Working at UNL
• Residence Director apartments are fully furnished with living room, dining room and bedroom furniture. Some apartments have private, outside entrances.
• Our in-house Facilities Operations department provides maintenance service for the Residence Director apartments.
• The apartments are equipped with free local phone service and free full basic cable.
• You have both an office and personal phone line equipped with voicemail and caller ID. These lines ring in both your apartment and your office.
• Your office is not connected to your apartment. Your office is equipped with a new computer and internet access. Professional development funding is available for needed computer training.
• You are provided additional professional development funds to attend conferences and other professional growth opportunities.
• Fulltime employees, their spouse, or dependent children are entitled to 15 credits of tuition remission a year. Tuition remission for spouse and dependent children are for undergraduate credit hours only.
• When on duty, you are provided with a pager and cellular phone that allow you to leave campus while you are on duty.
• Some Residence Directors provide duty coverage in the hall during Thanksgiving and Winter breaks. RDs receive "comp days" for weekend and official University holidays on duty during this time.
• As a state employee, you would need to register your car in Nebraska and get a Nebraska driver's license within 30 days of moving to the state.
• The cost of your reserved parking stall is partially subsidized by the Residence Life department.
• The University of Nebraska system offers TIAA-CREF and Fidelity retirement programs as well as great health benefits including vision, dental and long-term care insurance options.
• The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a dry campus, therefore alcohol is not allowed in the Residence Director apartments.
• You are allowed to have non-dangerous fish as pets.
• If you are returning to the position the following year, you are able to stay in your apartment year round.
• All Residence Director apartments are wired for Internet access.
• You receive a 7day unlimited meal plan while you are on contract. Your meal plan is valid at any Housing dining centers on campus. Your spouse and dependents will also receive a 7 day unlimited meal plan while you are on contract with the department.
• As a University employee, Residence Directors receive a discount at the University Bookstore, the privately-owned Nebraska Bookstore, Alltel wireless services, and a free city bus pass.
Examples of RD offices:
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"Corn? Check. Long flowing plains with fertile soil? Check. Nice, welcoming people with an unprecedented dedication for their university? Check.That's right, you can have all this and more at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. To be honest, I had really only driven through the state of Nebraska once and that experience alone was not all that impressive. In all fairness, it was all interstate with not much scenery except stalks of corn taller than the Jolly Green Giant. This is exactly why I was hesitant about setting up an interview Nebraska, but boy am I glad that I did.
The most exciting part of working at the University of Nebraska is the people. The students here are energetic, involved, and committed to academics more than any other university that I have seen. On the other side, the faculty and staff are perfect matches, exerting the same commitment to the qualities that embody UNL. This is much demonstrated through our University Learning Communities. I've had the chance to supervise 11 of the communities, and the interaction with each respective college and faculty members is truly an engaging one, with high focus on the development of academic and social experiences.
When I look back at my experiences in my first year here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I can honestly say that I am proud to work for such a strong department that is deeply committed to achieving the university's goals and mission."
- Tom Sharp, Abel North RD
