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residence staff selection: Honors Resident Advisor

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Time Commitment | Responsibilities | Compensation

Time Commitment
25 hrs. weekly (20 resident hall hours weekly with an additional variable five hour LSA Honors Programming commitment)

Responsibilities
Each LSA Honors Program RA will be required to fulfill the following responsibilities:

  • Conduct variable active academic, cultural, or social programs each semester geared specifically towards Honors Program residence hall activities. This will amount to variable hours weekly attending cultural events, managing study groups, handling Honors feedback sessions, creating programs to be negotiated during our Honors staff activities meeting held monthly as conducted by the Honors Program Coordinator.
  • Attend Honors staff activities meeting (tentatively set once monthly on Saturdays from 9 a.m.  to 1 p.m.) to discuss Honors community building activities and discuss ways to engage Honors students.
    Fulfill all of the advising, counseling, programming, and administrative responsibilities outlined in the RA job description
  • Co-host the “Honors Program Roundtable” in the South Quad cafeteria for one hour to two hours during each semester with the attendance of the Honors Director, the Honors Programs Coordinator, and Honors students. This is to be a self-initiated luncheon (focusing on scholarly, social, cultural, or entertainment topics) geared specifically towards residence hall activities, Honors Program community interests, or the Resident Assistant’s personal interests.
  • Fulfill all of the advising, counseling, programming and administrative responsibilities outlined in the Resident Advisor job description.

This position reports to the South Quad Hall Director or the Couzens Hall Director (depending upon placement) and the Honors Program Coordinator.

There will be an annual evaluation process in addition to the evaluations mandated by the Housing contract. The term of continued employment in this position is to be met through this LSA Honors Program evaluation, as well as by all the terms mandated by the contract.

Compensation
100% room and board, basic cable, a cash remuneration of $10.00 per hour not to exceed five hours a week or $750.00 per semester for 15 weeks; and the use of a mini-fridge for the academic year. Cash stipend is paid directly from the Honors Program.

For more information, please contact:

John Cantú, Program Advisor
Honors Program
jcantu@umich.edu