RA of the Month: October

Congratulations to Collin Napier of Reese Hall on being selected as the West Area RA of the Month for the month of October.

Lets see what Collin's nominators, John Michael VanHorn and Michael Banks, had to say about him:

"Collin is working on his Masters in secondary education and has had a very busy semester with student teaching, class, and his work as an RA. Collin leaves campus every morning around 7:00 and teaches for the entire day and does not return to campus until 4:30 or 5. He then has night classes several nights a week. Even with these busy days, Collin is still extremely dedicated to his residents and the Reese Hall staff. Collin has seemed to continuously have great programs, door decorations, and bulletin boards. Collin worked this month to get Reese a new grill and had a cookout with his floor which had an attendance of 25+. He has great relationships with his residents and seems to know the majority of them on a personal level. The following was one of Collin’s interactions from October that I feel shows the type of relationships that Collin has formed on his floor.

Howe, Sean, and Avery came by my room when I had the door closed and unplugged the pumpkin light I have out my door. Not only did they unplug it but they took the cord and put it inside the pumpkins mouth. They were just messing around, but little did they know that I was looking out the peep hole… muwahaha. I saw them come back from PCB and go into their room so I took the pumpkin down to their room, plugged it in right in front of their door and then door-bell ditched them (banged on the door and ran). When they saw the pumpkin they were kind of freaked out and started asking each other if somebody saw them. After a few minutes of laughter behind my door I came out and told them that I saw the whole thing and have eyes in the back of my head. They thought it was pretty funny, and I successfully proved to them that even when my door is closed I am very aware of what goes on in the hallway.

Collin really showed his dedication to Reese and the staff during the Haunted House this year. He put in countless hours in the days leading up to the event by helping with advertising and construction of the event. Monday night right after work Collin was at Reese ready to go for the first night of the Haunted House. Collin worked throughout the night until we finished at about 2:30 a.m. The next morning Collin woke up sick with fever. He had to go to work that day because he was being supervised by several of his professors. That night for the Haunted House, Collin worked to find replacement actors for him, which he did. The next day, still sick, Collin spent several hours helping clean up. Collin also took the Praxis this past Saturday which he studied for while still working with the Haunted House and his everyday RA duties.

Collin never complains about the work load or anything that is ever asked of him. He has almost twice the amount of work load that the average RA has and still does everything to the best of his ability. I have always described Collin as the RA that only has to be asked once to do something and it will be done right the first time without fail. Collin seems to fly under the radar much of the time in Reese because he goes about his business and takes care of what needs to be done. Collin has no problem saying how much he has loved his time as an RA in Reese and this also shows in his dedication to his residents and his fellow staff members."

Congratulations, Collin!

Chelsea Oliver

WAGA