{"id":8850,"date":"2017-09-19T07:28:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=8850"},"modified":"2017-09-19T07:28:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:28:35","slug":"ra-position-begins-with-balancing-school-and-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/8850","title":{"rendered":"RA position begins with balancing school and work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8851\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2017\/09\/RAOne.jpg\" alt=\"RAOne\" width=\"220\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2017\/09\/RAOne.jpg 220w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2017\/09\/RAOne-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>by Lindsey Smith&#8211;<\/strong>As the school year becomes more stressful, RA\u2019s on campus are finding ways to balance their busy schedules with the demands of school.<\/p>\n<p>Some are new to the RA (residence assistant) position, like Suz Ras, a junior and math education major. Ras took the position after having a good experience with her previous RA\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>She says of her decision, \u201cI really like meeting new people. Being an RA on campus is an experience you won\u2019t get anywhere else. It\u2019s just a great opportunity for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nic Madsen, a second year veteran RA, echoes Ras\u2019 sentiments saying, \u201cThere\u2019s some pretty good perks. I love being an RA simply for the fact that I get to meet a lot of people, people I wouldn\u2019t meet otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, being an RA doesn\u2019t come without its own set of struggles, including time management and setting ground rules for residents.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also easier at times to be an RA on a freshman hall. As Madsen says, \u201cFor freshman, they\u2019ll go to a lot of things because they don\u2019t know what they want to be in. Upperclassmen don\u2019t as much because they are already involved in what groups they want to be in, so it\u2019s a little harder to hold hall functions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like any other job, RA\u2019s can earn promotions. Madsen hopes to become a head RA next year, earning all kinds of new responsibilities. The Head RA is essentially in charge of all the other RA\u2019s throughout the year and is a way to learn a leadership position while still in school.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, while the RA position has its challenges, it isn\u2019t impossible. As Madsen says, \u201cAs long as you have good time management, you can be an RA.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lindsey Smith&#8211;As the school year becomes more stressful, RA\u2019s on campus are finding ways to balance their busy schedules with the demands of school. Some are new to the RA (residence assistant) position, like Suz Ras, a junior and math education major. Ras took the position after having a good experience with her previous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":8851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8852,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8850\/revisions\/8852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}