OVERVIEW:
It's
everything you want to know, but never knew you needed to
know about college life.
Bestselling
author, speaker, and syndicated advice columnist Harlan Cohen
takes the best from his new book, The Naked Roommate: And
107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College , and brings
it to life for residence assistants and residence life staff.
DESCRIPTION:
The
residence life staff are some of the MOST important people
in the world of new students. An RA who listens, comforts,
and offers support is an RA that changes lives for the better.
The only catch - unlike most other professionals, residence
assistants are also students who have questions, but yet,
they are also supposed to have all the answers.
Advice
columnist, bestselling author, and speaker Harlan Cohen takes
the best from his latest book and helps your residence life
staff get comfortable with the uncomfortable. From sharing
the ultimate roommate rule, to revealing how to find a date
while sober, to helping a promiscuous student -- this interactive
session gives RAs strategies for how they can help themselves
and their students find their places on campus.
Harlan
uses the voices of today's college students, live music (he
plays the guitar), audience participation, his unique brand
of humor, and the latest facts, stats, trends, resources,
and information from interviews with over 1000 students from
over 100 college campuses to help students and RAs make a
smooth transition to life in the residence halls.
OBJECTIVE:
Student
leaders and professionals take a step back and examine their
roles in the lives of their residents and put together a plan-of-action
on how they can create a community where residents can take
healthy risks while discovering their respective roles on
and off campus.
TOPICS ADDRESSED:
Roommates
/ Relationships / Dating / Diversity / Making Friends / Making
Grades / Sex / No Sex / Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Alcohol
Use / Drug Use / Depression / Eating Disorders /Sexual Assault
/ Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues / Homesickness / Health
Services / Campus Safety / Student Involvement / Taking Risks
in College
