Mask Up!...and Build Community

In a semester unlike any other it can be challenging to build connections with new people, but it does not have to be that way. For the Resident Assistants in the Lake/Olson community, building community has taken place in a few creative ways. So far this semester, the RAs have planned events for their residents ranging from small group rock climbing, attending an on-campus Black Lives Matter protest, and pre-semester campus tours to ensure new residents knew their way around campus. While it is true building and maintaining community this semester is more challenging, the RAs in the Lake/Olson community are proving it can be done and done well.

RA Jenna G. with Olson residents when went rock climbing together.

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Olson RA Jenna Event

RAs on the Lake/Olson staff with residents as they prepared to go to the BLM protest on campus together.

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Lake/Olson BLM 1

RA Paige and RA Jenna G. along with their residents on a campus tour together as they prepared for the start of the semester.

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Olson RAs Campus Tour