Memo
To: Ammann College Leadership Team. From: Brian C. Steinberg (Ammann
College RHD). CC: Matty Punnett (Mendelsohn Quad Director). Date: 09/17/00.
Re: Welcome.
At this time, I want to be the first to welcome you back to SUNY-Stony Brook. I
hope you all had a great summer and are ready for an exciting year, as you will be
the first Ammann College Staff of the new millennium. Get ready to start in
style! Please review the attached "Ammann College In-Hall Schedule" as well as
the "Camp Stony Brook RA Training 2000 Schedule." This past summer I was
the Hendrix College Summer RHD (Jason Bright was on my staff!) This past
summer I also started my own business (with David Scarzella, Keller RHD) called
http://www.residentassistant.com/reslifepro as well as professionally reviewing and
critiquing Residence Life web sites and books. Here is some personal information
about me. I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Abraham Lincoln
High School (the same high school as Stephan Marbury, Arthur Miller, Neil
Diamond, Louis Gossett Jr., Lee Mazzilli, and Christina Soru (Ammann A2 RA) in
1991, then went on to graduate from Central Michigan University (same school that
Dan Majerle of the now Miami Heat and Dick Enberg of NBC Sports) with a BS
Degree in Earth Science and Geology in 1995. I then went on to graduate school at
The University of Northern Iowa (same school where Kurt Warner, St. Louis Rams
Superbowl 2000 MVP attended) where I received a MA Degree in Postsecondary
Education: Student Affairs in 1999. Currently, I am finishing up my second MA in
Geography from the University of Northern Iowa. I met my wife Sara in Iowa
almost five years ago, and we were married in August of 1998 (You will meet Sara
at the first Ammann College RA Social). I became the Ammann College RHD last
April after spending a challenging nine months working as the Assistant Director of
Residence Life for Programs at the South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology. I plan to start a Ph.D. in either Higher Education or Educational
Administration within the next few years. My hobbies include cooking, traveling,
biking, hiking, computers (web page development / web surfing), rock collecting,
diversity support and advocacy, fighting for human rights for all, and studying soil
development in sand dunes. You can find out more information about me from my
personal web page at: http://www.geocities.com/brian.steinberg In the future, I
hope to someday be a Vice President for Student Affairs or Diversity Affairs at a
large university in either New Jersey or New England or become the Director of
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) / National Hurricane Center. I
look forward to getting to know all of you! Brian C. Steinberg MA Ammann College RHD SUNY-Stony Brook Office
Phone: (631) 632-6765 E-mail: brian.steinberg@sunysb.edu
REMEMBER THEM DAY'S
6:45 p.m. Saturday August 26, 2000 1. Teambuilders and Icebreakers. 2.
Expectations of Training (time and task). 3. Temporary Duty Schedule August 25August 31 (Elvis on August 25, 2000). 4. Review Quad Expectations. 5. Work on
Building Banner. 6. RCRs and other Paper Work. 7. Ammann College
Leadership Team Expectations (RHD and RAs) (Paper on walls in college office).
a) Letter in file for everything- the Good and The Bad but not the Ugly! b)
Performance contracts. 8. Plan and work on Roll Call. 9. Weekly Staff Meetings
(Times and Schedules) Tue or Wed Nights at 10 p.m.? 10. Bi-Weekly one-one-ones
and off week weekly reports. 11. RA Death Speech 12. High Diversity
Expectations- (Culinary Preference, Creed, Gender, Sexual
Orientation/Preference/Affiliation, Race, Nationality, Gender, Ethnicity, Culture,
Ability, Disability, Marital Status, Veteran Status, Political Preference, etc. 13.
Communications- Voice Mail, RA Mailboxes, E-mail (collect E-mail Addresses)
RA/OA Log in College Office. 14. Ammann College Web Page?
7:00 p.m. Sunday August 27, 2000 1. Programming. 2. Recognition (Sea Wolves
Recognition Board) Mendelsohn Quad Wide. 3. Ammann College Newsletters. 4.
Your first floor meetings. 5. Health and Safety's. 6. Roommate and Community
Agreements 7. Student Success 8. FYRE 9. Door Decks for all of your residents
using our theme. 10. RA Liaisons. a) Leadership (LEG and Quad Council). b)
FYRE. c) Communications/Publications/Publicity
11. My Schedule: a) Office Hours: M-F 2-5 p.m. c) CSPA (September 24-26).
12. Sunday Night RA Socials? 13. RA Manual. 14. LEG 15. Ammann College
Newsletter. 7:00 p.m. Monday August 28, 2000 1. Where your White Staff Shirts Today!
8:30 p.m. Tuesday August 29, 2000
7:00 p.m. Wednesday August 30, 2000 1. Plan community building initiatives for
Ammann College. 2. Review fire alarm procedures for Ammann College. 3.
Discuss Behind Close Doors and prepare for this experience.