residence life
so...i am hosting this study hour in my apartment right now that started at 9:30pm. it's the first one. obviously, i am doing it b/c i am the RA and i have to do community building events. unfortunately for our community, there is only one of me for the whole building which is 5 stories and 50 residencies.
i like it, it's actually just two other people, whom i have already started getting to know and who feel like friends. i need to be sure though that other residents start hanging out more so this doesnt turn into an exclusive thing. also, i wonder if i am giving people the impression that i dont really expect them to come to things because i dont put a ton of effort into recruiting participants. maybe i need to get all hard on people and be like, "come to this REQUIRED meeting, OR ELSE!". it's not Mt Holyoke, though, so I can only cobble together bits and peices of information- impressions, rumors, and legends- about what students here are like, what they want, what they expect.
i dont want anyone to feel like i expect certain people to slip through the cracks. i havent even met everyone yet! i could do something about that. maybe compile a list of people i have and haven't met, and go knocking on doors everyday until i meet all of them. i've noticed that the residents i do meet are always apologetic about not coming to events and make excuses about why- so at least some people here feel a pressure to be involved in the community. i need to strike while the iron is hot, get them to come to SOMETHING. tomorrow night is the big BBQ, which I am calling "Get your grill on". I thought that was funny. maybe people will show, and will meet each other. one thing i dont want is for there to be any sense of living amongst strangers, or people who only care about living here b/c it's a place to crash at night.
i like it, it's actually just two other people, whom i have already started getting to know and who feel like friends. i need to be sure though that other residents start hanging out more so this doesnt turn into an exclusive thing. also, i wonder if i am giving people the impression that i dont really expect them to come to things because i dont put a ton of effort into recruiting participants. maybe i need to get all hard on people and be like, "come to this REQUIRED meeting, OR ELSE!". it's not Mt Holyoke, though, so I can only cobble together bits and peices of information- impressions, rumors, and legends- about what students here are like, what they want, what they expect.
i dont want anyone to feel like i expect certain people to slip through the cracks. i havent even met everyone yet! i could do something about that. maybe compile a list of people i have and haven't met, and go knocking on doors everyday until i meet all of them. i've noticed that the residents i do meet are always apologetic about not coming to events and make excuses about why- so at least some people here feel a pressure to be involved in the community. i need to strike while the iron is hot, get them to come to SOMETHING. tomorrow night is the big BBQ, which I am calling "Get your grill on". I thought that was funny. maybe people will show, and will meet each other. one thing i dont want is for there to be any sense of living amongst strangers, or people who only care about living here b/c it's a place to crash at night.