In September, Danny was outstanding in both his position as NCC and as a contributor to the overall success of URHC. Danny has pushed a “go green” initiative this fall, and has personally tried to further this effort by creating a completely online application system for applicants for UT’s SAACURH delegation. Danny has gotten students excited about attending conferences, both through talking about conferences at meetings and in his personal interactions with students. As a result, more than 25 students applied to attend SAACURH – more than three times as many students as we can actually take! This is a great problem to have, as we now have a great number of people who want to go to conferences and who want to be involved – we can pull from this group for committee opportunities and future conference delegations. This is the most students we’ve had apply to attend a conference in more than a year.

Danny has also redesigned URHC’s web site. While webmaster is not part of Danny’s job description as NCC, during September he has continually updated and revised the site. Unlike last year, when the site was a wasted resource that never got updated, now it is being used for minutes, funding proposals, a monthly newsletter, online application forms for conferences and other events, an event calendar, NRHH updates, and office hours and contact info for the URHC exec board. Students and staff are now accessing the site to get information about URHC. When the exec board mentions something they’d like to see on the site, Danny practically has it finished and updated before the meeting is through. The site looks clean and professional and is easy to navigate.

Danny’s first meeting with the SAACURH delegation was outstanding. Without needing much guidance from me, he covered everything that needed to be covered in the initial meeting in a professional manner. He delegated tasks like display and banner to delegates and got everyone excited about attending the conference. He has also started working on a bid for UT to host No Frills 2010. Danny has started doing research on what it will take for UT to host the conference, calling local hotels, checking with campus resources, etc. He’s done a great job getting started on the legwork and has made it easy for me to help him with the process.

In addition to the outstanding work he does on the executive board, Danny is also involved in other activities. He serves as the AD of Publications for TARH, and TARH has a newsletter now that goes out to all the affiliated schools – this newsletter is funny, informative and professional, and all the students who read it will know what’s going and will be looking forward to the TARH conference in February! Danny is also still involved with the hall association in the building he lives in – he was president of a very active hall association last year, and he has been helping get the new executive board installed and energized during September.

September has been a really busy month for this involved young man, but Danny excels at each task he sets out to do. His energy and charisma are contagious, and the executive board benefits from his creative ideas and constant encouragement.

::NOTE TARH (Tennessee Association of Residence Halls)

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