Residential Well-being Student Leaders

Residential Well-being is seeking student leaders who are innovative, adaptable, and passionate about their own well-being and supporting others to serve on the Residential Well-being Student Leader team. We want students from varying experiences and backgrounds. We want sophomores, juniors, and seniors—artists, athletes, and aspiring engineers. If you have found your own unique path at Virginia Tech, we want you to join us.

What is RWB?

Residential Well-being creates intentional residential communities that are characterized by belonging, flourishing, compassion for self and others, and meaningful engagement in the Virginia Tech community. Learn more about Residential Well-being.

Why be a RWB SL?

Student Leaders in Residential Well-Being foster a welcoming, inclusive living community where every student can feel a sense of belonging. Each Student Leader serves as part of a team of peers and staff committed to supporting the well-being and success of individual students and the community. Specific duties for all Student Leaders include the following:

• Building meaningful relationships with residents and maintaining presence in the community
• Fostering connections and relationships among students in the community through individual programming, small-group discussions, programming, and conflict resolution
• Identifying opportunities for student engagement, in collaboration with other Student Leaders, Coordinators, and campus partners
• Providing support for residents and demonstrating an ethic of care and empathy by responding to crises, providing referrals to resources, helping students navigate university processes, and conducting ongoing follow-up with students after issues or concerns arise
• Responding to issues that arise in the community by providing on-call support, ensuring that facilities issues are addressed quickly, and documenting behavioral concerns and other issues
• Providing administrative support by assisting with tasks, including those related to housing administration

Focus Areas and Roles

Each Student Leader is assigned a focus area, such as ExperienceVT, Well-being, or Inclusion and Belonging, which informs the specific ways they fulfill their assigned duties.

Student Leader for ExperienceVT

The Student Leader for ExperienceVT is an “Involvement Influencer” who focuses on providing programming, engaging in conversations, offering resources, and facilitating activities that empower residents to create an intentional, customized experience based on their unique strengths, interests, and goals.

Student Leader for Well-being

The Student Leader for Well-being focuses on having intentional conversations, providing programming, offering resources, and facilitating activities that empower residents to take an active, holistic, and engaging day-to-day approach in all areas of their well-being, including physical, financial, social, career/purpose, and mental/emotional dimensions.

Student Leader for Inclusion and Belonging

The Student Leader for Inclusion and Belonging focuses on providing programming, resources, and activities that empower residents to share who they are and connect with and learn from peers with different backgrounds, identities, and perspectives.

New SL Applicant Short Answer Questions

Why do you want to be a Residential Well-being Student Leader? How does the Residential Well-Being Student Leader role fit into your overall experience at Virginia Tech and your future goals?

The following questions should be answered based on your personal preferences for each Student Leader content area including ExperienceVT, Well-being, or Inclusion and Belonging. You will rank your preferences in the application prior to this page, you will only answer the content questions for the content area(s) you rank.

• ExperienceVT: A goal of ExperienceVT is for all students to become involved in meaningful experiences, so they find their people and place at Virginia Tech. Please provide 1-2 examples of how as a ExperienceVT Student Leader you would help make this more likely to happen for all students in the residence halls?
• Well-being: A goal for all Well-being Student Leaders is to create an environment where all individuals feel supported around their well-being. Please provide 1-2 examples of how as a Well-being Student Leader you would help create an environment that encourages students to be healthier or more balanced in their well-being?
• Inclusion and Belonging: A goal for Inclusion and Belonging Student Leaders is to foster an inclusive and welcoming community that celebrates and supports the diverse identities of your residents? Please provide 1-2 examples or strategies you would implement to help create this type of environment?

If you are interested in being a Student Leader for a Living-Learning Program, you will answer the following short answer questions:

• First, you will indicate up to three Living-Learning Programs you are interested in supporting as a Student Leader.
• You will then answer the question: When reflecting on LLPs you identified, please address the skills, experiences, and ideas that you will contribute towards developing the community in each of these Living-Learning Programs.

Eligibility

• Must have a minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA and a semester 2.25 GPA
• Be in good standing with the University

Requirements

Student Leaders must be on campus for the following training and other dates:

• March 24-April 18, 2025 for Spring SL Seminar (Note: exceptions will be granted on a case-by-case basis for study abroad and other commitments off campus)
• August 5-18, 2025 for SL training
• August 19-21, 2025 for move-in

How to apply

Applications will open in StarRez on Wednesday, September 18. The application can be found in StarRez under ‘Employment Opportunities. Applications are due at 5 p.m. on Monday, October 7. Interested applicants should consider attending one of the following informational sessions.

Informational sessions

• Thursday, September 19: 6:30-7:30 p.m., 19 NCB 320
• Sunday, September 22: 5-6 p.m., via ZOOM
• Tuesday, September 24: 8-9 p.m., TORG 3100
• Wednesday, September 25: 6-7 p.m., HITT 338
• Monday, September 30: 7-8 p.m., NCB 320
• Friday, October 4: 5:30-6:30 p.m., Via Zoom

General Timeline

• New and Returner SL application submission period: Wednesday, September 18-Monday, October 7
• Interviews conducted: Thursday, October 24-Friday, November 1
• New, Returner and Alternate SL Offers Sent: Friday, November 22
• Offer Acceptance Deadline: Friday, December 6
• Housing Contract Deadline: Wednesday, December 11

RWB SLs receive

• Both the RWB Student Leader room rate ($3,816/semester) and technology fee ($197/semester) and an equivalent scholarship credit
• Twice monthly stipend of $222 for new employees, $238 for experienced employees

Questions?

• rwbsl@vt.edu
• 540-231-1139