Saturday, August 21

10:00 a.m. Check into your room by this time, meetings in individual halls

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:07 p.m. Leave for Storm Mountain Retreat Center (Travel by hall in vans; linens from your HD).

2:01 p.m. Let the games begin . . .
                      Cheers!  Our own Personal Playfair, Norming, Great Expectations, Small Groups and Info
                        Volleyball Tournament Begins.

5:30 p.m. Dinner
               Social Styles                                               Reeny
                 Volleyball (if lighting allows)
                 Flames and Games                                    Ranger Brian

Sunday, August 22

8:00 a.m.  Breakfast

9:42 a.m. Explanation of Jeopardy
                Building a Foundation
                Volleyball Tournament (if we don't have a winner)
                Small Groups

12:00 p.m. Lunch
                Small Groups
                   Head'em up and move'em out

6:30 p.m. Dinner In-hall (work with your hall director, as required by your hall director)

 Monday, August 23

(All sessions will be in the West Bump Lounge, Surbeck Center)

8:27 a.m. Continental Breakfast with special guests Dr. Gowen and Dr. Lange

8:59 a.m. A few words from Dr. Gowen and Dr. Lange

9:13 a.m. Communication Skills                                                      Jolie McCoy

 Portraits of Your Students                                                             HDs, Jolie

12:00 p.m. Lunch in the Cafeteria

1:06 p.m. Guppies, Sharks and Dolphins                                         Reeny

 Who are the people in your neighborhood?                                   Mr. Rogers, Donna Hughes-Hargraves, HDs

Programming BASIC Y2K SUCCESS                                            Brian

4:34 p.m. Canyon Lake Cookout / Staff Pictures / Backward Baseball

7:03 p.m. In-hall
 

Tuesday, August 24

(Morning Sessions will be in March / Dake Hall Main Lobby.  Afternoon sessions will be in Connolly Hall Main Lounge).
 

8:32 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:01 a.m.  Earth, Wind anf Fire                                                    Cece & Company

12:22 p.m. Lunch en la Cafeteria

1:42 p.m.  Challenging Students to Succeed                                 Dr. Campone, HDs

2:32 p.m.  The low-down on gettin’ high                                       Bob Beyer, DCI

3:27 p.m.  Gettin Jiggy with it                                                       Capt. Craig Tieszen, RCPD
               Questions for Jeopardy due (2 minutes)

5:00-ish Dinner in the Cafeteria

6:30  p.m.  In-hall
 

Wednesday, August 25

(Sessions will be in Connolly Hall Main Lounge)

8:30 a.m.   Breakfast / Real World Actors Meeting

9:07 a.m. The Real World

12:00 p.m.  Lunch

12:57 p.m.  Jeopardy

3:00 p.m. In-hall

4:00 p.m.  Orientation Kick-off (Classroom Building. then Roosevelt Park

7:00 p.m.  In-hall
 

Help students reach their full potential . . .catch them doing something right.
 
 

Volleyball Teams
 

The Sting Rays

Josh Sting—Captain
Cody Jackson
Jennifer Nelson
Jason Israelson
Matt Fechter
Brent Peterson
Cece Sharum
Erika Fitzgerald
 

The Stevedors

Stephen Roe—Captain
Lindsy Christensen
Jayme Zimprich
Mark Muirhead
Kyle Schofeild
Josh Sletten
Zak Ngoma
Art Alleger
 

The Jed-i Knights

Jed Padilla—Captain
Stephanie Hummel
Jon Busby
Victor Mwaba
Nancy Morris
Kevin Jordahl
John Loranger
Brian Steinberg
 

The Mister Mistereks

Krystal Kubas—Captain
Brad Misterek
Clint Bohnet
Richard Liggett
Jeff Krueger
Eric Johnson
Reeny Wilson
Nick Vosberg
 
 

Intramural Rules
2 out of 3 games to 15
Rotate all players in
At least 1 woman on the court for each team at one time
 

Small Group Work

Complete the following in your small group . . . be prepared to contribute to a large group discussion.
 
 

What’s a RA anyway?

Individually, using index cards and markers, write down your perceptions of what a RA is and does.  As a group, combine your perceptions, talk about what you mean by your descriptions.  How are they similar or different?  How do they compare with the RA Manual descriptions in the Introduction section?
 

Positive Norming

As newcomers arrive on campus, they will more than likely seek out (and be sought) by returning students (some with hidden agendas that include unhealthy traditions).  How can you as the RA help new students establish positive norms, values and rules within the residence hall community?
 

Ethical Standards

Read the Ethical Standards section of the RA Manual.  Are there any standards that will be challenging for you?  How can we as a staff ensure we are all meeting these standards?
 

Task Force Topics

How is your topic relevant to the students of SDSM&T?  What are the issues Tech students face in relation to your topic?  Begin thinking of ways to help students become more aware about your topic area.
 
 

Alcohol & Drug Awareness
Josh Sting
Stephanie Hummel
Cody Jackson
Jon Busby
Nick Vosberg
Advisor—Brian Steinberg

Diversity Awareness
Victor Mwaba
Nancy Morris
Jed Padilla
John Loranger
Jason Israelson
Krystal Kubas
Advisor—Reeny Wilson

Relationships & Sex
Matt Fechter
Mark Muirhead
Kevin Jordahl
Kyle Schofeild
Jayme Zimprich
Josh Sletten
Advisor—Reeny Wilson

Safety & Security
Jennifer Nelson
Erika Fitzgerald
Brad Misterek
Clint Bohnet
Richard Liggett
Advisor—Cece Sharum

Wellness
Stephen Roe
Jeff Krueger
Eric Johnson
Brent Peterson
Lindsy Christensen
Zak Ngoma
Advisor—Reeny Wilson

Response Teams

Team 1
Advisor—Cody Jackson
Jed Padilla
Kyle Schofield
BJ Misterek
 Team 2
Advisor—Erika Fitzgerald
Krystal Kubas
Mark Muirhead
Josh Sting
Team 3
Advisor—Steve Roe
Ed Loranger
Jason Israelson
Jeff Krueger Team 4
Advisor—Matt Fechter
Lindsy Christensen
Clint Bohnet
Eric Johnson

Team 5
Advisor—Jayme Zimprich
Nancy Morris
Victor Mwaba
 
 

Actors*
Jon Busby
Francine Campone
Steph Hummel
Kevin Jordahl
Richard Liggett
Jennifer Nelson
Zak Ngoma
Brent Peterson
Josh Sletten
Nick Vosberg
Donna Hughes-Hargraves
 
 
 

Special Guest Appearance by Donna Kliche

*  Views and beliefs expressed by the Real World Actors are not necessarily the views and beliefs held by the Department of Residence Life, nor its staff members.  Please watch responsibly.

College is about learning.
It’s not as simple as learning whatever it is that’s being taught in your required gen-ed classes, though.  It’s about learning how to listen, how to speak, how to think.  Learning who you are, who your friends are, the type of people you want as friends.  Learning how to trust your innermost feelings, and how to find those feelings in the first place.  It’s about learning what’s really important to you, and learning what you really don’t give a damn about.  College is about learning how to tolerate, how to accept, how to like, and how to love.  Learning how to give as well as you receive, and how to trust that everything will even itself out on its own (you buy pizza one night, your roommate will the next night). It’s about learning that your mom and dad actually do have the right answers sometimes, and that your kid sister isn’t such a dumb little kid anymore.  College is about learning how to treat people as people, not as stereotypes.  Learning that sometimes a kiss isn’t just a kiss, that sometimes it means more, and that sometimes it means less.  Learning how to achieve, how to succeed, how to accomplish.  It’s about learning how to not come in first place and still be proud, and about coming in last and learning how to admit that you could’ve done better.  College is about learning that loud parties don’t necessarily mean a good time.  Learning that loneliness doesn’t go away in a crowd and that sometimes it’s okay to be by yourself on a Friday or Saturday night.  It’s about learning that your lunch time crowd doesn’t constitute your popularity, and that popularity is all a matter of perspective.  It’s about learning that boredom is simply laziness of the mind, and that surfing the net for endless hours is not quality relaxation time.  College is about learning how to pack a bag, how to pack a car, and how to pack a room full of way too much stuff.  Learning that people probably like you a whole lot more than they’ll ever tell you, and that it’s your responsibility to make sure your friends know how much you appreciate them.  It’s about learning that simply doing what you’re supposed to do isn’t enough, you need to put forth twice that much in order to fully grasp whatever it is that’s sitting in front of you.  It’s about learning how to make people smile.  College is about learning how to miss people enough to not stick them in the past, and how to not miss them so much that it keeps you from moving in the future.  Learning how to motivate yourself and how to motivate others.  Learning what the phrase “make do” means, and how to use it to make it seem as if you’re not simply “making do.”  It’s about learning 25 different ways of saying, “we made out” and how to swear in all the different languages of your class/floor/hall.  College is about learning.

Learning how to live.

Residents. . .

are the most important people in our business.

are not dependent on us.  We are dependent on them.

are not an interruption of our work.  They are the purpose of it.

do us a favor when they come in.  We aren’t doing them a favor by waiting on them.

are part of our business—not outsiders.

are not just money in the cash register.  They are human beings with feelings, like our own.

are people who come to us with needs and wants.  It is our job to fill them.

deserve the most courteous attention we can give them. They are the livelihood of our business.  They pay for our salaries.  Without them, we would have to close our doors.

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