Resident assistants are crucial staff members in the Office of Residence Life because they maintain the closest and most enduring contact with resident students.

Resident assistants' primary goal is to help promote students' individual growth while developing a sense of community that begins with roommates and extends to the wing or floor of residence halls, residence halls themselves and the university.

RAs also play a major role in implementing Office of Residence Life programs and policies.

RA full job description (PDF)