Resident Advisor Application Response Responses

People are taught to “forgive and forget” in order to be happy, afterall living with a grudge can being a serious damper in ones life.

As Senior Class Vice President, I serve the senior class by planning homecoming activities and using social media to keep our class

For me, the Student Government Association is not just a student organization. I believe that it is a place for enthusiastic students to share their thoughts and give input on the major aspects of USD. While our school is already amazing, there are still things that can improve. Because of my motivation and desire to make USD the best, I want to serve on SGA. SGA would provide me with the tools to help express not only my views, but also my peers as well.

Forgiveness is very important throughout life. If people don't forgive, they are going to be stuck in the past always remembering about the mistake that person did. Forgiving someone can make yourself feel better because you know you forgave that person and there's no negativity between you and that person.

Since, arriving at Rowan University I became at-home with Rowan’s diversity and efforts to make an impact on not only its students, but the local residents living in Glassboro too. Early in the Fall semester, I tried-out for the school’s Rugby and Ultimate Frisbee athletic teams, and ran for the Student Government position of Freshmen class Senator. I was trying to find my niche at Rowan and I found it when I joined the Pre-Med, Medlife and Pre-health society clubs. In addition, I ran for another student government position, Senator At-Large. I was elected into student government on November 7th and since then, I have felt like an active member in Rowan’s community. I first learned that Residential Learning and University Housing was looking for students to fill new Residential Assistants positions in a Senate meeting. Additionally, I’m very keen in becoming a Residential Assistant.

As a resident assistant, I upheld and am continuing to uphold University Housing’s mission of ensuring affordable, comfortable, secure housing on campus while promoting the academic success and personal growth of the residents. From crisis management to programming for the community, my responsibilities varied to be an enforcer of the policies but also to be a friend to all. I built quality relationships with each of my residents to establish an authentic community among the diverse population. Whether it was simply helping

I became a member of my school`s SGA during my freshman year in an effort to become more active in school life. The other members and I have done many activities to improve our school and encourage school spirit. We also did many fundraising activities for our school.

We had field day and other activities to bond as a dorm. Field day was where dorms compete against dorms. In our dorm, we came up of several cheers and dances, we designed our own team clothes and we helped each other get ready. This was one of the most memorable day for me, as we all worked as a team and cheered for each other. There were races like the three legged race, sack jump, spin race and much more. I was also able to gain more exposure and establish friendships with people from around the world. These ranges from California to Florida London to Germany, Indonesia to Dubai. These are some of my other

To me this is achieved through the programs offered, and the atmosphere that is created in the residence halls. For example, last year my RA was very good at updating the bulletin board frequently (maybe it is because someone was ripping it down constantly but that’s another story). The bullet board was often about health related things such as not gaining the freshmen 15, how to achieve a safe sex life, how harmful the alcohol actually was for us residents, etc. In this way I learned a lot about preventative thing, but also by creating a community environment I learned a lot about myself. Education is the most important thing why were her at Union, but for many of the first year residence we were away from home, living by yourself for the first time and so we had a lot of personal growth to do, such as learning how to do laundry for yourself (I was guilty of this), how to advocate for our needs, etc.

I believe one of the key components of a healthy residence hall would be respect for one another. I have found that there will always be people in your hall that don't get along all the time and have different opinions and beliefs. To create a safe and healthy environment it's important that there is a mutual respect among everyone. With that mutual respect brings another key component which is trust. Living in a hall closely with several other people your life is put on display for others to see and you have to be able to trust others with your personal information and with personal belongings. Without this trust it is hard to feel safe in the place you are living in which can cause emotional and relational problems. Another important key

On the other hand, there have been times when I feel like I am not excelling at this job. I have some residents who are never on the floor and when I see them around campus, they do not acknowledge my presence. I have not been able to get them to schedule to a one on one or have even talked to them individually since move in day. Because of this, I feel like I am not making a big enough effort to get to know them or make them feel included. I realize that people are busy and maybe we simply have opposite schedules but it is hard to not have a person connection with every resident. On top of that, I have residents who are very social with me in and outside of the hall. I seem to have more of a relationship with them and I’m afraid that this is making other residents feel left out when they see me talking and laughing with another resident. In order to combat this, I have tried to include other residents when I see them and am interacting with someone else. I understand that it is difficult to have that relationship with every resident because some are open to that are some are not but it is hard to have that be out of my control. In the beginning, it was challenging for me to confront things that weren’t immediate. If someone’s music was too loud, I would justify it to

For me, friendship is a very important principle. Therefore, I am willing to forget the reason I was mad and ask and accept forgiveness. This is not always an easy thing to do, but I realize that the more I grow up, the more following my own principles becomes important. Thinking about what the other person means to me, if they're someone I want to keep in my life, asking myself whether staying angry or forgiving them is worth it or not, are principles that help me

1. Explain what draws you to work with college students and the personal attributes you bring to the student affairs profession. As part of Resident Adviser (RA) appreciation week, I received a picture frame filled with notes written by the residents of the hall with statements beginning with, “Most likely to…”. The notes contained little insights, both silly and serious, as to how I had impacted residents during my time as their RA.

Explain why you are interested in the RA position and what skills you possess that make you a good candidate for the position.

First and foremost, thank you for being here in support of the student government association. I want to thank our amazing dean Edina for encouraging me to run for vice president of SGA. Many people have asked me why I am running for vice president. Would you ask a fifth grader if he is going to go to the 6th grade? No right because they have to keep going to the next level. Ever since I came to the University of Bridgeport, I constantly looked for ways to become more involved and to keep having an impact in the university. Every year, here at the University of Bridgeport I am involved in something new. Whether it's being an OL, President of a Club or even starting a chapter/club which is known as the food recovery network, with the help of my peers. The food recovery network have recovered more than 300 pounds of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.