Community Adviser

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Ever since I have been a student living in the residence hall environment, the occupation of a community adviser is something that has been of my interest. When I first came to Iowa State my community adviser was someone who I could go to at any time whether just to talk, or to help me find an answer to a question I had about being a new student. As a community adviser, I would hope to be that someone that my residents could come to with any issues and be a positive influence. Being the floor president of Wallace Nuckolls has provided me with a great opportunity to develop my skills as a leader and communicator. While being the president I have planned major floor events like pumpkin painting and a fall holiday dinner party that brought most …show more content…

Following that, I would tell each of the girls to try their best to put their differences aside and focus on the things that they do have in common. Finding these things that they can relate to may be enough to put all their opposing religious beliefs and growing up in different settings in the back of their minds could form a friendship that they didn’t know could happen. If a friendship does form between the two roommates, then Kennedy, who was not involved with anything could develop an interest in joining Casey in some of her extracurricular activities. This alone, may help Kennedy feel more welcome on campus and build a more balanced life as a student. When the department of residence does open assignment changes I would then check in on the girls to see if they were still wanting to change assignments. If they did not form a friendship after all, then I would give them the steps to alter living spaces. To make a housing change, I would refer them to www.housing.iastate.edu/assignment/changes where it would give them the information to complete the process. Trying to be the best Community Adviser possible, I would walk them through step by step and guide them to AccessPlus and then further to the “Student” tab and under Campus Housing they could access their housing contract and select a new place to call

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