Welcome to UW-Green Bay’s Area Coordinator (AC) Web site! This site has been created to help you learn more about our Area Coordinator position, our campus community and the greater Green Bay area. We take pride in our unique housing program  UW-Green Bay, and the opportunities it provides for our students and staff. We know that fit is important when looking for a professional live-in experience, so please take time to find out about our position and our community and see if it is right for you!

The campus and community are beautiful! The campus has a rural, north woods feel to it, but it is just minutes from the City of Green Bay with more than 200,000 people. Nature and environment are important to people in northeast Wisconsin, as is a strong work ethic, education, and family.

We know that the AC position at UW-Green Bay may not be for everyone. We also know it can be an incredible opportunity for a special few.  Our AC position offers unique opportunities to work in an AC team environment that most hall directors never experience.

Are you someone who would thrive in an environment where all the ACs have their offices in the Community Center, right next to each other? This gives ACs the opportunity to work collaboratively on many projects and work closely with many RAs outside of their area of responsibility.

Take your time and look at our campus and community websites. If you have any questions, feel free to call me or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you!

The Office of Residence Life
The Office of Residence Life provides affordable, attractive and safe living environments for approximately 2100 students in 25 buildings which include residence hall and apartment-style housing facilities.  The Residence Life Community Center serves as the front desk and hub of student activity in housing.  The Community Center houses Residence Life administrative offices, Area Coordinator offices, a multi-purpose programming room, conference rooms, an RA workroom, and resource room and a mailroom for resident mailboxes.

The Community Center
The Community Center provides a place for students to meet others, study, check out games and sports equipment, hold social activities or meetings, or just hang out. The multi-purpose room is available for watching TV, socializing, studying, and holding programs and activities.   In the evenings and weekends, the community center is staffed by student desk services staff members.  Resident Assistants, Community Advisors, and Area Coordinators are on call each evening in case of emergency.

Residence Life Mission Statement

The mission of the Office of Residence Life is to serve as an extension of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay's mission to educate; and to contribute to the recruitment, development, satisfaction, and retention of students at UW-Green Bay.

Residence Life Professional Staff

Our department is staffed by 17 professionals who comprise three teams.  For more information, visit the Residence Life Staff page.

Our Story
1970   Ground was broken for the Bay Apartments a complex of nine two-story buildings owned and operated by the builder, Public Facilities Associates, a division of Inland Steel Development Corporation.

1980  The University purchased the nine Bay Apartments and changed the name of the complex to University Village. The transaction enlarged the campus to 700 acres.  Eighteen Resident Assistants (RAs) were hired to work with the residents of the apartments.  There were no professional staff living on campus. 

Plans were soon underway to construct a series of residence halls, housing 60 students each in residence-hall style facilities with private bathrooms, a community lounge, a kitchen and a laundry room.  The construction was made possible through a non-profit organization, University Village Housing Incorporated (UVHI), which existed solely to develop student housing at UW-Green Bay.  

1985  Phase I – Residence Life broke ground for four small residence halls costing a total of $1.2 million.  The halls were built on a 38-acre parcel of land adjacent to the student apartment complex owned by the university. The four small residence hall buildings would be ready for occupancy by fall.  (Ted Lenfesty Hall, Josephine Lenfesty Hall, Arlene Walter Hall and Byron Walter Hall)

1987   Phase II - Three more residence halls were built and completed in 1987. When the buildings opened that fall, campus housing was available to almost 1,000 students.  (R. E. Small Hall, Cletus Vanderperren Hall and Robert Warren Hall)

1989  Phase III – The final construction of three more residence halls was completed by fall 1989.    (Donald Long Hall, Bob Schaefer Hall, James Temp Hall)

1989  Also saw the construction of a 2500 square foot Community Center which housed the Office of Residence Life administrative offices, Resident Assistant work area, a student computer lab, and a meeting/recreational space.  This Community Center served as the "front desk" to all of the residential buildings on campus.  

1994  Roy Downham Hall, our eleventh residence hall was completed and opened in the fall of 1994.  “Roy” was much larger than the other ten residence hall buildings previously built by the university.

1996 The Residence Life maintenance shop was constructed on the grounds of Residence Life.  The maintenance shop housed state-of-the art maintenance and repair facilities for a growing residential campus. 

1997, 1998   Phase IV begins - Plans for more apartment-style housing on campus came to fruition with the construction of John  Robishaw Hall in 1997 and Donald Harden Hall in 1998, which offered two, three, four, or five bedroom accommodations, full kitchens, private bedrooms, and private baths for 113 students.

1998 The Area Coordinator position was created and the first two Area Coordinators began work in July 1998.  The two ACs were hired as 9-month employees.  Until now, Resident Assistants and Community Advisors were responsible for after hour activities and crises, with the assistance of Public Safety.

2000    A third Area Coordinator was added due to the growing paraprofessional staff (50 RAs) and the growing needs of the campus population.

2002, 2003, and 2004 Phase V - Three contemporary apartments were constructed,  Ed Thompson Hall, Richard Liebl Hall, and Tom Haevers Hall offered students single bedrooms in four-person suites with full kitchens, living rooms, storage rooms, and housing a total of 366 students.

2003  The Area Coordinator position was changed from a 9-month to a 12-month position to allow the ACs to work uninterrupted through the summer Camps and Conferences schedule while preparing for yet another academic year.

2004  The Community Center opened with a whole new “wing” housing seven offices, a conference room, a copy room, bathrooms and an elevator on the second level, and a mailroom and vending vestibule on the lower level.  This addition allowed the Area Coordinators to move into the new “east” wing, while administrators were able to spread out throughout the “west” wing. 

2004     A fourth Area Coordinator joined the Community Development team.  The total campus population neared 1950 residents and 60 RAs.

2010     Our fourth contemporary apartment opened its doors.  Keith Pamperin Hall added higher ceilings and individual controls for heating and air conditioning to the previous style of contemporary apartments. 

2010   A fifth Area Coordinator joined the team this past fall.  This addition to our Community Development Team has allowed us to reduce the RA-to-AC ratio, also reducing the student-to-AC ratio.  

 
Today, UW-Green Bay’s Residence Life Program maintains 25 residence halls and apartments housing nearly 2100 students with a staff of five Area Coordinators and team of 63 Resident Assistants providing programs and services to the residential population.