Hannah Mallets Named a Resident Assistant at Alvernia University

2017 Aug 15

Hannah Mallets of O'Fallon, Ill., is serving as a Resident Assistant at Alvernia University for the 2017-18 academic year. Mallets, is studying Occupational Therapy at Alvernia and is a graduate of Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School.

Resident Assistants (RAs) are upper-class students who reside in Alvernia's residence halls and help build strong and healthy residential communities, which complement and extend classroom learning. As an RA, Mallets encourages student responsibility and accountability, and works to provide a residential environment that enhances student academic progress and success. As peers, the RAs not only provide general information and referral help/models of successful adjustment to college living, but they assist with roommate/suitemate conflicts and plan educational, cultural and social programs.

ALVERNIA is a distinctive Franciscan university, grounded in the Catholic and liberal arts traditions, that combines diverse academic opportunities with personal attention and an unmatched commitment to community service. Alvernia empowers students to become "ethical leaders with moral courage." Through real-world learning and the challenging guidance of faculty mentors, they discover their passion for life and turn what they love into lifetimes of career success and personal fulfillment. Alvernia students do well and do good.