Attitudes and Values
1. Willing to be innovative
In the residence halls we have visitation logs where the desk assistants write down the guests who have checked in with the residents. Before I got to Memphis, the DA's used 2 different color visitation logs to identify male guest and female guest. When I became supervisor I thought it made more sense, saved more paper, and made it easier if the DA's highlighted the names of the female guest so the RA's would be able to easily identify who needed to be checked out if they were still in the building after their last round.
2. Open to change
In my last semester working for Residence Life, we had to change the way we paid our Senior Service workers. They would no longer be on my payroll and would now be paid by Kelly Services a temporary work company. The transition was not as smooth as it could have been and wrinkles had to be ironed out, but it helped me become even more open to change, because this change was out of the departments hands and although it would cause me and other coworkers of mine an extra step, the small change highlighted that no matter how good something is working, change is inevitable.
3. Desire to continue learning
I chose to do my internship in the Office of Student Conduct for two reasons. The first reason is because I want to land a full time job in Student Conduct at another university when I finish my degree. Secondly, it was also something that was completely new to me that I knew very little about. The purpose of the office intrigued me and I had always heard how tough their jobs were. I wanted to challenge myself and learn more about the day to day of Student Conduct officers. This internship also helps me understand school Title IX, HIPPA, Clery Act, FERPA, and other laws better and be able to apply them in ore ways than just Residence Life.