Resident Assistants (RAs)
Our Resident Assistant's (RA) number one priority is their academics.
All of our RAs are Drew students who work hard and excel at what they
do. We ask that you please contact the Complex Residence Director first
regarding any issues or concerns that you have with the resident
student before you contact the Resident Assistant. The CRDs are trained
professionals and probably can assess a situation more efficiently.
Their second role acts as a Resident Assistant, who's job is to help
to establish and maintain a community, which is “a purposeful, open,
safe, and just living-learning environment which facilitates the
efforts of all students to accomplish their personal and academic
goals,”in his/her area of responsibility and throughout the campus. By
working with his/her peers, the Complex Residence Director(s) and House
Assistants, and various other departments on campus, the Resident
Assistant accomplishes the goals of the department by communicating
University goals, expectations and community standards to members of
the community; developing purposeful educational, community service,
social, and curricular programs; promoting mutual respect and
understanding in a diverse and open community; mediating and resolving
conflicts; advising students about University resources; and acting as
a liaison between students and other University offices.
RAs assist students’ efforts to adjust to
becoming independent and responsible members of an intentional
community, many for the first time outside the supervision of a parent
or guardian. This entails a wide range of functions that make up the
RA job description. Identifying issues, concerns and problems for
individuals and groups and designating and coordinating an appropriate
approach can be complex.
House Assistants (HAs)
Our Theme House Assistant's (HA) number one priority is their academics.
We ask that you please contact the Complex Residence Director first regarding
any issues or concerns that you have with the resident student before
you contact the House Assistant. The CRDs are trained professionals and
probably can assess a situation more efficiently.
Second, the Theme House Assistants help to establish and
maintain a community, which is “a purposeful, open, safe, and just
living-learning environment which facilitates the efforts of all
students to accomplish their personal and academic goals,” in his/her
area of responsibility and throughout the campus. By working with
his/her peers, the Complex Residence Director(s) and Resident Assistants,
and various other departments on campus, the HA accomplishes the goals
of the department and their theme house by communicating University
goals, expectations and community standards to members of the
community; developing purposeful educational, community service,
social, and curricular programs; promoting mutual respect and
understanding in a diverse and open community as it applies to their
mission; mediating and resolving interpersonal conflicts; advising
students about University resources; striving for an enhanced living
and learning environment though purposeful pursuit of their established
mission; and acting as a liaison between students and other University
offices.
