Samantha M.

Danico

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260 Fremont Street Manchester, NH 03103

(603) 703-3488 Samantha.Danico@gmail.com
Awards: G. A. Shea Memorial Scholarship
Saint Anselm College May 2013
A. McDonough Class 42 Scholarship
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Minor in
MT-Donlan Scholarship
Sociology
Programmer of the Year 2010-2011
University of Memphis (anticipated)May 2016
(Resident Assistant)
Master of Science in Leadership and Policy Studies
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Assistant Area Coordinator
June 2014 - Present
Managed two residence halls of approximately 400 students
Supervised a staff of 9 Resident advisors and 31 Desk Assistants
Performed payroll for 40 staff members including Desk Assistants and Resident Advisors
Held office hours 5 days a week, during which one on one meetings with my staff members as well
as meetings with students regarding judicial matters, roommate conflicts, and other student
concerns took place.
Produced monthly duty/on-call schedules for my Resident Advisor Staff.
Held weekly staff meetings with Resident Advisor Staff to go over weekly agendas, student
concerns, and other matters pertaining to their position.
Assisted in organizing Fall Training for the Resident Advisor Staff.
Prepared student residence halls for student move in and move out.
Tracked programming for my Resident Advisor Staff.
Participated in facilitating fall and spring training activities for the Residence Advisor Staff.
Participated in facilitating professional staff training.
Performed on-call duties for my buildings 24/7.
Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH
Residential Experience Director: (analogous with Residence Hall Director)
June 2013- May 2014
Managed a residence hall of approximately 200 freshmen students.
Supervised a staff of 6 undergraduate Community Assistants (Resident Assistants)
Produced monthly duty/on-call schedules for the entire freshmen area Community Assistants (a
staff of 15).
Tracked and helped plan programming efforts with the Community Assistants while maintaining a
budget of $300.00 with 6 Community Assistants accessing it.
Held office hours five days a week, during which I held one-on-one meetings with each of my
Community Assistants, held student judicial hearings, completed judicial paperwork, tracked
programming efforts by the staff, worked on staff recognition efforts, performed research on policy
advancement, organizing roommates/room moves, and acted as a mentor to the students and staff.
Participated in the Vandalism Committee by coming up with ideas on how to decrease vandalism
on campus and increase campus involvement.
Conducted duty/on call rounds 5-8 nights a month including weekday and weekend duty. This duty
was active, meaning there was constant rounding of the campus, upholding campus policies.
Actively worked on the Community Assistant selection process including interviewing candidates,
making timelines for the process, making advertisements and selecting placements.
Prepared residence halls for student move in, prepared and organized keys for the students, and
took inventory of furniture as well as assessed damages and billing.

Conferences and Presentations

Conferences Attended:
Residential Life Association of the Granite State (RLAGS) 2012
NEACHO New Professionals Drive In- November 2013
TACUHO 2014
SEAHO 2016
Conference Presentation:
RLAGS 2012 - Research Presentation on RA Personalities.

Research 2013
Analyzed the results of a survey administered to Saint Anselm College RAs which identified personality
types, job stress, job satisfaction, and comfort in performing RA duties. Through my research I found that
those RAs who were higher in Neuroticism had lower job satisfaction, higher job stress, and less comfort
performing duties, whereas those who were high in Conscientiousness were the opposite. Through these
findings and other findings, I believe it is possible to form better RA staffs though knowing their personality
types and being able to pair people who are struggling with people who can help them.

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RA Training Activities
o Programming Back to Basics asked to train RAs on how to meet requirements
effectively (January 2012)
o Basic Training Organized games and events to help train new RAs on programming
requirements, on-call requirements and other policies for RAs. (Fall and Winter
Training 2012-2015)
o Programming Thinking Outside the Box asked to come back and do another training
session on thinking outside the box when coming up with programming. This focused
on finding the needs of their residents and programming to those needs in creative ways.
(January 2013)
o Bafa Bafa- Organized and ran my own version of this program to train Community
assistants on diversity. (August 2013)
o Programming and Passives Training- Performed training on how to perform different
styles of events as well as how to target students with bulletin boards and other creative
ways of doing passive programming. (August 2013,2015)
o Policies and procedures: Instructed the Resident Advisors on the policies and procedures
of the University of Memphis. (August 2014,2015)
Internship
May 2015-August 2015
Worked with the University of Memphis Residence Life to change the programming strategies and
develop a training guide for programming to target areas of resident development. This strategy
worked with a peer to peer training mentality.
Researched areas of alcohol education, consent education, bystander intervention programming,
and financial stability for college students. Developed programming efforts to target each of these
categories.
Developed a training guide for the chosen RAs that were going to run each of these programs.
Worked with campus resources to develop collaborative programming and to gain new insight for
the programming model.
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH
Senior Resident Assistant: (analogous with Graduate Resident Assistant)
August 2012 May 2013
Coordinated with Area Coordinator in advising and mentoring a successful staff of eight
undergraduate Resident Assistants (RAs).
Tracked RA Programming including programming proposals, evaluations, and attendance.
Maintained an area programming/passive programming budget of $1340.00 for 8 RAs accessing it
using Excel.
Produced monthly duty/on-call schedules for my staff.
Prepared residence halls in advance of student leader arrival by delivering handbooks and taking
inventory of rooms, making door tags for the RAs
Held weekly office hours with floating hours outside the office.
Supported the central staff in running housing lottery by signing residents in and organizing their
housing paperwork.
Developed a staff recognition program for my own personal staff as well as programs for the entire
campus staff.
Green Resident Assistant: (programming leader)
August 2011 May 2012
Facilitated as the spokes person for the RAs in sustainability programming efforts and served on
behalf of the student population for the Energy Consumption Reduction Campaign and the
Environmental Stewardship Initiative Campaign.
Developed a campus wide programming effort each semester on sustainable education.
Facilitated a training session during Fall training on running successful sustainable programming.
Resident Assistant:
August 2010 May 2013
Participated in the RA on-call rotation by making myself available for emergencies we upholding
the policies of the institution.
Managed hall inventory at opening and closing.
Mediated conversations between residents/roommates on personal matters.
Skillful in the areas of Spiritual, Recreational, Social, Community Service, Sustainability,
Educational, and Cultural programming.

Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS, Social Networking