South Dakota
School of Mines & Technology
Residence Life Staff Development Days Fall 1999
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
Volleyball (if lighting allows) Games
Ranger Brian
Reeny
Flames and
Sunday, August 22
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:42 a.m. Explanation of Jeopardy Tournament (if we don't have a winner) 12:00 p.m. Lunch Small Groups Building a Foundation Small Groups
Volleyball
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?
Hughes-Hargraves, HDs
Mr. Rogers, Donna
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
Questions for Jeopardy due (2 minutes)
5:00-ish Dinner in the Cafeteria
6:30 p.m. In-hall Capt. Craig Tieszen, RCPD
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
The Real World
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.