West Side RA of the Month for September - Elijah Lightfoot!

Congratulations to North Carrick RA, Elijah Lightfoot, on being selected as the West Side RA of the Month for September!

Here's what Elijah's nominators, North Carrick HD Matt Varga and North Carrick AHD Alex Merchant, had to say about him:

There are multiple reasons why Elijah should be the RA of the Month. First, Elijah is a first year RA on a staff comprised primarily of first year RA’s; however, not once has he let his inexperience hold him back. He has been a leader on the staff by stepping up and asking questions. He consistently takes everything to the next level. For example, his Bulletin Board was arguably the best bulletin board in the building; it may not be comparable to other buildings, but he certainly went above and beyond what any of his fellow staff members did. Please see the attached pictures. Additionally, during the hectic time of move in and the construction, Elijah found the time to create a door dec for himself that clearly took time and effort (see picture). Next, never have officially completed a program before, Elijah hosted his first program last night titled Late Night Rumble. It was a joint program with South Carrick and over forty people attended the program (both sides provided a comparable number of people). Furthermore, I believe this says something about the type of community Elijah has had on his floor. Finally, I ask my RA’s to submit a weekly report (see attached) and as you can see he has also submitted quality weekly reports in addition to his program planning form and community development log. Elijah is going strong and I believe this type of behavior of a first year RA should be strongly rewarded!

Captions for these photos by Matt and Alex from their completed RA of the Month Nomination Form:

This is a nice clean, crisp bulletin board.

This is his information board. He spent a lot of time making sure his residents have the information they need to be successful!

Elijah went with the simple yet creative avenue for his bulletin board and door decs.

Elijah took it upon himself to create a door dec beyond any door dec I have seen.

His door decs are centered around the move 300, which are about Spartans.

A simple trash room sign made into something fun and relevant to guys. Again going above and beyond!

Here are the other awesome West Side RAs that were also nominated as RA of the Month for September:
Hess - Angela Frantz
Humes - Taylor Staley
Morrill - Sarah Gregory
Reese - Chris Porter

At the last area meeting of each month, the West Side HDs and Anna discuss the nominees and select the RA of the Month.  Each month, the RA of the Month is featured on the bulletin board outside the West Area Office!

Way to go, Elijah!