So today, my day was chock-full of NYU business. First, I attended my first ever RALI event. RALI stands for Resident Assistant Leadership Institute, and it's basically the first step in the RA selection process. I'm trying to be an RA next year, but since I'm studying abroad in Florence this spring, I have to start the process early. In addition, I signed up to be part of a Steinhardt photo shoot. While I only had to juggle these two things, it was kind of sticky because they were in different places at the same time.
The RA Leadership Institute was a lot less boring than I thought it was going to be. There was a lot of teaching, but also a lot of group work. We got to find out about our True Colors™, experience the program planning process, and play with LEGO's. RALI was actually kind of fun, but they still expect quite a bit of work from you.
So during lunch break, I ran from Palladium to campus to snap a couple of photos. It was cold and the photographer made us take out coats off, so I was unhappy about that. But I really like getting my picture taken, so it all evened out.
After the shoot, I walked back up to Palladium to finish the RALI program for the day. Going into the process, I wasn't really sure if being an RA was for me. But after attending RALI today, and after going through the ups and downs of the dorm experience, being an RA seems like something that I would want to do, and something that I could learn a lot from.