Residential Experience Leadership

Residential Experience Leadership and Staff

Dr. Edwin Hamada

Assistant Vice President for the Residential Experience

ehamada@coloradocollege.edu

The Assistant Vice President for the Residential Experience serves as the Senior Housing Officer (SHO) for the college in addition to supervising the Housing and Conference Manager, Maintenance and Projects Manager for Student Life, the Director of the Residential Experience, and the Director of Campus Safety.

Dr. Edwin Toshio Hamada, started his role as Assistant Vice President for the Residential Experience at Colorado College in September 2020. Prior to joining Colorado College, he served as Associate Dean of Students/Director of Housing and Residence Life at Washington State University. He also has worked in various capacities at the University of Washington, University of California - Irvine, and San Jose State University. He has a BA in Psychology from the University of San Francisco, a MS in College Student Personnel/Student Development from Western Illinois University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Washington.

He has served as a faculty mentor for ACUHO-I STARS College and values authentic, mentoring relationships. He looks forward to returning to a small liberal arts institution where he can get to know more students and staff. When he is not advocating for students and staff at work, he spends his time tinkering with a few classic cars and hiking with his wife, Sue, and their 2 dogs.

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Kim Taylor

Administrative Assistant

ktaylor@coloradocollege.edu

The Administrative Assistant provides administrative support to the Associate Vice President for Student Life and is responsible for managing the faculty apartments which provide temporary housing for visiting faculty. Kim also manages the annual Student Health Insurance Plan waiver/enrollment process for all CC students. Kim has worked at Colorado College since 2012.

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Samantha Soren 

Director

Housing & The Residential Experience

ssoren@coloradocollege.edu

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Jonothan Stephenson

Assistant Director

The Residential Experience

jstephenson@coloradocollege.edu

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Assistant Director

Housing

housing@coloradocollege.edu

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Kaitelynn Ng

Housing Programs Coordinator

kng@coloradocollege.edu

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Jamal Westry

Facilities & Maintenance Manager for Residential Housing

jwestry@coloradocollege.edu 

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Jeff Verhey

Residential Maintenance

jverhey@coloradocollege.edu

Jeff Verhey began working at Colorado College in 2002. He maintains South, CC Inn, Lennox, Synergy, Interfaith, Phi Gamma, Kappa Sigma, and 1018 N. Weber.

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Rich Wilson

Residential Maintenance

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Darnell Gayle

Residential Maintenance

Darnell began working at Colorado College in September 2019. He maintains Mathias, Arthur, Jackson and Breton.

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Contact Info

Bemis Hall, Room 139
920 N Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Housing:
P  (719) 389-6618
F  (719) 389-7258
housing@coloradocollege.edu

Front Desks:
Loomis Hall: (719) 389-6229
Mathias Hall: (719) 389-6254
South Hall: (719) 389-6300

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