Laurel Dreher sat there quietly waiting with a smile on her, keeping her attention and positive attitude on me. “So where would you like to start?” she said with a calm but happy smile on her face.
Dreher is the new CORE for the Stonewall residence hall at Roger Williams University. But for one to take such a job, one must ask questions of why someone would take a job like that. A job that involves the stresses balancing the wants and needs of both students and faculty on a personal and professional level. A job that also involves random hours ranging to any point in the day and dealing with situations that can occur at any of the hours. “I do the job for a lot of reasons,” she laughs “ but I like to do it for both the students and myself.”
Dreher is graduate of Ithaca College and also attended the University of Vermont for Grad school. At both these schools, she had a great deal of involvement with the study. At UVM, Dreher lived at a fraternity where she watched over the frat brothers that were living in the same house as her. “It was an experience, but it has prepared me for a lot of stuff that comes with the job of being a CORE.” Dreher says while seeming looking back on her college days
Dreher originally hails from Chapel Hill, NC. SO what made her decide to stay here in the New England area and to stay her at RWU? ”When I found out I got the job here I was faced with the tough issue of not knowing what to do. I enjoy home, but I also like it up here too. When the time finally came, I decided to stay here. I thought that it would be a good experience for me and that I could get a lot out of it.”
And that she has so far. Dreher has come to be known and loved by RAs, faculty, and students she works with. “I love Laurel,” says Travis Courier, a RA of stonewall “she brings so much energy and positive attitude to Team CARE. Everyday I get to work with Laurel is a day I look forward too.”
Dreher has come along way from Chapel Hill, both figuratively and literally. Through her journeys through college with keeping frat boys inline, to now working at Roger Williams University, she has come along way. “I’ve experienced so much,” she says with a grin “ and I really hope my wonderful experience here at RWU continues.”
