Grad student Revell named RA
Hanszen College named Chris Revell, a third-year bioengineering graduate student, as its new resident associate Wednesday. Revell, a former Valhalla manager, will begin his term in January.
No graduate students are currently serving as RAs. Search Committee Chair Tom Gray said the committee was initially concerned that graduate students would be too close in age to undergraduates to be effective mentors. However, the committee found Revell to be mature and to fit well with Hanszen, Gray said.
Revell said he thinks being just a few years removed from being an undergraduate will be an asset.
“I’ve been through a lot of the same experiences that a lot of the students are going through, so I have an ability to help, but also an ability to learn from them,” Revell said.
Revell said he hopes to see undergraduates and graduate students interact more.
“I’ve heard from day one that through the college system you really understand what it’s like to be a Rice student, and as graduate students we miss out on that,” Revell said.
Revell said he is looking forward to meeting Hanszenites and experiencing the college system.
“I’m looking forward to getting to know 300 new faces on campus,” Revell said. “As graduate students, … you can get tucked away and not know a lot of people. It’s just amazing that 300 people are … embracing me and want to get to know me as well.”
Revell said he decided to apply for the RA position after several of his undergraduate research assistants from Hanszen suggested he do so.
“I met a few people in the college, ended up filling out an application [and] enjoyed the process tremendously,” Revell said.
Gray said Revell’s approachability made him stand out.
“He was so easy to interact with,” Gray said. “Everyone instantly felt so comfortable with him — he has a mature presence. And his dedication to Hanszen was evident from the start.”
The search committee surprised Revell with the announcement of his selection in his laboratory Wednesday morning. He was formally introduced to the college at Hanszen Cabinet Wednesday night.
Revell, who graduated from Georgia Tech University, is a Ph.D. candidate studying cartilage regeneration with Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou.
Revell fills the opening created when FE&P Business Services Coordinator Nancy Elliott resigned in September for personal reasons.
Hanszen is currently searching for a second RA to fill the opening that will be created when Paul and Jen Sutera leave at the end of the academic year. Gray said no timetable has been set for that search.
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