University Daily Kansan, January 28, 1982
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ORP looks for new RAs with the right traits.
By JAN BOUTTE Staff Reporter
If you can be a parent, friend,
counselor and administrator for 40-70
other students, then the office of
residential programs is looking for you.
Ruth Mikkelson, the associate director of residential programs in charge of residence hall staffs, said she would be more aggressive for resident assistants to fit that bill.
"They must have a genuine warmth and concern for people, and an ability to relate to people." Mikkelson said.
The office has set a few more tangible qualifications for the position.
An RA must have at least a 2.6 grade point average and have residential credit.
"There is, in effect, a correlation between the student and a good RA, Mikkelsson said.
She said that the grade point average she had that RAs increased while they were on the team.
RAS are given a single room on the floor for which they are responsible, and are paid $70 a month for the 10-month school year.
Glenn Allen, resident director of
Hashinger Hall, said RAs were crucial to the operation of residence halls because they were the primary contact with the residents.
Mikkelsen said that this role helped prevent problems—and solve them well.
"They should get to know the residents, develop a rapport with them, so that when a problem arises, they feel compelled to come to them," Mikkelsen said.
Doug Busk, an RA at Joseph R. Pearson Hall, said a large part of his job was being available to residents.
"It was mostly helping freshmen get to know each other and get oriented with the University."
Allen said, "An RA has to be a cross between a sales clerk and a parent."
He said it wasn't easy to combine all the roles an RA must play.
"The most challenging part is the balancing act between being a resident and having to sometimes enforce policy," he said.
The office of residential programs doesn't leave the RA alone to handle all the tasks. After they're chosen, the RAs are required to attend a seminar in the beginning of May, a week of workshops before the fall opening of the halls and
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Eric Flink, a Hashinger RA who plans to return next year, said, “It’s a frustrating job at a lot of times, but it’s not that bad if you jobs where you get a lot of satisfaction.”
—Ruth Mikkelson, associate director of Residential Programs
The workshops and courses address such topics as time management, alcohol and drug abuse, how to detect suicidal tendencies and how to handle
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admitted that he had been considering suicide before Busk stepped in.
'They should get to know the residents, develop a rapport with them, so that when a problem arises, they feel comfortable coming to them.'
other crises, as well as teaching the RAs how the residence halls operate.
Busk said that he had once intervened when he thought one of the residents on his floor was showing suicidal tenderness. The resident depression had lifted, the resident
Busk also said that the job was satisfying, and that it had enabled him to meet people and begin some of his best college friends. He added that the single room and extra money made the job more tolerable.
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Interested students should fill out an application, have their transcripts sent to residential programs and submit two applications for a recommendation on forms the office provides.
Mikkelsen said that the applications would be evaluated over spring break, when the weather was warm.
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