Sources: Carlozzi Leaving

It has been reported that a certain Residence Hall Director will be leaving Lyndon at the end of term.

Sources have said that Kayla Carlozzi is the RHD leaving but no one in Residence Life Staff has confirmed or denied this. RHDs Melissa Nelson, Jonathan Ross and Carlozzi were asked if they were leaving. All declined to comment.

"It's really up to them whether they want to talk about it or not," says Residence Life Director Erin Rossetti.

"There is a posting so obviously there's an opening. It's been posted both internally and on outside sites, I believe at highered.com or studentaffairs.com"

According to Rossetti, the RHD's resignation came in a couple weeks ago.

"This is a pretty typical time for hall directors to decide whether they are returning to the position or not because in Residence Life we are trying to get a jump start on next year. There are a lot of people in the field who are looking right now."

Those people looking to be RHD's are typically on their way towards a Master's Degree programs or, if they have their Master's, are looking for a little extra experience before they work their way up to a job in academics, or other areas related to higher education.

Rossetti says that an RHD position is often used as a "spring board to these other positions."

 "It's great experience in terms of leadership."

LSC is currently looking collecting resumes for the position.

"Because the job posting is on these external sites we are able to get a nice diversity of applicants from lots of different backgrounds," says Rossetti.

According to the job posting this is what Lyndon is searching for.

"Requirements include a bachelor's degree plus one or more years of experience as a student resident assistant, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired; master's degree preferred. Must have good administrative and supervisory skills and be able to deal effectively with students, as well as a wide range of college personnel, parents, and others outside the college." (Taken from studentaffairs.com)

Once resumes have been collected it is up to a search committee to decide who will be the next RHD at Lyndon.

Rossetti says that the committee is "mostly comprised of staff and Residence Life staff who will be working loosely with the new RHD. There is also student representation in the committee."

She also says that the search committee goes through a similar process to any other search committee on campus. This means looking through resumes, making calls to those candidates chosen to come see the school and then usings group meet and greets to decide who is the best fit for Lyndon State.

Regardless of which RHD is leaving us Rossetti says there will be a chance to say goodbye.

"Generally when anyone leaves Lyndon, there is an opportunity for people can say goodbye."

She says that this sometimes falls more in the summer depending on when resignation goes through so it may wind up being more of a faulty and staff going away party but with this position being very student oriented she will not be surprised if the event is scheduled for a time when students may also take part.