Summer Resident Assistant Case Study

If given the opportunity to serve as a Summer Resident Assistant, I will combine my love of Georgetown University, knowledge of Washington, DC and my experiences in summer residential life to empower Gewirz Residents to make the most of their summer in DC. By providing housing in a secure and supportive environment, Georgetown empowers people from around the world to pursue educational opportunities inside and outside of the classroom in one of the world’s most important cities. As an undergraduate at Georgetown, I was a direct beneficiary of such empowerment and assisted the university in empowering other beneficiaries of its summer housing. Furthermore, I love people and generally attempt to take every opportunity I can to make people happy. If given this particular opportunity, I will empower my residents to perform their summer endeavors with as much information and support as the Law Center and University at large have to offer. I have previously spent two summer in Washington, DC as a Summer Resident Hall Office Assistant in the Office of Residential Life at Georgetown University. In that position, I executed maintenance requests, handled parcel delivery, managed room access, and was a source of counsel for summer residents. My residents came to …show more content…
As an outgoing person, I put a premium on reaching out to other people, and will to serve the needs of Gewirz Residents in both a responsive and proactive way. If a need concerning a resident arises, I will be prepared to listen carefully to that resident and to communicate the resident’s needs to the appropriate personnel if I cannot handle the matter on my own. Proactively, I will be prepared to provide information to residents about the resources that Georgetown University and Washington, DC have to offer. It would be an honor to have another opportunity to serve visitors to Georgetown University and Washington,