Statement: Sense Of Community And Advocacy For TWU Students

What does community really mean? The definition of community is, “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.” I believe community is more than just a definition. Community means sticking together and accepting those within the community

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As a DC-CAP College Representative I will advocate on campus centered on the relationship I have established with Housing and Residence Life throughout the years. Currently, I am a Resident Advisor (RA) and a member of Residence Hall Association (RHA) both concerning housing. My role as an RA is to foster the community, provide academic support, being attentive to safety and security of the residents, and to serve as an overall counselor to the residents. Also, as an RA I develop programs that educate and encourage residents to build relationships. Furthermore, as a member of RHA my role is to develop residence hall policies, programs, and be the voice for all residence hall students and address the concerns of all the residents.

SPPV (1949) focuses on the education of a student being the responsibility of the student but responsibilities of student affairs professionals in coming to the forefront of the education process (Carpenter, 2011). SPPV (1937) focus on the student as a whole person including physical condition, relationships, vocational skills, emotional stability, and moral and religious values (ACE, 1937). However, SPPV (1949) was written shortly after the end of World War II and the authors seemed to focus more on democracy and the change in student population at the university level (ACE, 1949). After World War II many of the returning veterans took advantage of the GI Bill and now student affairs professionals were dealing with a more

This is one of the most difficult student positions to hold and to perform well, and still have a social life. As a RA you are called on to do a mutilate of tasks that need to be done in a certain amount of time, while at the same time you are still a student, and still hold college experience. As an Resident Assistant you hold many responsibilities, and held accountable for so many other people during the time you are shaping your own education. By far being an RA, a student, a person who can make bad decision at times and a sociable being is one of the greatest challenges you will face during your life as an RA here at Delaware State University. RA's act as the supervisors (Mother Hen, or Pops) of their floor/wing or apartment unit and gain valuable experiences that will exercise their organization, leadership, supervisory methods, crisis management, and peer counseling skills in the area of conflict resolution. All of these experiences you will gain as an RA are experience that you can use for a lifetime, and use as an example for any other situation that may arise in the

The first reason I want to be a Residential Leader is because I feel like students will need someone to talk to several times while at school and an RL is the perfect person to go to. Students don’t want to go to their parents most of the time because they’re afraid they will disappoint them and they will not look at them the same after they’ve done something they regret. Students also don’t want to go to the counselor on campus because they feel like most of the stuff they need to talk about isn’t that serious, they just need to get it out to someone they can trust. Students trust their RL because they’re chosen to keep watch on their hall, they’re there to protect them when need be and to be a mentor for everyone. RL’s need good listening ears and the ability to take situations and diffuse them and I feel like I have that ability. In high school all my friends came to me for advice and most

Resident Assistants at Marist College are extremely important, as they act as role models, mentors, representations of the college itself, and ultimately friends to their residents. They aid in the adjustment of students to their new dorm and provide advice to their peers in all aspects of college life including but not limited to social and academic acclimation. Resident Assistants have numerous tasks to perform daily and much responsibility; the most important being to make sure that all residents are safe and happy. Through RA programs, meetings and nightly rounds, a sense of community is initiated and fostered throughout the year. Being a RA requires complete commitment of time and energy because it sometimes calls for late nights, sparks

As a SUNY Oneonta Resident Community Advisor, you play an important role within the Residential Community Life Department. The RCA role will specifically work with students’ living within First year Experience and Transfer Living Communities. This role provides on-call duty coverage for his/she’s assigned community, while also completing some evening office hours to connect with residents. Instead of building community among a floor, the RCA position focuses on fostering and building community on a building-wide level. RCAs will build a strong partnership with the New Student Services (NSS) staff to assist students within their transition. This positions provides some intentional programming to better prepare students’ for the next step, whether

In order to support the costs of my education, I began working in the Housing Department. My student worker experience led me to become a Resident Assistant (RA). Through this position, I dealt with various situations involving many different people from diverse cultures. My tasks included building a community with the freshmen while handling students’ relationships, suicidal thoughts, study strategies, parties, and overall adjustment from high school to college. This position has been one of the most rewarding opportunities as it has allowed me to develop and improve skills I will use for the rest of my life. I take great pride in knowing that my residents can depend on me and come to me in times of

A college Residential Advisor is not only responsible for ensuring the safety of all their residents, but also fostering an environment that welcomes students from diverse backgrounds and identities. Entering college, I was already aware of the fact that I wanted to take on such an endeavor seeing that I have always had a passion for mentoring younger people, and guiding them on the right path. However, while I always was fond of the idea of being an RA, I was never aware of what it would be like to be an RA at Wesleyan. Unlike at other universities, residential advisors at Wesleyan go further than just following safety protocols, and creating safe spaces; RA’s have the job of fostering friendships, providing mentorship, and bringing hallmates from various backgrounds into one family. While I am sure this is

An RA works to create that positive community by being selfless, available, committed and compassionate about their responsibility. Being an RA is not easy and I understand that I will be tested. An RA would be required to devote more time to my residents. Being an RA, i would have to mediate conflict between roommates or floor-mates, and also I would have to work to make sure no one is being deprived of anything such as a peaceful study or sleeping environment. I know sometimes my duty would require me to step up deal with students whom might not be compiling with either the school, housing or floor rules.

Throughout Rutgers University there are many different communities within the various residence halls on campus. Each of these communities contains a unique factor that distinguishes it from other communities, ranging from room style to floor sizes. In lieu of these unique communities, Resident Assistants (RAs) and Apartment Assistants (AAs) tend to carry out duty in different manners to best promote community building in their respective residence halls.

The session was open by the Lynne Thomas, Chief Executive Officer. According to Lynne, in order to be part of the workforce, students should to be reliable and have personal value and volunteer. Lynne also encouraged students to be part of the networking in order to be recognized. Ann Li, a RHIA who graduated in 2015, gave her testimony on being a student and volunteer. Her being part of the student leadership committee opened up many doors to her carrier so, she did encourage us student to be engage and be known by joining the

As a result of my personal experience in the Honors living-learning community, I will be able to provide my residents with advice and expectations for the program, and even help with homework. Overall, I hope to serve as more than an RA to the incoming residents. I

Learn. Never put yourself in the same position twice. Expand your horizon. Live with open eyes and mind. Remember that time remains the utmost precious commodity in all existence. All of my past experiences have been able to teach myself lessons. Lessons that I will share with you. Subsequently proceed into further detail regarding how I might be able to contribute to the Towson University campus community.