RBC Student Housing Perspective: Daniel
Posted On May 01, 2025
Daniel Dalton is a freshman living in the RBC residence hall. We sat down with Daniel to ask him how living on campus has impacted his experiences as a student.
What’s your favorite thing about living in the residence hall?
This is my second semester in the RBC residence hall, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here. What I enjoy most about living in the dorms is the proximity to the rest of campus life. For example, if I forget to bring something to Founders Hall on a particular day, I can easily go and get it within five minutes.
Can you describe a typical day in the dorms?
A typical day in the residence hall varies depending on the students in your suite. Each suite has four bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as a common living area and kitchen. But some suites are more social while others are more reserved. My suite is one of the quieter ones. We occasionally have people over for dinner or a movie, but for the most part, we value our suite as a place to rest after a long day at school or work.
How has living in the dorms helped you build relationships and experience community?
Living in the dorms has helped me develop communication skills and deepen the friendships I have with my peers. You can only know someone so well when your interactions are limited to the classroom. But when you share a kitchen or a washing machine, it helps you develop those relationships even further.
How do you balance your academic work with life in the dorms?
Learning to balance academics and resident life is definitely one of the harder aspects of moving into the residence hall. Since we do not have a dining hall, residents have to manage their time and money for themselves—scheduling time to make meals and go to the store. On the academic side of things, I generally try to keep my suite as a place to relax and recharge. When it comes time to do schoolwork, I usually study in our library or outside. I find separating school life from dorm life helpful for best prioritizing the work in those respective areas.
What do you enjoy most about living alongside your peers?
One thing I personally enjoy about the residence hall is the emphasis on community. The hall I live in is especially social. It’s never a strange thing to walk into a suite and see people from across the hall talking about life or engaging in a friendly theological debate. Having apartment-style dorms really helps bolster the residence hall community. Instead of having cramped, one-room dorm rooms like most colleges, the students living in the RBC residence hall have room to escape the bustle of normal college life while also entertaining social events.
What advice would you give to someone moving into the dorms for the first time?
A piece of advice I would give to future residents is to find your balance between social events and personal time. Don’t oversell yourself by doing too many social activities and then reap the negative consequences when it’s time for class. At the same time, don’t be a hermit who is always caught up with school but never takes advantage of all the fun things there are to do here!
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