The Faculty friends program brings together students and faculty outside of the typical teaching experience in the classroom. Since 1994, Residential Life has invited all faculty to participate in students’ lives in their campus living room! Faculty can become as involved as they want by actively participating in the hall programs, lectures, and fun events. Faculty Friends are leaders, mentors, teachers, advocates, role models and friends.

How Can I Get Involved?

Here are just a few ways that faculty friends can get involved:

Lead a discussion group on your favorite topic (academic or personal)	Attend theater/music/dance performances with residents
Go to dinner in the dining halls with residents	Hold a study session in the residence halls
Attend a hall program	Discuss your favorite movie or book with students
Participate with students in campus events	Show students how you spend your free time
Share your research

Want to become a Faculty Friend? Click here for an application

Questions? Contact Academic Programs Coordinator Rebecca Rogge at rrogge@lsu.edu

Benefits for Faculty:

The Faculty Friend experience is unique and rewarding. Faculty Friends…

• positively influence students’ exploration of social issues on campus
• develop effective relationships between students and faculty in and out of the classroom (McCluskey-Titus 2005)
• serve as a positive role model for adult behavior (Armstrong 1999)
• provide quality out of classroom experiences to better student-faculty relations
• share intellectual interests with undergraduate students
• receive recognition for your hard work and dedication through Welcome Receptions, Faculty Friend Appreciation Days, and other programs dedicated to you
• help students succeed! It has been shown that faculty/student interaction can positively impact retention, graduation rates, GPAs, and more! (Astin 2001)

Here is what some Faculty Friends have said about the program:

“I have enjoyed meeting the students and having a rollicking good time cooking, talking, laughing, and learning. I have always been impressed with the maturity and dedication of the residence hall staff. I’ve been teaching some cooking classes and I participated in a couple of great discussions last semester about the summer reading program book Mountains Beyond Mountains.”

Questions? Contact Academic Programs Coordinator Rebecca Rogge at rrogge@lsu.edu