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Housing positions open
Open RA positions said to be filled by December |
Hugh Kellenberger
Staff Writer
CRSA / Housing Beat |
Jacque Lenz | The Appalachian
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The Department of Housing and Residence
Life is currently seeking to fill four available resident assistant
(RA) positions.
The positions, available in Doughton, Gardner, Coltrane and Eggers
residence halls, have been open since the beginning of the academic
year.
Rick L. Geis, director of Housing and Residence
Life, said while the department has interviewed applicants, it is
not going to hire in haste.
Students have picked up applications throughout
the semester, and the department is close to hiring one applicant,
said Geis.
The open positions are expected to be filled by
fall break at the latest, said Geis.
In the meantime, the other RAs in the buildings
are picking up the slack. |
“It’s not a
whole lot to do, and I have seven other RAs, so we are not short-staffed,”
said Keith S. Ridgeway, resident director of Eggers and a master’s
candidate in the College of Student Development.
The vacancy in Eggers Hall is due to a rule violation,
said Geis.
The department had to fill 12 RA positions during
the 2001-02 academic year because of various violations, a drastic
increase from 1999-2000 and 2000-01, when there were just five openings
each year.
In a typical academic year, one or two positions
may open at the beginning of the year, but there were 63 RA positions
to fill this semester, said Geis.
In order to be an RA, a student must have spent
at least one semester in on-campus housing, have at least a 2.50 GPA,
and have a clear judicial record.
Students who have held leadership positions in other
clubs are the type of people the department is looking for, said Geis. |
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