By LAUREN HALLIGAN
New Editor
Meet Area Coordinator Julianna Hart, another new addition to the ResLife staff! Hart is the new AC for Zone 3, which includes Lima Hall, Golub Hall, Kelly Hall, Collins Hall, Kateri Hall, 188 Partridge, 210 Partridge, and Maginn Hall. A Mansfield University grad, Hart joined the Saint Rose Resident Life professional staff in July, and is eager to become involved with the community.
When a phone call from Director of Residence Life Joe Pryba came earlier in the year with a job offer from Saint Rose, Hart immediately accepted the position.
Upon her first visit, “I fell in love with the campus,” said Hart, adding that the overall vibe reminded her of a big family. Hart welcomes anyone to say hello on campus, or stop by her office to chat. One of her goals for the semester is to get to know not only her residents, but the other students and staff who also spend time on the Saint Rose campus.
Another of Hart’s goals is “to get to know Albany and become a part of the community.” Hart looks forward not only to exploring all aspects of the Saint Rose community, but of the Albany area at large. A self-proclaimed “foodie,” Hart hopes to try all of Albany’s dining hotspots.
Previously, Hart worked for a Resident Life office as a graduate student at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. Formerly a go-between for RAs and ACs, she has experience with staff meetings, roommate conflict resolution, room changes, key replacement, updating rosters, and a lot of administrative tasks. While administrative tasks are still a part of her job, Hart is eager to interact with students as well. “That’s why I love this job,” she said.
As an area coordinator, Hart’s job consists of three main types of duties: working closely with RAs whom she supervises, working with the facilities staff to make sure that residential rooms, buildings, and grounds are up to par, and working with the campus judicial system when situations arise.
Now an integral part of the Resident Life staff, a group of professionals who strive to make Saint Rose feel like a home, Hart can personally attest to the idea of the “Saint Rose difference,” on campus. “I really have seen the difference here,” Hart said.
New to the college herself, Hart’s best advice to incoming freshman, transfer students, or anyone on campus is to simply “keep an open mind.”
