Resident Directors (RDs)<\/h3>\t\t\t

The Resident Directors (RDs) are full-time, live in administrative professional staff at Western Connecticut State University.\u00a0 They oversee students living in the halls, as well as activities and facilities. RDs provide advisement, counseling, and supervision for individuals, roommates, and other student groups.\u00a0 RDs work with the student staff of the building \u2013 Resident Assistants (RAs), Academic Resource Mentors (ARMs) and Information Desk staff \u2013 to create an environment that supports students academically, socially, and culturally.<\/p>\n

Resident Directors also serve in a variety of roles in the operation of the department, specifically in terms of the selection and training of RA and ARM staff, room assignments, and occupancy.\u00a0 RDs serve an on-call rotation so that a professional staff member is always available, even when offices are closed.\u00a0 Your resident director usually has office hours from 10 am \u2013 4 pm, Monday \u2013 Friday. Each has an office in his or her building where the bulk of these hours are spent, although they may from time to time be in meetings elsewhere on campus.<\/p>\n

Listed below is contact information for each building\u2019s RD and RA\/ARM staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Centennial Hall<\/h3>\n
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Ireland Gilmore, RD<\/h3>\n
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Email: gilmorei@wcsu.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: 203-837-8850
\nInfo Desk Phone:\u00a0 203-837-9240<\/p>\n

See more about Centennial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Grasso Hall<\/h3>\"RD<\/div>

Deyanna Williams-Barnaby, RD<\/h3>\t\t\t

Email:\u00a0 williamsbarnabyd@wcsu.edu<\/a>
\nOffice:\u00a0 203-837-8850
\nInfo Desk Phone:\u00a0 203-837-9854<\/p>\n

See more about Grasso Hall here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Pinney Hall<\/h3>\"Kyle<\/div>

Kyle Gildner, SCA<\/h3>\t\t\t

Email: gildner001@wcsu.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: 203-837-8677
\nInfo Desk Phone:\u00a0 203-837-8655<\/p>\n

See more about Pinney Hall here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Litchfield Hall<\/h3>\"LH<\/div>

Nancy Lys, RD<\/h3>\t\t\t

Email: lysn@wscu.edu<\/a>
\nPhone: 203-837-9060
\nInformation Desk : 203-837-9733<\/p>\n

See more about Litchfield Hall here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Newbury Hall<\/h3>\"James<\/div>

James Angelopoulos, RD<\/h3>\t\t\t

Email:
\nOffice: 203-837-8534
\nInfo Desk Phone:\u00a0 203-837-9237<\/p>\n

Please see more about Newbury Hall here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Fairfield Hall<\/h3>\"SCA<\/div>

Morgan Knight, SCA<\/h3>\t\t\t

Email: knight062@wcsu.edu<\/a>
\nPhone: 203-837-8537
\nInformation Desk : 203-837-9236<\/p>\n

See more about Fairfield Hall here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Resident Assistants (RAs)<\/h3>\t\t\t

\"\"\"\"Resident Assistants at WCSU are trained in helping skills and interpersonal relations.\u00a0 They conduct floor\/section meetings in addition to meeting with residents as needed on a one to one basis. The meetings could be related to academic, social, or personal progress (as related to college life). As always, RAs will be available to assist residents with maintenance issues, to act as sounding boards or assist with mediations during roommate issues, and to be a general resource to residents regarding the University community, policy and procedures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Centennial<\/h3>\"Centennial<\/div><\/div>

Fairfield<\/h3>\"Fairfield<\/div><\/div>

Grasso<\/h3>\"Grasso<\/div><\/div>

Litchfield<\/h3>\"LH<\/div><\/div>

Newbury<\/h3>\"Newbury<\/div><\/div>

Pinney<\/h3>\"Pinney<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Academic Resource Mentors – ARMs<\/h3>\t\t\t

Academic Resource Mentors are student peers who play an integral role in the establishment of an academic environment in the residence halls. They are an essential component of the CULTURE program for the Department of Housing and Residence Life. In addition to providing programming in the residence halls, ARMs are available to assist them in obtaining information and providing resources about majors and academic programs at the University. The ARMs also coach residents through any issues they may have academically, providing them with a wealth of information on study skills and techniques to help them be more successful. Finally, the ARMs also work with Peer Academic Support System (PASS) volunteers to make sure the residents get the help that they need to succeed at WestConn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Student Administrative Assistants – SAA<\/h3>\t\t\t

The Student Administrative Assistant is involved in wide array of activities in the residence halls. There is one SAA per residence hall, and they are responsible for recruiting, training, supervising, and conducting desk staff meetings, creating and editing schedules, working at the desk when necessary, and assisting the Resident Director of their building in a variety of office related tasks and assignments. Some of these tasks include following up with residents on maintenance issues and entering priority points into the central database.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Info Desk staff<\/h3>\t\t\t

Info desk staff are an integral part of each residence hall. Workers are responsible for monitoring residents entering and exiting the buildings. They also sign all guests into the building and answer the many day to day questions that residents may have. Desk staff workers are supervised by the Student Administrative Assistant and the Resident Director of their residence hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Housing Office Assistants<\/h3>\t\t\t

Housing Office Assistants help in completing a wide variety of tasks in the operation of the Housing Office. They answer telephones, respond to emails, answer student and parental questions regarding housing, and assist the Housing Office Staff as needed. They are integral team members on our Housing and Residence Life team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Custodians<\/h3>\t\t\t

Each building has a hard-working custodial staff that cleans the bathrooms, lounges and other public areas of the buildings. They work Monday to Friday, and on Saturdays a custodian does a quick refresh and replenishes bathroom paper supplies. The custodians do not clean resident rooms, pick up garbage bags left outside doors or move\/store any furniture. Custodians report to a Supervising Custodian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Maintainers<\/h3>\t\t\t

Maintainers are responsible for minor repairs in the residence halls. The maintainers are busy people, charged with caring for all resident rooms, as well as public bathrooms, kitchens, lounges, and all the furnishings contained in the above mentioned areas. Please have patience when submitting Maintenance Request Forms and know that your issue will be handled in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n

There are also specialty trades staff (plumbers, electricians, HVAC) who work for Facilities, and will respond to maintenance requests as necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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