Meet Our 2011-2012 Graduate Assistants:

All of the Residence Life Graduate Assistants are first or second year students in the College Student Personnel Administration program.


Bennie Williams
willi100@canisius.edu
Hall Director

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Undergraduate Education: Canisius College
Degree: Childhood Education with an English Concentration
Interests: Music, sports, educational administration
Career Aspirations: Principal, Superintendent of Schools, Residence Life, Dean of Students
Hall Director Area: Frisch Hall
Favorite Quote: "I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me." Phillippians 4:13
 


Carrie Burke
burkec1@canisius.edu
Hall Director

Hometown: Angola, NY
Undergraduate Education: Canisius College
Degree: Dual Spanish and Psychology
Interests: Traveling, learning different languages, cooking and reading  
Career Aspirations: Director of an international programs office                          
Hall Director Area: Dugan Hall
Favorite Quote: "Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you were meant to be." -George Sheehan
 


Emily Tobin
tobine@canisius.edu
Hall Director

Hometown: Penfield, NY
Undergraduate Education: Alfred University
Degree: Psychology & Sociology, Minor in Coaching
Interests: Exploring Buffalo, student affairs, running, spending time with friends and trying new recipes
Career Aspirations: Athletics, Career Services, Academic Affairs, Student Activities, & Residence Life, Ultimately to become a Dean of Students or VP of Student Affairs
Hall Director Area: Village Townhouses, Main-Humboldt Townhouses, George Martin Hall,
Griffin Hall, & Campion Hall
Favorite Quote: "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift.

Malerie Hervey
herveym@canisius.edu
Hall Director
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate Education: Rochester Institute of Technology
Degree: Interior Design
Interests: Adventuring, being outside, cooking, music, student affairs
Career Aspirations: Residence Life, Greek Life, New Student Orientation
Hall Director Area: Delavan & Main Delavan Townhouses
Favorite Quote: "This is your life. Do what you love and do it often."

Kristen Kearney
kearney2@canisius.edu
Hall Director
Hometown: Franklin, MA
Undergraduate Institution: Merrimack College
Degree: Psychology
Interests: Running, baking, yoga      
Career Aspirations: Working with first year students
Hall Director Area: Bosch Hall
Favorite Quote: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."-Gandhi

Adam Griffith
griffit8@canisius.edu
Coordinator of Themed Living
Hometown: Olean, NY
Undergraduate Education: The College at Brockport
Degree: Environmental Science
Interests: Photography, Biking, & Enjoying the outdoors
Career Aspirations: Make a positive impact in the lives of students while working my way up through Student Affairs to the eventual position of Vice President of Student Affairs.
Favorite Quote: "In a gentle way, you can shake the world." Gandhi