Campus Winner
Month: February 2012

NACURH, INC.

Residence Life Faculty/Staff of the Month

School: University of Delaware Region: CAACURH
Nominee: Ray Street A + B + C Nominator: Amanda Lasicki

On-Campus Population: 7,400 Chapter Size: 26

Please explain the outstanding contributions of the nominee during the month of nomination

I would like to nominate the Ray Street RA staff this month for their graceful transition from two staffs to one. At the beginning of February, the Ray C HD, Kim Hume, was promoted from her undergrad HD position to the open North Central position which gave her a staff of twelve along with other HD responsibilities. As a result, the Ray C staff combined with the Ray A/B staff. As the Ray A/B Hall Director, I was given the responsibilities of Ray C. I was nervous for this transition, as I am a second year graduate student in the midst of a job search as well as finishing my degree. It turns out I had absolutely no reason to be nervous. The first week of the semester, I held my one-on-one meetings with the Ray C RAs to get to know them. Each RA came prepared with what they were doing for their collateral assignments as well as any pertinent information I would need to know about on each of their floors. I unfortunately had to miss our first staff meeting as a whole due to a prior commitment, but an RA quickly volunteered to lead the meeting and another RA in charge of the RA activity for that week made sure to plan something to include C into our new, combined staff. Additionally, Cheri and I have implemented some new rules and procedures to help me keep track of what all of my staff members are doing and the RAs have done an excellent job of following them. Lastly, ResLife created a new administrative position to assist me with dealing with keys and scheduling for the complex. Our former MRA stepped up to this position, leaving her old position open which now three RAs are applying for. I am very impressed by the leadership and sense of responsibility the RAs have demonstrated this month and I am excited to see the things my new staff will accomplish this semester.

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Date of entry into database: 2012-02-28 20:48:03

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