Meet the RAs! - Sean Mathis

SIU Residence Life has some great things going on, and we want to showcase some of our proud moments on our blog. We also hope people considering working in RA, graduate assistant, or full-time positions with our department will take a minute to learn more about the things we are doing. More information about our department, including position descriptions, application information, and graduate and full-time staff profiles can be found on our recruitment website.

As we recruit new Resident Assistants for the 2014-2015 year, we wanted to introduce a few of the talented individuals currently on our team. This profile features Sean Mathis, RA in Bailey Hall.

Sean (middle, in the maroon shirt) at a Residence Life event in West Campus

What’s your name? Sean Mathis

Where are you from? Taylorville,IL

What’s your major? Civil and Environmental Engineering

What is the best program or event you’ve been to on campus? Residence Halls of Horror (haunted house fundraising event)

What was the last book you read for fun? Inheritance

What is your favorite thing about being an RA? Moving in early, beat the rush and the traffic with the residents moving in.

How else are you involved at SIU (in addition to being an RA)? I am a member of the SIUC chapter of ASCE

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I will be a professionally licensed structural engineer

What is your favorite quote? "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke

What do you do to unwind when you’re feeling stressed? Play Risk

Interested in the Resident Assistant position? Apply today! http://www.housing.siu.edu/positions/resident-assistant

Are you an RA and would like to be featured? Talk to your Hall Director about submitting your profile information.

Meet the RAs! - Brian Moreno

SIU Residence Life has some great things going on, and we want to showcase some of our proud moments on our blog. We also hope people considering working in RA, graduate assistant, or full-time positions with our department will take a minute to learn more about the things we are doing. More information about our department, including position descriptions, application information, and graduate and full-time staff profiles can be found on our recruitment website.

As we recruit new Resident Assistants for the 2014-2015 year, we wanted to introduce a few of the talented individuals currently on our team. This profile features Brian Moreno, RA in Pierce Hall.

1. What's your name? Brian Moreno 
2. Where are you from? Cicero, IL 
3. What's your major? Civil Engineering, specializing in Structural Engineering 
4. What is the best program or event you've been to on campus? I would have to say that the best program/event that I have been to on campus is the Dawg's Nite Out events. I have been going to them since my very first semester here at SIU, and I continue to take my residents over to this event. 
5. What was the last book you read for fun? The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
6. What is your favorite thing about being an RA? Getting to meet a lot of new people every year, and having been able to gain all this leadership experience which will help me out in the professional world. 
7. How else are you involved at SIU? Aside from being an RA, I am also a member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. 
8. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? In 10 years I see myself being a licensed Professional/Structural Engineer working at a company in downtown Chicago, and participating in marathons and triathlons across the country. 
9. Favorite quote? My favorite quote is, "Some running is good, more is better, and too much is just enough."
10. What do you do to unwind when you're feeling stressed? To unwind when I am feeling stressed I like to go out for a run, go to the gym to work out/swim, or just sit down and read a book.

Interested in the Resident Assistant position? Apply today! http://www.housing.siu.edu/positions/resident-assistant

Are you an RA and would like to be featured? Talk to your Hall Director about submitting your profile information.

Meet the RAs! - Andrea Hernandez

SIU Residence Life has some great things going on, and we want to showcase some of our proud moments on our blog. We also hope people considering working in RA, graduate assistant, or full-time positions with our department will take a minute to learn more about the things we are doing. More information about our department, including position descriptions, application information, and graduate and full-time staff profiles can be found on our recruitment website.

As we recruit new Resident Assistants for the 2014-2015 year, we wanted to introduce a few of the talented individuals currently on our team. This profile features Andrea Hernandez, RA in Neely Hall.

1. What’s your name? Andrea Hernandez

2. Where are you from? Venezuela

3. What’s your major? Civil Engineering

4. What is the best program or event you’ve been to on campus? Tie-die Friday, casino night

5. What was the last book you read for fun? World War Z

6. What is your favorite thing about being an RA? Being able to make a difference in students' lives by providing them with a helping hand that is always there for them no matter what problems they are going through in life.

7. How else are you involved at SIU (in addition to being an RA)? I am a Saluki Shaker, member of Tau Beta Phi Engineering honor society, Latin American Student Association (LASA), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).

8. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I see myself with a job as a professional engineer in a private firm, successful and with a beautiful family.

9. What is your favorite quote? "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." - Buddha

10. What do you do to unwind when you’re feeling stressed? I love to dance when I'm stressed, it puts me on a happy place and makes me forget about any issues I'm having.

Interested in the Resident Assistant position? Apply today! http://www.housing.siu.edu/positions/resident-assistant

Are you an RA and would like to be featured? Talk to your Hall Director about submitting your profile information.

Meet the RAs! - Kathy Grimes

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!

· What’s your name?  Kathy Grimes

· Where are you from?  Bloomington, Illinois

· What’s your major?  Computer and Electrical Engineering (minor in CS and Math)

· What is your favorite dining hall food(s)?  Pulled-pork and Pasta Night (Alfredo Sauce is Awesome!) and I love making my own fruit drink with 50% Orange Juice, 25% Cranberry, 25% Grape and a splash of strawberry

· Where is your favorite place to go off-campus?  My friends' homes

· Where do you see yourself in 10 years?  Working as a engineer on electronic design (for chips and integrated circuits)

· What do you like about being an RA?  Meeting lots of people and making a bunch of friends! You also get to be very creative.

· Favorite quote?  Genius is 1% Inspiration and 99% Perspiration (Thomas Edison)

· Best study spot on campus?  my room or in an engineering lab

· How else are you involved at SIU (besides being an RA)?  I am in a couple RSOs and I like to help out at their events.