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It's past mid-semester now, and most of us are tired students. We're ready for Thanksgiving, and then winter break, and we're most...

Unlike previous years for me, my residents aren't building community on their own. At this point in the semester, there are still so many...

There are somedays that I'm SO thankful I'm not the only RA in my building. Without my CO RA, I wonder if I'd even be alive! The...

One of the hardest parts of my job is arguably planning educational events. Residents aren't interested in going to an educational event...

I've said this once, and I'll say it again: first year residents are like my elementary school students. In the classroom, it's so...

Hall meetings can be helpful, and they can also be dreadful. There will be residents who skip out on attending them, and there will be...

Programs can be one of the hardest parts of this job, depending on your residents, the school you're an RA at, and the number of events...

If you're anything like me, then you're someone who wants to be BEST FRIENDS with their residents. You want them to like you, you want...

It's October, and that means that school has been in session for about 4 weeks. Now, this is about the time when the honeymoon phase...

One of the hardest things for me, as an RA, is getting residents to become involved on campus. Perhaps it's the type of school I go to,...