If you are thinking about running for an executive board position, you may be interested in what our current Fundraiser Chair, Emily Garrett, had to say about her experience:

When I was "running" last year all I had to do [during the election process] was state why I wanted the position and what made me qualified. I talked with the former treasurer about what she did, she took me to SAFO to show me what to do and gave me a flash drive with documents from former years. I like working with SAFO, but creating a budget was hard at the beginning of the year. Fundraising is a lot of work but it is really important for our organization.

Elections for NRHH Executive Board are Coming Soon!

If you are interested in running for a NRHH executive board position, remember that you must have declared your intent to run to Natalie by Tuesday, March 28th at 5 pm. Elections will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd. The positions being voted on are President, Vice President, Executive Administrator, Recognition Chair, Service Chair, Fundraising Chair and Conference Chair. 

Heather Robertson, our 2011-2012 Recognition Chair had the following to say about running for and holding this position:

"In preparation for this running for this position I thought of how I wanted to change the way NRHH does recognition projects, as well as how I wanted to work with the RHA recognition committee. My favorite part of being the recognition chair is seeing the outcome and joy that students and others receive from our recognition gifts and events. What is most challenging aspect of this position is to recognize large groups of people without spending a lot of money-but still keeping the quality high. Some tips for candidates include recognition ideas and possibly other housing groups on campus that we can better recognize."

Congratulations to our new members!

We look forward to getting to know you!

Andrea Barreto

Andrea Pino

Caitlyn Bassignani

Chuchitra Thanigaivasan

Di An

Erin Walker

Ivy Palas

James Wilson

Kayla Baker

Kevin Flores

Laida Alarcon

Lauren Overbey

Nico Garces

Ricky Kong

Shamit Prabhu

Sharon Austin

Sloan Harrill

Kayla Gentry

In addition to being a dedicated NRHH member, Kayla is also involved in Morrison Community Government, Cornerstone and Carolina Students for Special Athletes. Her favorite NRHH event last semester was a recognition project in which we decoreated potted plants for the Community Directors. After graduation she plans to go to graduate school for marine biology and she got a close look at marine life when she became scuba certified and went diving in Costa Maya! One time she even jumped fifteen feet into a river in the rain forest in Brazil! Whoa!! I bet you also didn't know that Kayla is obsessed with football!

NRHH General Body Meeting

Tuesday, February 14^th

This was a very special meeting during which we thanked Justin for his dedication to NRHH and everything he does done for us!! He got a cake and a card from us!

·        Natalie

o   NRHH won Most Improved at NCARH this weekend

o   Dates for upcoming events will be sent over the listserv

o   Requirements for members that can’t make meetings will be sent to them this week along with a calendar

·        Alexandra

o   Applications for new members are due on Friday

·        Heather

o   Send nominations for the Robert White Linker award to Heather, nominations due on the 27^th, a description of the award, winner will receive a plague and be invited to the Chancellor’s award ceremony

·        Damon

o   Encouraged Relay for Life participation, sign up online, go to the event towards the end of the semester

·        Emily

o   No updates this week

·        Melissa

o   No updates this week

·        Morgan

o   If you haven’t sent me your member spotlight blurb, please do so

o   Kayla Gentry is our new member under the spotlight! Check out the blog featuring Kayla, up in the next couple days!!

NRHH General Body Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, January 31^st, 2012

 

o   Socialized with Pillar Pals

o   Selection – Alexandra

·         Application due date is February 17^th

·         Encouraged to pub the application, passed out slips to give to people you think would be great in NRHH

·         Will send an email with the application attached so we can encourage people to join that way too

o   Service – Damon

·         Relay for Life is April 20^th, not April 6^th

·         Email Damon and let him know if you are available to go to the Tiger Rescue on February 25^th from 8:30-1:30

o   Updates from Morgan

·         Tunnel is doing well, still consider being a tour guide or stage crew member

·         Dale will be on the Member Spotlight, coming soon on the blog!

o   Recognition – Heather

·         It’s the end of month so reminder that recognition committee will be judging OTMs

·         She created posters about OTMs to go in each community office

o   Updates from Emily

·         Don’t forget that we have T-shirts for $10

Member Spotlight

        

DALE JOHNSON

My Pillar Pal!

I bet you didn't know that Dale loves romantic comedies!

Dale is very involved around campus! When he's not participating in booty shaking contests at leadership conferences in Puerto Rico, he's the President of The Minority Business Student Alliance, the President of the Undergraduate Accounting Club, the Executive Vice-President of the UNC chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, an RA in Craige Community, a Kenan-Flagler Undergraduate Student Ambassador and a Site Coordinator for Communiversity After School Program. Wow!

 His favorite activity in NRHH so far was the Christmas Party gift exchange and he's really looking forward to helping out with the selection process this year.

After graduation in May, he'll be working at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, NC. 

Congrats Dale!

NRHH Spring 2012 Application

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26260068/NRHHapplication2012.docx

What we do:

National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) is an honor society at UNC that recognizes the top 1% of leaders in the residence halls. Our 4 focuses lie in Service, Recognition, Leadership and Scholarship. We do frequent recognition projects to highlight the positive contributions that others make for the UNC community. NRHH volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, community food drives and even Relay for Life. The organization has academic expectations as well and promoting excellence in extracurricular and housing life. As a member of the National Residence Hall Honorary you will serve on committees that enhance our community through recognition such as writing the Of The Month awards (OTMs), and by doing service projects such as adopting a family during the holidays or volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House. It is our job to be the eyes and ears of the community and acknowledge individuals when they make contributions to the residence halls. This chapter meets Tuesday nights (meetings, socials, community service) and we induct new members twice per year.

What we can do for you:

NRHH is a wonderful organization through which you can become more involved in the UNC community. Members are recognized at graduation, and proudly wear NRHH cords over their gowns. General body meetings will include socials and the opportunity to meet other student leaders. We have also organized guest speakers to enrich our meeting times. Our chapter frequents popular NRHH conventions that we travel to and win awards at the national level. NRHH is a very positive network of peers and advisors who support each other in becoming better students, volunteers and Tar Heels.

General Body Meeting Agenda - January 17th

o Updates from Natalie
•New exec board position for attending conferences
•EOY banquet on April 10th, location TBA
o Updates from Melissa
•Pillar Pals, Natalie talked about the origin of Pillar Pals
o Updates from Damon
•Sign up for Relay for Life team
•Tiger rescue, January 28th, broken up into 3 shifts, bring bananas, gloves or
Ziploc bags to donate
•Collecting tops from soda cans and box tops, bin for each community
o Updates from Heather
•Don’t forget to write OTMs
•RHA Social, more details later
•Will be nominating each other for a variety of awards
•Recognition projects to come: LLCs, OAs and CMs
o Updates from Alexandra
•Will update and edit the application by this weekend so we can open the
application by this Saturday, January 21st
•On January 31st we will work on publicity during the general body meeting
•On February 7th we can have the interviews during our meeting time
•Notifications around February 14th
o Updates from Morgan
•Tunnel of Oppression auditions coming up
•Check out the blog!
•Try to remember not to respond to the listserv
o Last Updates from Natalie
•Re-selected committees so everyone can be in a committee they want to be in

RA Social

All smiles!

RA Social

Long line for the ice cream

RA Social

Crowded Carmichael Ballroom

RA Social

NRHH was well represented!

RA Social

RAs know how to have fun!

RA Social

We had ice cream!

Member Spotlight

Congratulations to Jenny Bingham and Brandon Foster for receiving a participation award for the fall 2011 semester. Both Jenny and Brandon have attended all general body meetings and participated in the majority of our fundraisers and service events, always with a smile. Jenny and Brandon are enthusiastic about NRHH and we are proud to have them as members!