The Associate Director of Housing responded Tuesday to the resignation of house fellows across the UW-Madison campus.
Kay Reuter-Krohn said over the course of the current school year, four house fellows have resigned. During the '07-'08 school year, three house fellows resigned, which she said is in the ballpark for most resignations.
It's not so unusual to have students resign if something changes in their life and they can't do the job that is expected of them,"" she said. ""House fellow jobs are pretty demanding. They're 24 hours a day, seven days a week.""
According to Reuter-Krohn, house fellows are in a position where they get paid every two weeks. If they choose to resign from the position, part of their compensation is the room they are living in, so they are no longer able to live there.
Reuter-Krohn also said cash is given to house fellows for their food accounts so they are able to eat in the cafeteria with their residents.
""If they are no longer working that's pro-rated for the days that they work, and then they only get paid for their actual days of work,"" she said.
The third UW-Madison student to resign from a university house fellow position this year, who chose to remain anonymous, said he is not completely happy with how his situation was handled.
The former employee said he is happy to move on, but also feels there should be changes made within housing policies.
""I feel like the whole house fellow thing should be self-run, and there's no reason for a resident life coordinator position,"" he said.
In response to rumors that he was in trouble for drinking on Halloween night, the former house fellow said his residents were under the assumption he was of legal age to drink, and his superiors simply said it was ""the wrong move.""
