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Resident Assistants

As a Resident Assistant, you have a unique opportunity to serve your fellow students and your college. You share the same experiences, problems, and pressures and have similar goals living in the same environment. Since students spend as much as 65-70% of their time in their residence, there can be no question as to the importance of this day-to-day environment. While many factors determine the degree to which a residence hall provides an atmosphere enjoyable to residents and conducive to learning, none is more significant than the influence of the staff that serves that hall. The resident assistant is considered a member of the Department of Residence Life staff and is directly responsible to one of two Residence Directors.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE:

  1. To work closely with the Residence Directors in the performance of all duties
  2. To assist in the development of a sense of community within the residential facilities among students, faculty and staff, through intentional interactions and programming
  3. To assist in the orientation of new students
  4. To assist the individual personally and academically through counseling or referral
  5. To assist in creating an atmosphere in the residential facilities that is conducive to self-direction and self discipline
  6. To effect student learning and behavior through the enforcement of college and residence hall policies
  7. To perform administrative duties related to the operation of the residential facilities
  8. To interpret concerns of the students to the Student Affairs staff and those of the staff to the students
  9. To provide students with information about student services
  10. To interpret college policies and campus social regulations
  11. To operate on a rotation basis with other resident assistants for daily and weekend duty
  12. To participate in weekly staff meetings with the Residence Directors
  13. To give the position priority over other areas of activity with the single exception of your academic work
  14. To return to the college early in the fall/spring semesters to assist in orientation and staff training
  15. To remain in the residential facilities most evenings
  16. To be at the college whenever the college is in session and remain on the job through the last day of finals

QUALIFICATIONS

  1. You must have at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application
  2. You must be in Sophomore class standing when you begin the position

TO APPLY

Print the resident assistant application and self-assessment and return to Jason Perri, director of residence life, in the Campus Center (second floor) or mail to 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY 14214.

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