In Housing and Residence Life at Shippensburg University we require our resident assistants to complete a series of Continuing Education Workshops that focus around Ernest Boyer[...]

I think we can all agree that we expect our RAs to lead double lives. Not only do we expect these student leaders to be our policy enforcers; we also expect our students to be comm[...]

It’s currently hiring season on our campus for Orientation Team Leaders (OTL), Resident Assistants (RA), and Program Assistants (PA). This means countless hours of individual[...]

Co-authored by Rose Piacente, SUNY Oneonta & Ashley Robinson, University of Connecticut As the spring semester began and many of us emerged from the wreckage and stresses of Ja[...]

I have a fellow Resident Director in my new job who does not have a Residence Life background. She brings such an awesome perspective to my small department. The rest of us started[...]

My very first mentor in student affairs had a beautiful baby boy a few days ago. I could not be more happy for her and her husband. Thanks to social media, I’ve been able to [...]

Depending on where supervisors are working, their perceptions of the Resident Assistant (RA) role may differ from those of their colleagues. Some see the RA as a bastion of communi[...]

Alexa Harrington wrote an interesting and thought-provoking post at her blog called Educated Nation, discussing the RA position and its increased popularity due to the great compen[...]