GPI - David Case - Area Director, Residence Life and Housing
By Sarah Parron
Staff Writer
What is your academic and professional background?
I graduated from Framingham State with a bachelor's degree in 2009. I was an RA for 2 ½ years and I was a transfer student. Then I started working here in January of 2012. I was a residence director in O’Connor. I did that until the building closed as a residence hall in the spring of 2016, and then moved down to West Hall. I oversaw West Hall, Horace Mann Hall, and Peirce Hall, until the summer of 2025, when I moved over to Miles Bibb.
What are some of your responsibilities that you have in this role?
I'm responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the residence life program within the last signed residence - also Miles Bibb, in this instance. What that functionally translates to is supporting resident students who live in the building. I help them with questions they might have about resources that we have on campus. If they tell me about problems we're having, I point them towards resources like CASA or the dean's office. I help them with roommate conflicts that they might have or other interpersonal conflicts they might have within the residence hall. I adjudicate conduct cases. So if there's a policy violation that someone may have committed, we meet with them to help support them through that process, but also to make sure they're aware of the impact that they are having on possibly themselves, but also the community. I oversee the security desk attendant staff and our resident assistant staff. So I help the RAs with questions that they might have about things that we're doing, or helping them with the programs that they plan for the residency events that are in the residence hall to make sure that those programs are both fitting the needs of the residents, but also it'll get planned and be able to be accomplished.
What is your favorite part of this role?
I really enjoy seeing students come in as freshmen and they get involved with things and they grow and they develop and they become their own independent person and then graduate. And knowing that I've played a part in that through the 4 years that they've been here has been really meaningful and significant to me.
What are hobbies and activities that you do outside of your job?
Outside my job, I love spending time with my dog. Playing fetch with her is great or going on hikes with her is really good. She wrapped up her New Hampshire 4,000 footers last summer over on West Bond. So that was a fun journey to get her there. And then I enjoy riding my bike, too. So I have a couple of road bikes I enjoy and occasionally, we'll get out on my mountain bike and enjoy some of the local trails. Both off-road, like mountain bike trails, and then stuff like Bruce Freeman or Mass Central, and getting out on those. [You can follow David’s dog on Instagram @Nieuportthegoldendoodle]
Do you have any advice for students?
So, it depends a little bit, like, where they are on their journey. Juniors - I'm always telling them it seems like you've got all the time left in the world, but the doors are starting to close with the stuff that you're able to do. So when you start looking at the end of your fall semester or your spring semester junior year, if there's things you want to do, the applications for them are open and that's going to be the last time that they're open for you. For students who are freshmen or sophomores, it's to get involved. Join a club. Join an organization. Find the people that you want to be connected with and who help support you in that journey, whether that's people who live on your floor, people in classes or professors or people who work here. It's not a journey that you can make work on your own. Everyone here wants to see you be successful, and you have to reach out to those resources to be successful.
