Woodlee-Ewing Residence Hall

Built in 1984, Woodlee-Ewing Residence Hall is Bryan's largest residence facility, housing a capacity of 174 students.

This building is designed suite-style to accommodate two students per room, with every two rooms having a connecting bathroom. Each room's built-in furniture is arranged to provide two private study centers. All rooms are tiled and individually climate-controlled. Lounges, a kitchen area, a laundry room, storage facilities and a resident director's apartment complement the 87 student rooms.

Meet Woodlee-Ewing Resident Director Tim Shetter here.

Quick Facts about Woodlee-Ewing

Floors/Halls: 4 floors, 8 halls

Residence rooms: 87, seven rooms have private restrooms

Students per room: Two students per room, four per suite

Current Capacity: 174

Room Description: 13' x 17', Cinderblock walls and tiled floors

Furniture/Amenities: Bed, desk, chair, closet, and dresser 

Community Areas: Lounges on second, third and fourth floors (cable tv on third). Kitchen (refrigerator, stove, oven and microwave), laundry room (washers, dryers and ironing board) and community computer lab all housed on the first floor.

Showers per student: About one shower for every four men

Woodlee is well-known for: Being B.C.'s largest residence hall, and until 2006, serving as Bryan's only men's residence hall for most of the years since opening in 1984.

Woodlee's game of choice: Guitar Hero, Halo, Rook

Woodlee pastimes: You'll generally find a sporting event or sports show on Woodlee's televisions at any given moment or at least hear a conversation about something sports-related.

Woodlee-Ewing's Resident Assistants

Ben Young

Resident Assistant, Woodlee First Long

Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Major: Mathematics Secondary Licensure

Hobbies/Sports: Baseball

A word that describes you: sarcastic

Favorite tv show or movie: The Office

Favorite music or band: rock

Favorite Bible verse: Colossians 3:1-2

Where you want to travel: every major league baseball park

Something you want to do before you die: sky dive

Why you wanted to become an RA: I wanted to impact people's lives.

What you like about Bryan: You know just about everyone.

Ben is a senior and is beginning his third year serving as a resident assistant.

J.D. Davis

Resident Assistant, Woodlee First Long

Hometown: Fayetteville, Georgia

Major: Business Administration

Hobbies/Sports: Baseball and Basketball

Favorite tv show or movie: The Office and Band of Brothers

Favorite Bible verse: Hebrews 4:15-16

Where you want to travel: Australia

A famous person you've met: Ben Young and Michael W. Smith

J.D. is a junior and a first-year resident assistant.

Matt Dee

Resident Assistant, Woodlee Second Short

Hometown: Memphis, TN

Major: Christian Thought

Hobbies/Sports: I play JV soccer for Bryan. I enjoy beating on anything whether it be drums or my body. I love hiking, running, backpacking and almost anything active.

A word that describes you: I love talking as well as listening. I love to have fun and laugh but I also love to think seriously and deeply.

Favorite Food: My momma's orange marmalade chicken!

Favorite tv show or movie: I don't watch much TV but my favorite movie is probably Dejavue (thinker) or Amazing Grace (just plain good).

Favorite music or band: I really like two stark contrasts: Christian (Mercy Me, Casting Crowns, 33 Miles...) and Classic Rock (Led Zeppelin, U2, Journey...)

Favorite Bible verse: Probably Matt 5:41, "If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles"

Where you want to travel:  I would love to go to Israel.

Something you want to do before you die: Get married!

Any random fact about yourself: I've met the lead singer for Casting Crowns, Mark Hall.

Any random fact about yourself: I was home schooled my whole life because my kindergarten teacher wanted to flunk me.

Why you like being an R.A.: I have a great excuse to barge into people's rooms and talk!

What you like about Bryan: I love the students who have a passion to know God more and the professors who want to facilitate that passion.

Matt is a junior and is beginning his second year serving as a resident assistant.

Seth Flores

Resident Assistant, Woodlee Second Long

First Name: William

Hometown: Millington, TN

Major: Biblical Studies

Hobbies/Sports: Soccer and running

A word that describes you: Hyper

Favorite quote: "Where you are, be all there" - Jim Elliot

Favorite food: Stuffed Crust Pizza from Pizza Hut

Favorite TV show or movie: NCIS

Favorite music or band: Casting Crowns

Favorite Bible verse: "Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling." (I Samuel 25:29)

Where you want to travel: Back to Grand Basin,Haiti to relive my '09 Break for change trip.... 

A famous person you've met: Big Bird off of Sesame Street.

Any random fact about yourself: I have one eye that is blue and brown.

Why you wanted to become an RA: Love people, loved Master (Michael) Schroeder (former RA), love to serve

What you like about Bryan: The people.

Where do you like to eat the most: Chili's (Motlen Chocolate Cake) :)

Seth is a junior and a second-year resident assistant.

Deryk Rankin

Resident Assistant, Woodlee Third Short

Nickname: D-rock, D, The NDLJ 

Hometown: Knoxville, sorta

Major: Communications . . . for now

Hobbies/Sports: Fishing, swimming, ultimate frisbee and kickball aren't bad

A word that best describes you: Procrastinator

Favorite quote: "I've a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom" -Thomas Carlyle

Favorite food: Pizza

Favorite tv show or movie: Scrubs

Favorite music or band: I like any kind of music. I'm listening to Sigur Ros these days.

Favorite Bible verse: Philippians 2:1-11

Where you want to travel: Anywhere that has a beach with good fishing and a hammock

Something you want to do before you die: Kick an armadillo out of an airplane, and then jump after it. With a parachute, or course.

A famous person you've met: Matt Hinkin, the weatherman

What made you want to be an RA: Building strong bonds with other guys on my hall during my freshman year, and realizing how important relationships are from that.

Any random fact about yourself: I shaved my tongue as a kid.

What you love about Bryan: The emphasis on growing in one's relationship with Christ.

If you were trapped on an island with a talking dolphin, would you eat it: Immediately.

Deryk is a junior and a first-year resident assistant. 

Ryan Smith

Resident Assistant, Woodlee Third Long

Hometown: Helena, MT

Major: Music Administration

Hobbies/Sports: Music, Golf, Hiking

A word that describes you: Happy

Favorite food: Anything Italian

Favorite TV show or movie: The Office

Favorite music or band: Anything but country

Favorite Bible verse: 1 Corinthians 16:13

Something you want to do before you die: Jousting

Any random fact about yourself: I love washing cars

Why you wanted to become an RA: I became an RA so that I can help students to have a exciting and fulfilling experience at Bryan

What you like about Bryan: Everything :)

Ryan is a senior and is beginning his second year serving as a resident assistant.

Matt Wiggins

Resident Assistant, Woodlee Fourth Short

Nickname: "Wiggy"

Hometown: Hampton, Virginia

Major: Christian Ministry

Hobbies/Sports: Drums, Music, Eating/Football, Soccer, Basketball, and Baseball

A word that best describes you: Passionately Cheerful

Favorite quote: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke

Favorite food: Buffalo Wild Wings Spicy Garlic and Hot BBQ Wings.

Favorite tv show or movie: 24/The Bourne Trilogy

Favorite music or band: Switchfoot

Favorite Bible verse: Romans 8:38-39 – “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Where you want to travel: London, England, Vienna, Austria, Tuscany (the Italian Country side)

Something you want to do before you die: Go to the Olympics, and visit Mount Everest.

A famous person you've met: Many Christian Bands, such as Leeland, Big Daddy Weave, Sonic Flood, Jars of Clay, Tree 63, and Bethany Dillion.

What made you want to be an RA: To impact the lives of students for Christ.

Any random fact about yourself: I LOVE playing the drums!!!!

What you love about Bryan: The enormous sense of family.

Nicholas Pacurari

Nickname: Nick

Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL

Major: Christian Ministries

Hobbies/Sports: Basketball, Fishing, Golfing, and a little of everything else. 

A word that best describes you: Jocular

Favorite quote: Dr Seuss - “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

Favorite food: Hard question..... Wings

Favorite tv show or movie: Burn Notice

Favorite music or band: The Fray right now

Favorite Bible verse: Proverbs 16:9 – “The mind of man plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.” AND Romans 7:17 – “So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.”

Where you want to travel: Through Germany to all the majors battles and cities of WWII and missions work in Africa.

Something you want to do before you die: There’s not just one thing I can think of. There is a lot I want to do before I die.

A famous person you've met: Richard Morgan Fliehr ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair)

What made you want to be an RA: I want to be able to serve others.

Any random fact about yourself: I was ranked 2nd in the State of North Carolina during my second year of wrestling when I was in elementry school.

What you love about Bryan: Matt Wiggins.........lol. The enviroment is what drew me into Bryan.

Matt Who? MATT WIGGINS.

Nick is a sophomore and a first-year resident assistant.