Southern Wesleyan University - Resident Life

Resident Life

Student Life

Currently Dr. Joe Brockinton is the vice president for student life and has been there for several years. He resides over the student government (SGA), the student activities club (SAC), athletics, first year experience, counseling, retention, and overall student life. Under Dr. Brockinton there is Justin Carter, the Associate Vice President for Student Life, and a student life cabinet, which is made up of 6 directors. Some of the directors include Carol Sinnamon, Beth Stuart, Chris Williams, and Phillip Pranger. Dr. Joe's wife, Willa, also works at SWU as the Director for Conference Services. Southern Wesleyan's goal for student life is to integrate faith, living, and learning into students education and to cultivate strong men and women who desire to embody the character of Christ.

Resident Directors

One of the directors is the director for resident life named Phillip Pranger. Phillip Pranger has currently been at Southern Wesleyan for 5 years as the head Resident Director (RD). He is the main RD for Mullinax residence hall and resides over three other RDs, which are Chris Collins, Jason Tegen, and Heather Cromer. Phil leads the "RA team", which is a team made up of all the RD's of the resident halls and all of the resident assistants. Each year Phil takes the RA team on two retreats, one at the beginning of the first and second semesters, to prepare the team for general student life. Phil instills in his team the importance of loving people and showing people God's love.

The RD for the Apartments is Chris Collins. Chris Collins is a recent Indiana Wesleyan graduate and is experiencing his first year at SWU as an RD. He is also head of Student Activities and the Student Activities Club (SAC) for SWU. The SAC has been highly important to the student life at SWU due to the various events that they put on and bring to student life. Some events have included concerts, American gladiators, super bowl parties, and New Year's Eve parties. SAC has a high amount of student involvement and input, which has been important to its success.

The RD for Stuart-Bennett since 2007 has been Jason Tegen. He, his wife of six years, Kelley Tegen and 11-month-old son Levi live on the first floor of the “Stu-B” dorm. Both Jason and Kelley are alumni of Southern Wesleyan University. Their job, like the other RDs, entails a lot of administrative work but the other big part of the job supports the idea of community and spiritual growth inside and outside the dorm.

Heather Cromer is in her first year as the RD of Childs Hall in 2010-2011. She and her husband Eric Cromer of 8 months are also alumni of Southern Wesleyan University. Heather graduated with an education major and played on SWU's volleyball team for three years. Eric graduate from SWU with Honors and ran Cross Country at SWU. Both Heather and Eric were Resident Assistants during their time at SWU. Heather is head over the female only dorm and hopes to build community and unity amongst not only her Childs girls, but also with the other students around campus.

Resident Assistants

Resident Assistants (RA's) at SWU play an important role in student life. RA's live with the students in the dorms and are responsible for their safety and well-being while at SWU. Each semester RA's put on "hall events" which are events that engage students spiritually, socially, academically, and cross-culturally. Aside from hall events, RA's perform health and safety checks once a month and are required to be on duty in the dorms one night a week and a couple of weekends out of the semester. The main goal of the RA team is to aid and guide students in both their spiritual walk and general walk in life and show them God's love throughout their time at SWU.

Dining Services

The University offers a wide variety of Food in the Dining Commons which was built in 2003. It features a "Home style Hot(entree & sides) section, Pizza/Pasta, Grill, Rotisserie Fresh, Subzone,Soup&Salad Bar,Cook-to-Order, and much more. There is always something wonderful cooking here,with weekly Bonus Bites, and Monthly Specials. There is also a Snack Shoppe in the Student Life Center that houses a Coffee Shoppe proudly serving Starbucks beverages and a Grille to entice your appetite with favorites like the Warrior Burger and Fried Chicken Tenders as well as Wraps, Salads and Fresh baked cookies. These operations are managed by Pioneer College Caterers,a food Service Management Co. that serves Christian Colleges and Universities across the United States.