Cravens – Week 9 – MSU Housing and Residential Life

Activities:

-       RA Training

-       Campus Resource Fair

-       MVNU2MSU Preparation

Reflection:

            With all the activities taking place at MSU Housing this week, I have not had time to process my practicum coming to an end.  Instead, I focused on managing the RA resource fair, which went very well.  I was able to book eleven different campus departments and programs to attend and educate the RA’s on campus services.  It was an easy and fun event to plan, and I am happy I was able to contribute to the RA’s training process in some way.

Hannah and Lowell with mixed reviews on heading to the Resource Fair

All smiles at the union for set-up

            I also spent many hours meeting to put the final touches on MVNU2MSU.  We have over 500 volunteers, and spent many meetings going through the process of assigning them their duties.  Calvin and I then double checked all the shifts, looked for schedule holes, and prepared for the volunteer email notification.  I’m excited to see all the new students and their family on August 11^th, it is going to be very rewarding to see a project I have been a part of all summer come to life.

            MVNU2MSU is part of the reason I feel like practicum is not ending.  I will be returning to housing for three days for final preparations and the big event.  It is going to feel very strange to walk away from the housing department after MVNU2MSU is completed.  I have learned so much this summer it would take pages to list it all, and yet I feel like I have so much more to learn.  Over the past nine weeks, I have had the privilege of working with great people who opened their doors and invested in my professional development.  The professional and student staffs made me feel like part of the housing team from day one and I am so grateful for their hospitality.  I made great connections I hope to maintain as I transition into my professional career.  My time in MSU Housing and Residential Life has made me so excited to enter the professional world of student affairs.  I cannot wait to get started!