Graduate Resident Advisor Application

Applications are due by June 30, 2022.

First Name

Last Name

Anticipated Graduation Date

Gender

Phone

Email Address

Lasell Email

If not living on campus, have you ever been a resident at any institution?

Yes

No

Have you ever applied for an RA or GRA position before?

Yes

No

Resume

Please submit a current resume including a list of organizations, employment, or other activities in which you have been involved. Indicate where the involvement was: Lasell University, the greater community, or at your previous institutions. Note any leadership positions held and the dates of your involvement.

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Essay Questions

On a separate sheet of paper, please answer the following essay questions and attach to your completed Graduate Resident Advisor application.

Why did you decide to apply for the Graduate Resident Advisor (GRA) position at Lasell University? Discuss the various skills, qualities, and talents you would bring to the position. Please be as specific as possible. Discuss the challenges you envision for yourself in the GRA position and what you would like to accomplish as the GRA.
Discuss a challenge you have experienced. How did you overcome it? What did you learn from the experience? How does this experience translate to the GRA position?
If you expect to be employed (other than as the GRA), participate in an academic internship, athletic activity or other extracurricular activity next semester (on or off campus), please describe where you will be employed or interning, in what capacity, and for how many hours weekly. How will you balance those responsibilities with the GRA position?

References

You will need one reference in order to apply for the Graduate Resident Advisor position. Your required references should come from either:

A Lasell University faculty, staff, or administrators.
Someone who is qualified to speak to your abilities to serve in this position (i.e.a teacher/professor or supervisor who has observed you in a leadership role). References will not be accepted from family members.

Your reference should be able to write effectively on your behalf in relation to the position of Graduate Resident Advisor. We are most interested in information such as:

Your sense of responsibility/professionalism
How you relate to your peers
Areas for your further growth and development
Your personal strengths and talents
How you interact on a daily basis in a group situation
How you handle multiple tasks/demands
Your ability to be in a role of house/residence hall leadership

Please fill in your reference info below.

Reference First and Last Name

Reference email

Reference Phone

Reference Title

Reference Relationship to You

Acknowledgement and Signature

I understand that the Office of Residential Life and the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies will access my academic and student conduct records to determine my eligibility for this position. I acknowledge that, if selected for a position, this access will continue through the term of my employment. I also understand, if selected, I will be subject to a background check.

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