Meet the RAs! - Ashley Wenson

SIU Residence Life has some outstanding Resident Assistants, and we want to show our appreciation by featuring them on our blog. We also hope people who are considering applying for the RA position will take a minute to check out the people who could be their future co-workers! Look for new RA profiles to be posted regularly as we continue this feature!

1. What’s your name? Ashley Wenson
2. Where are you from? Mount Prospect, IL
3. What’s your major? German studies and International studies
4. What is your favorite dining hall food? Sesame chicken
5. Where is your favorite place to go off-campus? Giant city trails
6. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I see myself being successful within a German company working for their marketing department along with being married and having started a family.
7. What do you like about being an RA? I like that through the smallest things, I can impact another person so easily.
8. Favorite quote? I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing... Kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happiest are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. - Audrey Hepburn
9. Best study spot on campus? At the tables outside of the library. 
10. How else are you involved at SIU (besides being an RA)? I am master of rituals for Alpha Kappa Psi which is a professional co-Ed business fraternity.