What is a Resident Assistant?
A Resident Assistant (RA) is a student staff member of Colorado Northwestern who oversees a floor in 1 of our 3 residence halls. RA's are responsible for building a community within their assigned residents, and enhance the overall experience of the students living on campus. These student staff members are the initial contact in the residence halls to help address any student concern or issues. Our goal is to have Resident Assistants make a happy, healthy, and a successful living space for our residence halls at CNCC.
Responsibilities of an RA
Community DevelopmentThe Residents Assistants are responsible for a wide variety of tasks that are within five major categories. These tasks include, but are not limited to:
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- Be available and accessible to floor/hall residents
- Develop positive relationships with residents
- Encourage community development
- Student Programming
- Provide quality, social, and educational programming for residents
- Information Source
- Assist students with personal, social, and academic problems
- Be familiar with all campus and community resources to assist residents with problems
- Know emergency protocols
- Administrative Tasks
- Attend weekly staff meetings and biweekly one on one meetings
- Assist with opening and closing activities.
- Participate in weekly and weekend building duty rotation
- Complete the following administrative tasks in a timely fashion: check in, check out, room inventory forms, maintenance requests, surveys, behavioral complaints, and other task assigned by the Residence Life Coordinator's
Selection & Employment
The Resident Assistant Selection process for the following year begins in February. Interested candidates can download them below.
Candidates must fill out the application completely; include a resume, letter to your residents, and 3 reference forms (2 Faculty/Staff, and 1 RA). If the applicant is a student athlete, they must provide a signed letter from their coaching staff stating they support the candidate’s decision to be an RA, they understand the time commitment associated with being an RA, and their willingness to be flexible.
The individual and group interviews are conducted with the Professional Residence Life Staff. Candidates on the Rangely Campus can schedule their individual interview with Associate Director of Campus Life, Jennifer Rea, between 9 am and 2 pm, Monday thru Friday, upon completion of application. Candidates on the Craig Campus can turn their application in to Jesse LaRose, Craig Campus Dean.
Student Leadership Selection Outline
- Student Leadership Applications Open: Wednesday, February 15th
- Student Leadership Applications Close: Monday, March 20th
- Schedule your group interview with Jen Rea at the Campus Life Office in Johnson between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. after you submit your completed application packet.
- Interviews will be held at the following times.
- March 21st through March 31st
- Group Interview: Thursday April 6th 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
- Student Leadership Position Announcements: Friday, April 7th via student email
Students interested in being a part of Student Leadership can download the application here.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Campus Life office at
