resident advisor
Hall staff member
A resident advisor is a student, usually upperclass, who lives in a college dormitory and serves as a resource and authority figure for other residents.
RAs enforce housing rules, organize social events, and provide support during crises.
The position typically comes with free or reduced housing.
Also called resident assistant.
Our RA caught us with beer in the room.
- dormOn-campus student housing
- hallwayInterior connecting passage
- freshmanFirst-year student
- roommateOne sharing living quarters
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
bulletin board · floor meeting · campus · housing · mentor · college · move-in · curfew · rules · quiet hours · community · icebreaker · homesick · counselor · bathroom · noise complaint · write up · lockout
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- Dorm Lifedormitory, dorm, dorm room, roommate, bunk beds
- Student Jobswork-study, work study, RA, teaching assistant, research assistant
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- lodginghotel, inn, motel, hotels, hostel
resident advisorresident
One who inhabits
dorm resident · advisee · supervisee · charge · mentee
resident advisorprofessor
Senior university teacher
dean of students · faculty member · faculty · administrator · academic advisor
resident, advisor, reside, advise, residence, residency, residential, residing, resided