(I hope you all appreciate the alliteration in the title - and the only reason I know what an alliteration is thanks to taking Latin in middle school and high school and having to identify alliterations and other sound devices in the texts we had to translate. I guess at least I remember something from those 6 years of Latin, right? The other thing I remember are the first three sentences of my first Latin textbook, "Italia terra fecunda est. Gloria Italiae magna est. Concordia Italiam servat" and a few Latin sayings like, "Alea iacta est" - those came in handy when reading Asterix and Obelix comics. ... Okay, enough about Latin.)
So this weekend was kind of perfect. :) I wish more weekends were like that. It started off with a concert on Friday night that my grad and I went to - and it was pretty awesome. It was one of those holidays shows that features a bunch of different acts and I really liked all of them - even though Sarah Bareilles was clearly the best (at least in my opinion). If you haven't listened to her new album yet, you really should. But I know I'm repeating myself - I already talked about that in my last entry - well, in case you were wondering, I still think she's amazing!!! ;) What would I give for that voice and that stage presence? When I'm on stage playing piano, my face either turns red or pale and my foot starts twitching (it was a weird thing that happens to me when I get nervous); oh yes and my hands start shaking which comes in real handy when trying to play piano...ha.
Saturday, as I also mentioned before, I hung out with students during the day as they were using my kitchen. In the evening we had a End of the Semester party for one of our Learning Communities and after that I just hung out and relaxed in my apartment.
And finally today, we went on a bus trip to a city with students (organized by my Council). Getting up at 6 am wasn't that much fun and having a chatty bus driver, I didn't even get a chance to really nap on the bus. But once we got to the city, it was just nice not to be on campus anymore and to get to wander around. I even bought some clothes - and those of you who know me well know that I'm very rarely in the mood to buy clothes; so that was kinda fun.
So even though the weekend included a lot of "work," it was a really good weekend. I wish more weekends were like that.
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Hello,
ReplyDeleteI opened your blog and started reading it from the beginning. I was also a Journalism major at undergrad, and have been applying to grad schools for higher education and student affairs. I want to work in residence life as a hall director, but I dont have any residence life experience from my undergrad because I was so wrapped up in the student newspaper. Do you think someone without any undergrad reslife experience might still get an assistantship doing it? Just asking your opinion :)
Thanks! Jillian
Hi Jillian,
ReplyDeleteIt will probably be a little bit harder to get a ResLife assistantship but it's not impossible. Some schools focus a lot on having previous ResLife experience, while others are more open toward students with other student leadership experiences. I would recommend meeting with some of the RAs and Hall Directors at your current institution to learn more about their positions. As you prepare for the interviews, think about what transferrable skills you have - communication and especially writing skills, team work, working under pressure, etc.
Many grad programs also have assistantships outside of ResLife. Just because you don't have a ResLife grad assistantship doesn't mean you won't be able to be a Hall Director later on. So I'd also recommend looking into some of these other assistantships and seeing if any of those interest you.
I hope this helps. Don't hesitate to comment again if you have further questions. :)
Good Luck with the grad school search!!!