‘It keeps us young’: Faculty-in-residence discuss living with students on campus

Accountancy professor Ed Hums and his wife Shirley are part of the faculty-in-residence program, which was established in 2013 to foster more interaction between students and faculty. In an article for the Observer, Hums and his wife express how they strive to be a source of guidance for the students in their hall and how being around the students keeps them young and makes them feel more like they're a part of a community.

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