Northwestern's residential college program is a unique housing system that provides students and faculty involved a sense of a small community and caring. This can be a determining factor in whether a person feels welcome into the college environment. The residential college system is administered by the Residential College Board, or RCB, which is a board of student elected officers from any of the residential colleges that help coordinate inter-residence events and host a formal every year. Each residential college has an individual style that makes them all unique and interesting.