Prospective Community Directors
Welcome From the Committee
Community Director Position
The Community Director (CD) oversees a dynamic living-learning residential area for either first-year, transfer, second-year, or continuing students. The CD assists in the administration and management of the overall residence life program through serving approximately 2700 residents across campus. Additional information can be reviewed in the Community Director Position Application.Benefits
All of our Community Directors receive a meal plan and housing. Additional information on USD's employment benefits can be found here. View the video below to see where you could be living as a Community Director!
- Several apartments have been renovated with new flooring & appliances since this video was made.
- Furniture can be changed or switched out with our facilities team.
- All areas named “Missions” have been renamed to “Valley”
- Not shown: Alcala Vistas Apartments (similar to Manchester)
How have our community directors impacted student leaders?
"From an RA perspective, I really view community directors as our team leaders. They help to guide us, delegate tasks and responsibilities, and help develop a positive staff dynamic among the RAs. They truly make the functioning of our ResEd department possible."
- Jason
"My CD has helped me as a student leader by being a positive role model who embodies what it means to be a caring, compassionate, and invigorated leader. From team staff work to individual one and one's, my CD has been supportive and understanding of my circumstances and situations, respectful of my identities, and helps me to feel more confident and supported in my student leader position. When working with other CDs during student leadership and development training, I feel the same level of support and care given to myself and the work that we are doing. It is reassuring and affirmative to have other staff members share their experience and wisdom with myself and other younger student leaders, and I know that the ResEd experience would not be the same for student leaders or residents without the many contributions CDs and ACDs make in front of and behind the scenes."
- Elizabeth
"CDs have provided guidance during duty and when taking care of incidence reports and other issues. Beyond that, they have provided support and made the student leaders feel heard. CDs have encouraged education on many unspoken topics during training which provided reassurance to me as I am a minority at a PWI."
- Nina
Meet the Search Team
Tyler Crisman, Director of Residential Education, tylercrisman@sandiego.edu
Sydney Pidgeon, Executive Assistant for Residential Life and New Student Programs, spidgeon@sandiego.edu
IC Ulep, Community Director for Manchester Village, iulep@sandiego.edu
Allie Polk, Community Director for Valley Apartments, apolk@sandiego.edu
David Santos, Asst. Community Director for Valley Apartments, dsantoscastillo@sandiego.edu
Meet the Residential Education Team
How to Apply
You can apply through the USD human resources website at https://jobs.sandiego.edu/en-us/job/494309/community-director (Job Posting #3001). If you have any questions regarding the job posting, do not hesitate to contact the CD Recruitment Chairs, Tyler Crisman (tylercrisman@sandiego.edu), and IC Ulep (iulep@sandiego.edu) for more information.
Reasons to Live in San Diego
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Tour of San Diego with the 2020 CD Team
Tour of USD’s residential communities with the 2020 CD Team
Live-In Partners & Families for Professional Staff
Live-in professional staff may live in their university-provided staff apartment with their married spouse, registered domestic partner, and/or their legally dependent children. Questions can be directed to the Director of Residential Education.
Pets and Approved Animals for Professional Staff
Unfortunately, pets are not permitted in the residence halls at this time. The university does comply with all local, state, and federal laws and ordinances pertaining to service animals as well as animals documented and approved for wellbeing reasons. Questions can be directed to the Director of Residential Education.