Campus Honorable Mention
Month: September 2009

NACURH, INC.

Social Program of the Month
Marlatt Hall Is To Dye For

School: Kansas State University Region: MACURH
Person in charge: Katie Gallagher Nominator: Lindsey Davignon

Target Population: 80 Time Needed to Organize: 1 week
Number of People in Attendance: 100 Date(s) of Program: 09-20-09
Number of People Needed to Organize: 12 Cost of Program: 23.00
On-Campus Population: 4962 Chapter Size: 33

Origin of Program:

To Dye For was apart of Marlatt Hall's WTF (Where's the Fun?!), which was designed for six major programs in the first six weeks of school. This idea began at staff meeting before school started as a way to sell plain white Marlatt t-shirts and then come together to tie-dye them as a group.

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Please give a short description of the program:

To Dye For was scheduled for Saturday, September 20, as a way for residents to interact with the staff, other students, and to make a Marlatt t-shirt. There was five different colors to choose from, two folding tables, and water buckets. Aaron Trent, a former resident assistant, came to help instruct. Students came at many different times and learned how to tie-dye with different designs and hang out with their floor.

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Goals of the program:

The original goals of this program were to teach residents how to tie-dye, as well as interact with one another and be involved in the hall. To have 80 people present was the ultimate goal, and 100 residents showed up. The materials were plentiful, and with the help of the other resident assistants, clean up and set up time was efficient and quick.

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Positive and lasting effects of the program:

The residents who tie-dyed went away with a Marlatt shirt of their own, and many times people would tie dye one item, go back and get another one to tie dye. That also encouraged more people to join in on the fun, and resulted with people learning together and interacting together.

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Short evaluation of the program:

This program was a huge success. With proper planning, this program went smooth and without trouble. Katie did an awesome job of instructing the other resident assistants of their duties, which included bringing tables and trash cans for the program. During tie-dying, different resident assistants helped with instructing, while others helped with maintenance of finished products.

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How could this program be adapted to other campuses?

This program could have been used as a diversity program in the fact that everyone has different ideas of what tie-dye is. Everyone has different opinions and there is no wrong way to do something, which brings a team together.

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Date of entry into database: 2009-09-22 09:14:54

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