Meet the RAs! - DeJhauna Smith

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 working in RA, graduate assistant, or full-time positions with our department will take a minute to check out the people who could be their future co-workers! RA profiles are featured on the blog, and graduate and full-time staff profiles (and information about positions) can be found on our recruitment website.

1. What’s your name?  DeJhauna Smith
2. Where are you from?  Evanston, Illinois
3. What’s your major?  Speech Comm with specalization in Public Relations
4. What is your favorite dining hall food?  I like a lot of their foods, but probably the meatloaf and cookies the most.
5. Where is your favorite place to go off-campus?  The mall
6. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?  Living in some city, doing event planning. Or Europe, it's all up in the air still!
7. What do you like about being an RA?  Meeting a bunch of different characters.
8. Favorite quote?  "We should all begin to live before we die, fear is stupid so are regrets" - Marilyn Monroe
9. Best study spot on campus?  3rd floor of the library
10. How else are you involved at SIU (besides being an RA)?  SANKOFA, PRSSA, Pyramid (student public relations agency).