HEY NACURH!

"...HEY WHAT?!"

Mm hmmm...! I just returned from the most amazing conference hosted by the University of Arizona, in Tuscon, AZ (obviously).

The National Association of College and University Residence Halls, better known as NACURH holds an annual conference in different universities each year. Thankfully, I am lucky enough, or should I say honored to be among one of the 11 delegates who had the opportunity to represent Miami University at this conference.

Three whole days with little sleep and nothing else but filled with spirit, cheers and high levels of energy, I was not even a tad close to being worn out the least. We played ice breakers all day, met new people, and most importantly, learned about ourselves in different leadership skills and personal development presentation sessions. A chance to interact and socialize with other schools also allowed us to exchange and share ideas with one another.

At the end of the conference, we proudly brought back with us two pieces of good news. First being Miami University's very own Residence Hall Association (RHA) has won its bid for the National Building Block Award. The second, our advisor, Grant Walters will be undertaking the advisor position in the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (CAACURH) Regional Board of Directors.

Taking a minute to recognize the important people behind these success stories: RHA advisor Grant Walters, RHA president Matt Forrest, RHA Leadership Director-Elect / NACURH Communications Coordinator (NCC) Bailey Box, all RHA Executive Board members and General Assembly. Kudos to these people and their efforts put forth to make this a possibility... and of course, CONGRATULATIONS RHA!

I love happy endings. Good news like these make it all the better. This pretty much sums up all the excitement in one large conference attended by almost 3000 people coming from 300 schools all over the country. 

I am roaming around in Texas for now. More updates to come so stay tuned!