It’s the residential college for kinesiology majors, but you can just say it’s “rockin’.”
Six floors up in Taylor Place, RCKIN provides a home for students studying kinesiology. The program is designed to help those students get the most out of their first year at ASU.
The residential college program, in its inaugural year, was designed to create a health-oriented freshmen community, said Student Support Specialist Sara Christenson.
“(The program is designed) to help facilitate academic foundations and create social relationships so students will be happy in their degree, stay in the degree and ultimately learn more about what they will be doing as future health care professionals,” Christenson said.
RCKIN is part of the kinesiology program’s effort over the past few years to better prepare its students for graduate school. The major joined the College of Nursing and Health Innovation in 2010 and moved to the Downtown campus this year.
Last year, the kinesiology major found its new home in the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion Downtown and joined the College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Freshmen began taking classes on the Downtown campus this year.
“The residential community allows us to foster a sense of cohesion,” said kinesiology professor Tannah Broman.
RCKIN is similar to many other residential communities already on the Downtown campus, like Cronkite Village and Barrett, the Honors College, which provide its residents a support network.
Freshman kinesiology student and RCKIN resident Alexa LeMay said she’s already felt the benefits of living on the floor.
“I always have someone to go to,” she said. “It’s a comfortable environment and I know that I have support through school.”
While RCKIN is geared toward kinesiology majors, the residential college is also home to students of other health-related majors. Exercise and wellness as well as pre-health sciences students are among them.
Freshman Steven Vaughn, an exercise and wellness student, was thrown into the residential college. He said he was unsure if he even belonged in the residential college, but he said being a part of it has been a lot of fun.
“Everyone is outgoing and friendly,” he said. “People are really connected, watch movies and go out. I really enjoy it.”
Contact the reporter michelle.rivas@asu.edu
