November 2011
5 posts
Benefits of InService
Lately, I’ve really enjoyed the speakers we have had for in service. Career services gave some good advice about resumes and interviews and a professor came and talked about advertising. I was able to utilize the career information in my business communications class to draft my resume and I used the advertising advice to make some really great posters. I even had them printed on cardstock...
Nov 17th
Sleep Deprivation
I love my job as an R.A. I absolutely love it and my residents. The one thing about the job that I dislike is the fact that I can’t control when I get to sleep. Take this week for example; it’s been ridiculous. Monday night, I had two residents come to my room and wake me up even though I wasn’t on duty. The first, was around 1 a.m. It was a resident asking if she could borrow...
Nov 17th
Being an R.A means...
Not complaining when you have to clean up the vomit of a resident’s guest at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday. Why does the gross stuff always happen to me?
Nov 12th
November!
Classes Classes Classes. I’m meeting with my advisor next week so I decided to plan out my schedule until I graduate. As strange as it may sound, it was actually kind of fun going through all of the classes to choose the ones that were important to me. I am really excited about these classes! It made me realize that I sometimes forget that I am doing all of this; sorority, reslife, etc,...
Nov 10th
Serving the Community
Yesterday was the day of my community service project where I took residents to volunteer at AGAPE. I was nervous about having another program with another organization after the comedy slam fiasco. Not to mention, yesterday was the first men’s basketball game and I knew many residents were busy getting ready. After knocking and doors I was able to get residents come along, three from my...
Nov 3rd