Marc Gagne, son of Greg and Leanne Gagne of Dixfield, was named a resident assistant for the Office of Student Life at Saint Michael’s College for the 2006-2007 academic year. Gagne is a junior, history major at the liberal arts residential Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont. He graduated from Dirigo High School.

Resident assistants are selected from the undergraduate student population on the basis of faculty and staff recommendations. They display excellent leadership abilities, maturity and likelihood of being good role models for their peers. As a resident assistant, Gagne lives in a campus residence hall and is readily available to help students. He oversees and provides guidance as needed or requested for 40 to 50 student residents of the hall.

Gagne also organizes educational programs, guest speakers and peer guidance programs for residents of the hall. Supervised by a resident director, Gagne is a paraprofessional official of the college working closely with the residence-life office. Resident assistants work to support and implement the objectives, policies and regulations of the office of residence life.