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Recognition Ideas:
These
ideas are from emails and listserve discussions
from all over:
Voicemail
from central staff including the vice president
and president.
Letters
from the president and vice president, and/or
the director of housing.
Res.
Life office sponsored a desert night or "special
dinner" in one of the dining halls.
Hall
Directors put together a games night with
ice cream and prizes
Hall
Directors had games night/auction - RAs get
raffle tickets throughout night to enter raffle
for items donated from hall directors. These
items included things like "one educational
program," "one bulletin board,"
"food for a social program," "individual
resume` tutorial," "three guitar
lessons." The items were mainly services,
not objects.
Massages:
The residence life department can get someone
to give ten minute massages during a specific
time period, and if RAs want, they can come
get one.
Send
a letter to various campus offices where RAs
interact or help and ask them to show their
appreciation. Responses or ideas include
newspaper ads, a free meal at the food court,
etc.
One
idea is for offices to have various gifts
and RAs afe given a coupon book with the name
of the office and the time they can come to
those offices to pick up their gifts.
That way they get around campus and have some
fun.
We
are actually planning a large event for
the staff here; all 181 of us:
You're
My Inspiration
"A
Celebration of ourselves and each other"
A reception
and dinner party in recognition of
International
Residence Hall Student Staff Day
That
is what I put on all the invites plus a
little more. We are doing three hours
of Karaoke, dinner, et cetera. We
also to make it a little more fun we asked
that "Semi-Formal Dress" to be
optional--so we all look somewhat nice!
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Put
up banners in the halls. ("Take time
to thank your RA today!, it's international...")
Inform
the residents of the day so they can do something
for the RA.
Certificates
of recognition
Put
fliers on their doors
Give
them a "goodie bag."
Hall
Director makes dinner for staff.
Hall
Director makes cards or small gifts for staff.
Party
thrown by Hall Government.
Each
floor put together a scrap book, one page
per resident, about "Why I Appreciate
My RA."
Huge
floor card.
Take
out a "thank you" ad in the campus
newspaper with RAs names on it.
Fun
staff activities
Special
breakfast, lunch or dinner
Reception
dinner w/cake.
Cookies
or candy
Balloon
and candy
Special
door tags. (like stars - "You're a Star!")
Make
11x 17 signs with their name on it, decorated
with something they like (ie if they like
frogs, make it a frog sign). Pass it
around the floor and have residents sign it.
We
write family members of the RAs and ask them
to send letters to their RA acknowledging
how hard they work. Big hit. Stonehill
College
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