At the end of the spring semester, Harrison was elected to the RHA Executive Board as the Vice President of Services. Serving this position, he, along with the rest of the executive board is required to live on campus to work on their executive duties. Harrison took his position seriously and started working on his responsibilities the day he moved into his summer housing on campus. During the month of June, Harrison found out that there was excess in the RHA budget for the fiscal year. Thinking quickly on his feet, Harrison decided to use that money to benefit future generations of on campus residents by researching two major purchases. Harrison was able to find a popcorn machine and snow cone machine, two services that residents check out on a regular basis. He made sure to find the best deals and presented his research to the rest of the executive board, who approved the purchase. Harrison just wanted to make sure that all residents would get the most out of their on campus experience.

In addition to his work on the executive board, Harrison also served as a delegate for the University of Arizona at NACURH 2010 in San Diego. Harrison started his work for the conference long before the rest of the delegation arrived in Tucson a week before NACURH. Not only did he help out our NCC, Jillian Andrews, with tasks like shopping for clothespins and apparel, but also he was in the office everyday making sure everything was prepared for the long week ahead.

Once the rest of the delegation arrived, Harrison did more than was ever expected of him. Harrison kept morale high by singing and dancing to various songs, teaching new delegates the cup game, and starting cheers when there were awkward silences. Harrison was always the first to make plans for the entire delegation to get dinner together, and made sure to make meaningful relationships with every single delegate.

When we arrived in San Diego, Harrison’s enthusiasm only grew. As a second time delegate, Harrison was always available to answer questions and led the team in various cheers. His energy helped bring the Best Large School Delegation award to the University of Arizona! In addition to his tremendous enthusiasm at the conference, Harrison also presented a program there. His program, “Take the Drama Out of Leadership, Shakespeare Style,” was chosen as a Top 50 program, a tremendous feat for a first year student! Harrison was able to take his experience as a Hall Council President and use it to teach other student leaders across the nation how to work with others.

Back on campus, Harrison is an intern for a research professor and is currently taking a summer school class, however he never lets that get in the way of his executive board position’s duties. In addition to all that, Harrison was always there for his fellow executive board members. His room was always the entertainment hub. Not only did he have a fort for playing his X-Box, but there was also a TiVo and Instant Netflix so everyone was endlessly entertained. The University of Arizona has seen countless student leaders over the years, but none as enthusiastic and dedicated as Harrison Redd.

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