Community Life
Residential Life
Residence Hall Staff
Housing
Additionally, the Residential Life office oversees a number of tasks that influence residential life at Notre Dame, including coordinating and assigning housing for all on-campus undergraduate and graduate students, as well as maintaining the wait list for on-campus housing. The Office of Housing also administers the summer housing assignments for all summer students and guests. Staff work cooperatively with other University departments throughout the year to ensure the physical maintenance and security of the residence halls and to assist with the selection, supervision, and training of hall staff members.
- Administrative Office: 2nd floor of Duncan Student Center
- Phone: 574-631-5878
Graduate Student Life
The office of Graduate Student Life exists to connect Notre Dame graduate students to resources, experiences, and community life to support their success and holistic well-being. More information can be found here: https://gradlife.nd.edu/
Family Resource Center
The Notre Dame Family Resource Center (FRC) provides support services to married, parenting, and/or pregnant students to ensure all families thrive at Notre Dame. Through year-round educational and social programming, the FRC is dedicated to building community for Notre Dame’s married, parenting, and/or pregnant students and their families at Beichner Hall. Information about the Family Resource Center can be found here: https://frc.nd.edu/
Office of Student Enrichment
The Office of Student Enrichment (OSE) was founded in 2016 and exists to ensure all students have the opportunity to flourish at Notre Dame.
Born from the heart of the University's mission to care for the whole person, the Office of Student Enrichment is designed to:
- Help students acclimate and adjust to a collegiate environment
- Provide access to all things that make the Notre Dame experience special
- Enable every student to reach their full potential
By offering personal support, social enrichment, and growth opportunities for high-achieving and under-resourced students, the Office of Student Enrichment hopes to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for each student to reach their full potential. Programs address students' academic, social, and professional development needs, and address topics like peer mentoring, financial literacy tools and training, career discernment and resources, helping student navigate Notre Dame and college life, and networking at Notre Dame and beyond.
- Website: studentenrichment.nd.edu
- Email: enrich@nd.edu
- Staff Directory: https://studentenrichment.nd.edu/contact-us/
- Administrative Office: 204 LaFortune Student Center
- Phone: 574-631-3406
Off-Campus Life
The South Bend area offers a number of opportunities for students to engage in the local community.
Additionally, the Off-Campus Connector, a website jointly sponsored by Student Government and Student Affairs, is a resource developed by the Off Campus Council which aims to aid and inform students as they explore living off-campus.
Residential Life employs an assistant director to support students off-campus. For more information, visit the Off-Campus Resources website.
The University of Notre Dame also offers find.nd.edu, a comprehensive website with information about the South Bend Area. The website includes topics such as: arts and entertainment; education and family; food and drink; government and business; health and personal care; housing and home services; parks and recreation; religion and volunteerism; and, travel and lodging.
Office of Community Standards
The Office of Community Standards educates the campus community on expectations for student conduct and administers formative and developmentally-based opportunities rooted in the Holy Cross tradition to challenge students to reflect on their choices, take responsibility for their actions, and understand the balance between the needs of the individual as well as the University community.
- Website: communitystandards.nd.edu
- Email: ocs@nd.edu
- Staff Directory: communitystandards.nd.edu/about/
- Administrative Office: 306 Main Building
- Phone: 574-631-5551