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Resident Assistant (RA) Selection Information

 

2012-2013 Resident Assistant Selection Timeline

 

Tuesday, January 31 RA Informational Meetings - 4:30, 7:30 or 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 2 Sign up online for a carousel night
Monday, February 6

Carousel Night for candidates with last names beginning A - M.

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in Boyer Atrium.

All candidates are requred to attend one of the Carousel Nights

Tuesday, February 7

Carousel Night for candidates with last names beginning N - Z.

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in Boyer Atrium. Applications are due by 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

All candidates are requred to attend one of the Carousel Nights

  If you sign up for a carousel night and decide to not attend a carousel night or need to attend the carousel night that doesn't correspond with your name, email Ashley Sheaffer by February 5.
Thursday, February 9 Completed reference forms should be submitted via email to housing@messiah.edu
Monday, February 13 Invitations to sign up for an interview will be sent through campus mail.
February 16 - 29 Interviews will take place. Candidates will interview with two RDs.
Monday, March 5 Candidates will be notified of their acceptance through a letter sent through campus mail.
Friday, March 9 Deadline to accept the position.

If you're interested in applying to be an RA, please follow and complete ALL FIVE steps (and the links) listed below:

  1. Watch the RA video & check out the RA position description.
  2. Sign up for your assigned carousel night by Thursday, February 2nd.
  3. Download the RA application, complete the application and email the completed application to housing@messiah.edu Save the application with a filename of your last name and first initial and email it to housing@messiah.edu (for example Mary Smith would save it as SmithM) by Tuesday, February 7 at 8 a.m. [If you are having difficulty downloading the form, please (1) click on the link and open in Word (2) save the document with a file name of your last name, first initial (3) then fill out the form. If you have a Mac or do not have Word 2010 you may need to go to a computer lab to complete the application and save the reference form. If all else fails, the RA application and reference form can printed as PDFs, filled out by hand, scanned in and emailed back. The Residence Life Office has a scanner you may use for free if you do not have one.]
  4. Download the reference form and email it to your three references. Ask your references to email the completed reference form to housing@messiah.edu. The file should be saved with a file name of your last name, first initial, and your references last name. For example if Mary Smith has a reference named Kevin Yoder the file would be named SmithMYoder.
  5. Attend carousel night on Monday, February 6 or Tuesday, February 7 in Boyer Atrium at 7:00 p.m.
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