BY KRISTEN KRUGER

Staff writer

Two of the new staff members working at the Gila residential hall are Ashley Lang and Ryan Stade.

Ms. Lang is a Resident Advisor at the GILA Ptarmigan Hall on the girl’s floor. Mr. Stade is a Resident Advisor on the boy’s floor.

There are six new people working for the GILA Ptarmigan Hall (dorm) this year, including; Ashley Lang, Ryan Stade, Adrienne Johnson, Gunner Johnson, Maria Felin, and Anthony Kyrikibis.

Ashley Lang is from Branson, Missouri. She is 21. She got out of college in February with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. Ms. Lang went to a job fair in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. From there, she found the flyer for a position as a Resident Advisor (RA). It seemed like a good fit and she would be able to work with high school student in Alaska.

She was experienced with boarding schools before in her past and would like to make the same impact as her RAs did. So she thought it will be like “killing two birds with one stone”.  Ms. Lang set up an interview with Ben Blasco which ended as being hired. She loves the job so far and thinks that GILA students are amazing but sometimes challenging. Ashley Lang makes the dorm feel livelier and more fun.

Ryan Stade is a new RA for the boy’s floor this year as well. Mr. Stade is 23 years old; he graduated from Boston with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. He learned about GILA by his Dads Friends from Galena. To him is sounded like a good idea, plus it involved high school activities and he likes hanging out with people on the boy’s floor, meeting and conversing with them.

            Mr. Stade is a RA for about 23 out of 96 boys attending GILA this year and Ms. Lang is RA for a portion of the 83 girls attending GILA which is about 20 girls. Their jobs (duties) as RA’s include making sure the students are; getting to bed early, make sure no fights go on, you’re not late to floor, and basically they’re like your parents.