What is an RA and what is their role?
A Resident Assistant (RA) is a full-time student at the University of Florida, employed for 20 hours weekly. They serve as a resource to students living on their floor or in their designated section of a building. Some of their roles include building community, mentoring, counseling, being a role model, serving as a resource and providing information, managing the floor, responding to emergencies, resolving conflicts, and being a friend. Some of their duties include planning, advertising for, and implementing community-building programs for their residents, being available for their residents, working for a certain number of hours each week at their Area Desk, performing nightly “rounds” several times each semester, assisting other RAs, regularly posting new bulletin boards, attending staff meetings and individual meetings with their supervisor, filling out paperwork, enforcing rules and regulations, and maintaining a well-balanced living environment.
