Be An RA Next Year!

Information about the RA position can be found at: www.reslife.umd.edu/RAposition.

Please note:  this year’s Application Deadline is Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 4pm.  

The Qualifications for the RA position are as follows:

·         Applicants must be an undergraduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park, or will be an undergraduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park by the Spring 2015 semester.

• Applicants must maintain a 2.5 or better cumulative GPA at the University of Maryland, College Park. Unless this is their first semester at the University, they must have a 2.5 cumulative GPA on Thursday, October 9, 2014 to participate in the selection process. Those in their first semester do not yet have a GPA at the University. The GPA of all eligible candidates will be checked after grades have posted for the Fall 2014 semester.
• Applicants must attend an Information Session in order to apply for the RA position.
• Applicants must be in good judicial and financial standing with the University.
• If invited to take the RA Class, applicants must register for and complete EDCP 470 in the Spring 2015 semester in order to be selected for a position.
• If offered a position, newly hired Resident Assistants are expected to hold the position for the entire 2015-2016 academic year.

Students often need more information about the RA position and our Selection Process, so we’ve scheduled Information Sessions.  Current RAs and professional staff members will be on hand to answer questions following each 45 minute presentation.  Attendance at one of the Information Sessions is required of all applicants. 

Here are the dates of our Information Sessions (applicants are required to attend one of these sessions):

Information Session Date:	Time:	Location:
Wednesday, September 24	6pm –7pm	Oakland Hall, Room 0204
Thursday, September 25	4pm – 5pm	Tydings Hall, Room 1101
Friday, September 26	12 – 1pm	Cambridge Community Center, Room 1100
Tuesday, September 30	6pm - 7pm	Shoemaker Building, Room 2102
Wednesday, October 1	4pm – 5pm	Tydings Hall, Room 0117
Thursday, October 2	6pm - 7pm	Tydings Hall, Room 1102
Tuesday, October 7	4pm - 5pm	Tydings Hall, Room 1101
Tuesday, October 7	6pm - 7pm	Oakland Hall, Room 0204
Wednesday, October 8	4pm - 5pm	Stamp Student Union, Benjamin Banneker Room
Wednesday, October 8	6pm - 7pm	Tydings Hall, Room 0117