Resident Assistant or RAs

The RA is a student like you, but also a staff member trained to help you learn about life at FMU and in your residential community. The RA can serve as resource, support and guide. He or she is neither a police person nor parent. The RA works to create a community atmosphere of mutual respect and a sense of individual responsibility as well as encourage opportunities for learning, growth, friendship and socialization. RAs and residents alike share in the effort to maintain a strong sense of community. When a failure to abide by established policies occurs, the RA has a responsibility to become involved in the process of educating residential students about the accountability and responsibility for their choices and actions.

RAs are wonderful resources for our residential students. While they may not be able to answer every question that arises, they can probably find the answer quickly.

In the Residence Halls, there is typically one Resident Assistant assigned per floor, while in the apartment complexes, RAs are assigned to serve the entire complex. Resident Assistant responsibilities include housing administration (resident check-in, maintenance reports, reception desk, lock-outs, etc.), programming/activity planning, crisis response, policy enforcement, community development, and serving on-call to respond to after-hours needs.