National Winner
Month: March 2012

NACURH, INC.

Organization of the Month

School: University of Arizona Region: IACURH
Nominee: Kahu Hall Council Nominator: Anna Askanas and Sarah Herndon

On-Campus Population: 6300 Chapter Size: 45

Please explain the outstanding contributions of the nominee during the month of nomination

Kaibab-Huachuca Hall Council has accomplished many things in the month of March! We have defined the word awesome and shown people what it is like to work together and achieve our goals as a team. During the month of March, we wanted to provide our residents with programming, recognition, and leadership opportunities that would give them energy to succeed in the final months of the school year. With all nine active members, our creativity and excellence shines during every program and event.

This month, KaHu has really stepped up its game in programming. We held our 6th annual campus wide program, World Traditions Fair (WTF) with over 320 attendees. This annual diversity program encourages students to submit cultural foods, performances, or traditional practices to help showcase the rich diversity within our campus community. The 6th annual event showcased 14 student-produced meals and four large group performances to include the Mexican Folklorico dance team, Falun Dafu Chinese Meditation club, and UAs Black and Blue Hip Hop Crew. This year, Hall council helped out in planning, cooking and of course, smoothly executing this outstanding event. Another campus wide program that is being planned is a turn around Trip to Six Flags in San Diego in collaboration with Stadium Hall Council. The trip is scheduled for Friday the 13th, and KaHu has been diligently working to ensure that all logistics are taken care of before the trip. We also found it necessary to welcome back our residents after spring break, so we did, "Welcome Back Waffles" and made waffles for the residents on a Wednesday night. Kahu decided to start the last week of March with a movie night, "Mean Girls Monday." It is clearly shown that our hall council has been really on top of it when it comes to programming for the month.

Not only are we great at teamwork and keeping our residents entertained, but some of our hall council members have really shined individually this month! We sent five of our members to the Bear Down Against Hunger service project hosted by the Omega Eta Lambda Chapter of NRHH to help package food that would be sent to Somalia to assist with individuals suffering from famine. President Clarke Scott won the RHA extra mile award for her participation during RHA elections. The NRHH "You Rock" award was given to our Eco Rep, Maddy Guendel for her participation at RHA's Hall-A-Daze and UAs Earth Hour.

Our hall has also become extremely involved on the state, regional, and national level, especially in regards to conferences. Four of our members attended the Arizona Residential Leadership Conference in which UA was awarded the Battlezona trophy, and two of our members will be attending NACURH this June at CU Boulder. Additionally, two of our hall council members are on the conference staff for #No Frills 2013 and have been working hard to provide assistance to the conference co-chairs in the first couple of preparation months.

Finally, our hall council ended the month with a burst of recognition. Our group began preparing seven RHA end of the year bids to recognize the outstanding contributions of our students and staff. Our hope is that all of our hard work will be paid off at the end of the year banquet in April.

Our hall council has truly become a cohesive family unit this year! We have continued to work together throughout this whole year and cannot wait for the leadership opportunities that lie ahead!

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Date of entry into database: 2012-04-04 01:27:40

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