Rachel Adams

1004 Bitting Street

Apartment G
Greensboro, NC 27403
731-217-2017
rachcadams@gmail.com
Dear Alicia,
I am writing to express my interest in the Coordinator for Residence Life (Student
Leadership) position at Appalachian State University. I became aware of the Coordinator for
Residence Life (Student Leadership) position through an online job database. I am a second year
graduate student in the Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education (SPAHE) program
at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). I hold a Graduate Assistantship
position at UNCG with the SPAHE program. With this position, I serve as the main contact for
prospective students, assist in large scale event planning for the SPAHE two day on-campus
interview event called SPARK.
My choice to pursue a career in Student Affairs stems from my experiences at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. As an undergraduate I held various leadership positions
within Residence Life as well as Admissions and Student Services. As a graduate student, I held
three internships in Leadership, Veteran Affairs, and Residence Life. In my internship with
UNCGs Office of Leadership and Service Learning, I facilitated leadership sessions and gave
students tools needed to develop their leadership skills. As an intern with the Veterans Resource
Center at UNCG, I performed state-wide benchmarking for similar Veterans Centers, oversaw
the process through which Military Connected Students obtain benefits, and assisted in program
planning for Veterans Day programs and initiatives. Finally, I served as the Residential
Leadership and Education Coordinator at Webster University as part of ACUHO-I internship
program. At Webster, I assisted in the planning and presentation of Resident Assistant Training,
prepared department-wide assessment materials, and led a three-day leadership training for the
Executive Board of the Residential Hall Association (RHA). During this leadership training, I
worked with students to revise Websters RHA Constitution, to plan RHAs programs for the
semester, and to establish a new Executive position that will best meet the needs of RHA
community at Webster. These experiences have helped define my budding career as a Student
Affairs professional.
The Coordinator for Residence Life (Student Leadership) position will allow me to foster
the organizational, and administrative skills I already possess, and will assist in building on
several core competencies for Student Affairs professionals, such as Leadership, Supervision,
and Advising & Helping. Thank-you for your time and consideration of my application material.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Rachel Adams