For the 2017-2018 Resident Assistant Position, please respond to the following essay questions.
When complete, load as a document with your application on Handshake.
1. Please select residence halls you have previously lived in at Marquette. If you have lived in multiple buildings, please select other and note which buildings you lived in below:
First Year Choose an item.
Sophomore Year Choose an item.
Junior Year Choose an item.
Senior Year Choose an item.
Other: Please list which buildings you lived in for that year. Additional information on circumstances surrounding moving are not necessary.
2. Reflect on a meaningful experience you have had at Marquette. How has that experience shaped who you have become?
3. In the past year, how have you grown in your understanding of diversity? What other areas do you think you need to learn more about?
4. Draft a welcome email to your new residents.
Instructions: Utilize as much space as you need below to include the details, formatting, and information you would want to include. Your email should include a welcome to the community, introduction of yourself, introduction of your role as an RA, and your vision for the floor or wing community for the year. For the purpose of this email, you are welcome to exercise creativity surrounding dates, locations, or hall staff names for the purpose of completing the exercise.
5. Living-learning communities (LLCs) are designed to enhance the educational experience students have by connecting the classroom and out of classroom experience. Please answer the following LLC questions:
I am interested in being an RA to a living-learning community: Choose an item.
(If no, your essay is complete)
If maybe or yes, please check which LLCs would interest you for the RA position:
☐CommUNITY
☐Dorothy Day Social Justice
☐Engineering
☐Honors Program
☐Nursing
☐Spanish Language (Must be fluent)
Tell us why being an RA to one or more of these communities is of interest to you. How would you help to enhance the LLC experience for residents?