Resident Assistant

Interested in becoming a RA for Fall 2024 - Spring 2025?

The overall goal of a Resident Assistant is to serve as a peer educator and helper while facilitating the personal and academic growth and development of residential students. RAs are chosen on the basis of leadership experiences, interpersonal skills, interest in working with students to develop a positive floor/hall/apartment community, and willingness to be actively involved in their own personal growth and development. RAs are expected to live out the Core Values of the Office of Housing and Residence Life: Service, Caring, Respect, Dedication, Integrity, Inclusion and Education.

2024/2025 RA Application

Community building
- Build relationships with residents
- Programming
Respond to residents needs
Staff responsibilities
- Attend all trainings and staff development activities
- Assist with all openings and closings
- Weekly staff meetings
- Periodic meetings with GHD
- Outside tasks
On-call
- One night a week and every other weekend
  - includes 2-3 hour desk shift
- Apartment RAs work front desk daytime shifts
Crisis response
Generally available to residents

Room fee waived
- Residence Hall-single occupancy, Suites/Apartments - single bedrooms
- Apartments include a utility fee waiver
Stipend of $12/hour for 14/hours per week

2.40 cumulative GPA at the time of hiring
In good discipline standing with the university
Available for the entire academic year

Date	Time	Process
Wed, November 15, 2023	12:00 PM	Application opens
Wed, November 15, 2023	8:30 PM	Interest Session #1 Location: Sutliff 102
Thu, November 16, 2023	8:30 PM	Interest Session #2 Location: KUB 230, Multicultural Center
Wed, January 24, 2024	TBD	Interest Session #3 Location: TBD
Thu, January 25, 2024	TBD	Interest Session #4 Location: TBD
Tue, January 30, 2024	4:30 PM	Application closes
Fri, February 2, 2024	8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Round 1 Interviews
Fri, February 16, 2024	8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Round 2 Interviews
Tue, March 5, 2024	-	Decision notifications via email*
Tue, March 19, 2024	4:30 PM	Position acceptance deadline
Fri, April 5, 2024	-	Team Building Day

* Note for Decision & Placement Notifications:
In regards to decision notifications, you will be notified of whether you got the RA job, got an offer to be an alternate RA, or are not being offered the job at this time. If you are offered the RA job or an alternate RA position, you will be given a deadline to accept your offer. Placement of the staff/housing assignments will be determined after folks accept/decline the position. This placement will go out prior to Team Building Day.