res liFe Come On In By Keith Becklin and Summer Priest Greek life and residence life can work together to create a better student experience. Greek life and residence life share the basics of building community and student leadership. As with any higher education institution, collaboration among departments within student affairs is often difficult and challenging. Due to innate differences between the offices of fraternity and sorority life and residence life, collaboration can be anything but simple. Because communitybuilding and programming are already built in to fraternity and sorority life, residence life staff working with Greeks face a different set of challenges keeping students engaged and connected to the non-Greek community and the institution. However, through strong collaboration, Greek organizations and residence life can share their knowledge and work together to enrich the lives of students. staFFing struCtures Residential housing has been a mainstay on college and university campuses for hundreds 18 TalkiNg STick texas Christian University