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SEAHO Report Editorial Policy:All members of SEAHO institutions areencouraged to submit articles for publication.Articles should be typed and can be mailed,faxed, or emailed to the Editorial Office.Articles sent as email attachments arepreferred. Be sure to include the author’sname and institution, and SEAHO committeeor task force affiliation as appropriate.Photographs or other camera-ready graphicsare welcomed. Material that has beensubmitted to other publications isdiscouraged. Any questions should bereferred to the SEAHO Report Co-Editors orState Editors.

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Can You Hear Me Now?Chris Durden, College of William and Mary____________

Using Facebook Networks to Describe Colleges and UniversitiesJeff Doyle, Ph.D., Appalachian State University____________

Opinion-Student Involvement: Less is More!Terry Fassanella, Christopher Newport University____________

An Interview with SEAHO President Leon McClintonRalphel L. Smith, University of Georgia____________

At ASU: Move-In Day Volunteers Make it Happen!Sarah Chapman, Appalachian State University____________

15th Annual New Professionals WorkshopPaul K. Jahr, Georgia College & State University____________

A Video-Cast Fairy Tale: Making a Dream a Reality on Your Campus!Katrina J. Pawvluk & Monique Colclough, College of William and Mary____________

On the Cover: Housing and Residence Life Photos from Virginia TechIn clockwise order: Slusher Tower, West Eggleston Hall, Virginia Tech Resident AssistantStaff Members, Peddrew-Yates Hall, Harper Hall, and Main Campbell Hall.

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SEAHO News 7Call for Programs2008 SEAHO Awards & ScholarshipsSPE 2008

Student Affairs Around the Region 29GeorgiaKentuckyNorth CarolinaVirginia

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Dear SEAHO Membership,

I hope everything is going well on your campuses. Before you know it,I will see you at SEAHO 2008. I can assure you the host committee, led byTom Hardy and Paul Jahr, has done an excellent job communicatingdevelopments to the entire governing council. I know we will have a greattime in Savannah.

SEAHO 2008 will be the inaugural year for the Housing and AcademicCollaboration Award. Many housing officials currently have programs inplace where academic affairs are intentionally involved in the functions ofon-campus residential communities. This award will highlight the region’sefforts in this area. There is an abundance of literature that emphasizesresidential communities as benefiting from the involvement of faculty andhousing departments creating experiential opportunities for their residents, and living/learningcommunities with an academic influence. The goals of this award were to encourage more housingpractitioners to initiate contact with academic partners, encourage staff to explore ways that academicaffairs can have a role in residential communities, and educating other institutions on exceptionalprograms that can be emulated or modified on other campuses. Please be on the lookout for moreinformation about this award.

Continuing the academic theme, the Educational Programs Committee will be presenting aproposal that will include inviting a faculty member to the annual conference. This guest will beasked to participate in the development of the case studies, be available for housing professionals toask questions throughout the conference, and provide a presentation that will be useful andinformative for housing professionals.

Last but not least, I have continued to talk and listen to many colleagues about placement servicesat the conference. This topic continues to have many perspectives. Lisa Diekow, Shay Davis, andGisela Vega were very instrumental on soliciting feedback from the region on what they thought aboutthe various placement services. The majority of the participants were entry level professionals, but Ihave received qualitative feedback from many seasoned professionals. The chart below provides apercentage snapshot of who may be attending the 2008 placement exchanges. Again, 37% of theparticipants have worked less than five years full-time.

Group SEAHO ACPA OPE SPE ACUHO/NASPA

Employer 26.7% 18.6% 11.8% 31.9% 23.1%

Candidate 5.6% 8.8% 2.6% 5.4% 6.2%

Emp. & Cand. 4.1% 2.6% .5% 2.9% 3.1%

Will not attend 63.6% 70.1% 85.1% 59.8% 67.7%

At this point, I can tell you that I will continue to work through the SEAHO Placement issue untilit is resolved. The governing council will continue to discuss this topic until the mid-year meeting.Feel free to share your thoughts as well.

Sincerely,Leon McClinton, Ph.D.SEAHO President, 2007 - 2008

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A welcome from the Co-Editors…

Hello and welcome to our fall edition of the SEAHO Report. We hope that everyone is having agreat fall semester thus far! It is hard to fathom how quickly time passes us by! We are alreadylooking forward to a great annual conference in Savannah, Georgia in February and the SEAHOReport Editorial Staff is celebrating a renewed, three year commitment to bringing the region aninformative, quality quarterly report to housing professionals.

Three fall seasons ago, The University of Georgia sent out our first SEAHO Report to the region.We have learned so much from each and every one of you. We thank you so much for yourcontributions to the report. The report would not be what it is today without your knowledge andexperience through intriguing articles, inquisitive initiatives, and state updates. We challenge theSEAHO membership to continue to enhance and expand the knowledge of the region by informingstaff of what is going on at campuses by sharing your thoughts and initiatives in the report. TheSEAHO Report will also help you to get to know our organization better by exposing you to thevarious committees and taskforces currently in place. If you see a committee or task force that sparksyour curiosity, we encourage you to become involved in helping us continue the excellence!

We have many excellent housing professionals and graduate staff in our region right now! As youcontinue to read this edition, you will discover the “2008 SEAHO Scholarships and Awards section.”This section outlines all of the awards staff could be nominated for, from the HumanitarianRecognition Award to the Outstanding Mid-Level Professional Award to the Graduate Student of theYear Award. There is also a new award that will be unveiled at the upcoming annual conference. TheHousing and Academic Collaboration Award recognizes a program and/or community that involvecollaboration between Housing and Academic Affairs. The submission deadline for all awardnominations is on Friday, January 4, 2008.

If you haven’t done so already and you plan on attending the annual conference in Savannah,please go to the conference website (www.seaho2008.org) to register. Online registration will only beavailable from early November through February 8, 2008. To receive the hotel group rate, reservationsmust be made by Friday, January 25, 2008.

Our submission deadline for the Conference (Winter) Edition of the SEAHO Report is on Tuesday,December 18th!

We look forward to “Making it Great in 2008” with you at the SEAHO Annual Conference inSavannah, Georgia!

Ralphel Smith and Scott NelsonUniversity of GeorgiaSEAHO Report Co-Editors

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(Left to Right): Ricky Boggs, Mark Whitesel, Gail Cole-Avent, Ralphel Smith, Kathryn Hall, Scott Nelson, and Nyerere Tryman

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SEAHO NEWS

September, 2007 Greetings SEAHO! I am pleased to announce that the SEAHO 2008 Program Committee is now accepting program proposals for the February conference in Savannah. Please log on to www.seaho2008.org to find the link to the proposal page as well as information about the program committee. Interested in submitting a conference program or roundtable proposal? We have just one proposal form this year- all you need to do is select the session type and weíll do the rest of the work. The submission deadline for pre-conferences was Friday August 24. The pre-conference workshops will be listed online soon, so that you can register for them as you register for the conference. The submission deadline for programs is Friday, October 19. Participants will be notified by Friday, November 9 as to their status as a presenter. As a volunteer organization, SEAHO relies upon you, as a member, to share your expertise with your colleagues. Do your part to help make the SEAHO 2008 the best professional development opportunity of the year. We need programs that relate to staff at every level. In addition to our regular topic areas, several people have asked for programs around the following issues: small school concerns, crisis management, and the effects of technology on the assignments process. Each of us has something valuable to contribute. Visit the program proposal page, and feel free to contact me with any questions.

Have a great fall semester!

Mindy Miller Renew Wake Forest University SEAHO 2008 Program Chair


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2008 SEAHO Awards and ScholarshipsCHARLES W. BEENE MEMORIAL SERVICE AWARD

At the 1982 SEAHO Conference, the Charles Beene Memorial Service Award was established in memoryof Charles Beene, Director of Housing at the University of Mississippi. This award is presented annually to theindividual who is judged to have contributed most to the success of SEAHO during the previous year.Nominations should state what the nominee has done in support of SEAHO and include the completed Awardsand Recognition Nomination Form.

Past recipients of the Charles W. Beene Memorial Service Award are:

1983 Doris Collins, Louisiana State University1984 Robert Stewart, University of South Carolina1985 Gary Schwarzmueller Georgia Institute of

Technology1986 James Bowles, University of Tennessee,

Knoxville1987 James Grimm, University of Florida1988 Robert Kievtz, University of Southern

Mississippi1989 Phil Howard, Clemson University1990 Gene Luna, University of Georgia1991 Paula Hulick, Murray State University1992 Tony Cawthon, Clemson University1993 Gary Kimble, University of Southern

Mississippi1994 Dick Merritt, Auburn University at

Montgomery

1995 Melanie McClellan, Mississippi StateUniversity

1996 Cindy Cassens, Winthrop University1997 Gretchen Koehler-Shepley, University of South

Carolina1998 Tim Coley,Mercer University1999 Norb Dunkel, University of Florida2000 Tierza Watts, University of North Carolina-

Wilmington2001 Vera Jackson, Jackson State University2002 Kathy Schnolis, University of Florida2003 Frank Fleming, University of North Carolina-

Charlotte2004 Tom Kane, University of South Florida 2005 Lisa Diekow, University of Florida and Bob

Morton, Georgia Institute of Technology2006 Stephen Stauffer, University of Kentucky2007 Heidi LeCount, Meredith College

1992 Gary Schwarzmueller, Georgia TechUniversity

1993 James C. Grimm, University of Florida1994 Ray King, University of South Florida

1995 Don Moore, Emory University1996 Doris Collins, Louisiana State University1997 James Grubb, University of Tennessee-

Knoxville

THE SEAHO FOUNDERS AWARDThis award gives special recognition to an individual within the Association who through dedicated service

and initiative to SEAHO has epitomized the work and endeavors of the founders of the SoutheasternAssociation of Housing Officers such as Harold Riker, Edith McCollum, John Storey, Donald R. Moore, andRaymond C. King. Nominations may be submitted by any housing/residence life professional who is an activeSEAHO member. Each nomination should be supported by two letters of recommendation.

Individuals submitting supporting letters of recommendation may not be from the same institution as theperson who made the nomination or from the nominee’s own institution.

Criteria for the award are as follows. A nominee:

1. Must have actively served in the SEAHO region as a housing/residence life professional for at leastfive years.

2. Must have served on a minimum of two different SEAHO committees or task forces or have been amember of the Governing Council.

3. Must have made contributions to SEAHO and housing/residence life profession that are judged to havebeen instrumental in furthering the advancement of the organization and the profession it represents.

Past recipients of the SEAHO Founders Award are:


2004 Miguel Hernandez, Appalachian StateUniversity

2004 Joline Esterling, University of SouthernMississippi

2005 Kim Fugate, Joe Munson, and Meggen Sixby,University of Florida

2006 Tulane Housing Staff – Joe DiMaria, EricaWoodley, Amy Garbacz, Lauren Bledsoe,Evane Charles, Jahanna Westerfield, EbonyWilliams and Lori Antonik

2007 Ellen Jones and Ashley Sieman, University ofNorth Carolina-Chapel Hill

1992 Sara Hoover, Birmingham Southern College1993 Terry Flippo, Clemson University1994 Diane Porter, University of Florida1995 Marnie Volkenant, University of Southern

Mississippi1996 David Blackburn, University of North

Carolina-Charlotte1997 Julie McMahon, Murray State University1998 Janice Gerweck, University of Florida1999 Gregg Dodd, Coastal Carolina University2000 Jeff Novak, East Carolina University

2001 Stephanie Sue Helmers, University of NorthCarolina-Wilmington

2002 Chris Moody, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

2003 Melissa McDonald, James Madison University2004 Ryan Winget, East Carolina University2005 Jasmine Johnson, University of Florida2006 Robert Hayes, University of Alabama2007 Edward Seavers, Christopher Newport

University

1998 Gene Luna, University of South Carolina1999 Jackie Simpson, University of North Carolina-

Charlotte2000 Bill Foster, Mississippi State University2001 Gary Kimble, University of Southern

Mississippi2002 Shannon Staten, University of Louisville

2003 Ruth Ann Harney-Howard, Morehead StateUniversity

2004 Rita Moser, Florida State University 2005 Verna Howell, Clemson University2006 Paul Jahr, Georgia College and State

University2007 Lorinda Krhut, University of Mississippi

THE HUMANITARIAN RECOGNITION AWARDThis award recognizes an individual or individuals within SEAHO who has/have gone above and beyond

the call of duty for a student in crisis by demonstrating physical effort, spiritual commitment, or act of bravery,determination, and courage. The recipients for this recognition must be a member of SEAHO; have two lettersof support from a colleague, supervisor, or persons who they supervise, and a letter from the Chief HousingOfficer, Dean of Students, or Assistant/Associate/Vice President for Student Affairs showing support.

Past recipients of the Humanitarian Recognition Award are:

JAMES C. GRIMM OUTSTANDING NEW PROFESSIONAL IN HOUSING/RESIDENCE LIFE AWARD

This award is to be presented to a new professional in Housing/Residence Life who is within his/her firstthree years of professional-level employment and has demonstrated outstanding performance in that positionto his/her campus and profession, therefore demonstrating potential for successful and effective career inhousing.

Past recipients of the James C. Grimm Outstanding New Professional Award are:

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SEAHO OUTSTANDING MID-LEVEL PROFESSIONAL AWARD This award is presented to a mid-level housing professional who supports and mentors entry level and

support staff, works to recruit students and retain colleagues in the field, and creates new strategies forconnecting with students and improving the department, while sharing their experiences in the field. Thisprofessional is dedicated to working with students, the department or profession. The nominee should beinvolved in state, regional, or national organizations. Nominees should have served in housing or residence lifeas a professional for at least 7 years.

Past recipients of the Outstanding Mid-Level Professional Award are:

HOUSING AND ACADEMIC COLLABORATION AWARDThe Housing and Academic Collaboration Award was established in 2006 and will be first presented at the

annual conference in Savannah, Georgia in 2008! This award is presented to a housing department thatcurrently has programs in place where academic affairs are intentionally involved in on-campus residentialcommunities. The Housing and Academic Collaboration Award recognizes a program and/or community thatinvolve collaboration between Housing and Academic Affairs. The selection criterion is based on thefollowing:

• Providing an outline of academic initiatives and/or ongoing programming• Providing a description of the academic initiative and academic outcomes• Providing the results of the academic initiative (i.e., success stories, statistics on academic

improvement of residents and retention rates within the residential community and/or the institution)• The nomination has to include the housing and academic representative of the program

THE SEAHO PEACE AWARD The SEAHO PEACE Award was established in 2002 and first presented at the annual conference in 2003.

The PEACE Award (Providing Educational Advocacy for Cultural Excellence) is presented annually at theSEAHO conference to a member of a SEAHO institution to honor and recognize outstanding contributions andservice to the SEAHO region through advancement of diversity and multiculturalism. Such advancement canbe attributed to advocacy, leadership, mentorship, educational initiatives, and programming. The recipient musthave been a member of a SEAHO institution for at least one full academic year and will have demonstratedexceptional service in the areas of diversity and multiculturalism on their home campus and/or to SEAHO.Examples include:

• Encouraging members of underrepresented groups to become involved in the housing profession• Promoting a greater understanding of diversity issues (racism, ageism, sexism, gay and lesbian

concerns, religious differences, persons with disabilities)• Presenting programs on topics of diversity and/or multiculturalism• Serving as an ally• Mentoring members of underrepresented groups• Mentoring young professionals in the area of diversity education• Supporting the SEAHO Human Relations Committee

Letters of support from individuals involved in the nominee’s work are highly recommended.

Past recipients of the SEAHO PEACE Award are:

2005 Joe Boehman, University of North Carolina –Chapel Hill

2006 Melissa Jones, Virginia CommonwealthUniversity

2007 Jerry Adams, University of Tennessee

2003 Christopher Gatesman, James MadisonUniversity

2004 Michael Collins, Millsaps College

2005 Kevin Nunley, Radford University2006 Peter Smith, Appalachian State University2007 Khaseem Davis, George Mason University


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GRADUATE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARDThe SEAHO Graduate Student of the Year Award gives special recognition to an individual who, through

dedicated service to their home institution, has shown dedication to the profession and the students that theyserve.

Candidates for the award must be in (at least) their second year of graduate work and be employed by ahousing department who is a member institution of the SEAHO region.

Past recipients of the SEAHO Graduate Student of the Year Award are:

SEAHO SERVICE AWARDS:Each year, each SEAHO member institution may nominate one person from its staff to receive a SEAHO

Service Award. The awards are intended to offer the institution an opportunity to recognize a staff person whohas made significant contribution to residence hall students and the housing organization.

SEAHO REPORT FEATURE ARTICLE OF THE YEAR AWARDThe SEAHO Report Feature Article of the Year Award was established in 2001 and first awarded in 2002.

The SEAHO Report Editor(s) coordinates the SEAHO Report Feature Article of the Year Award selection. TheSEAHO Report Editor(s) should submit copies of the SEAHO Report to each of the SEAHO State Editors.Under the leadership of the SEAHO Report Editor(s), the Committee selects the best feature article from themost recent three (3) issues following each annual conference. The Committee also has the opportunity to nameup to two (2) other articles for “Excellent Submission” recognition. The SEAHO Report Editor(s) presents theawards at the annual conference. The Feature Article of the Year Award requests $50 annually to support thisaward initiative including $30 for the award winning plaque and $20 for “Excellent Submission” plaques.

Past recipients of the SEAHO Report Feature Article of the Year Award are:

1999 Tammy Wells, University of South Carolina2000 Alvin Sturdivant, North Carolina State

University2001 Amber Rhoades, Appalachian State University2002 Dan Oltersdorf, Florida State University2003 Jennifer Paulin, Virginia Tech

2004 Camilla Jones, Clemson University2005 Greg Connell, University of Florida2006 Serena Loconte, University of Southern

Mississippi2007 Amy Zuchlewski, University of Central

Florida

2002 K. D. Linkous, Appalachian State University,A.D.V.I.S.O.R. Behavior

2003 Renee Richard Snider, Valdosta StateUniversity, Where Have All The GoodCandidates Gone?

2004 Dei Allard, University of North Carolina atChapel Hill, Bridging the Gap BetweenFaculty and Residential Life

2005 Julie Peine, University of Florida

2006 Ryan Brown, Christopher Newport University,Student Rights On Campus & In TheResidence Halls: A Primer On TheImportance Of Student Development ForBrick & Mortar Residence Hall Staff

2007 Jennie Carr, University of Tennessee, HousingBook Clubs: They’re Not Just for OprahAnymore


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SEAHO CONFERENCE FEE WAIVER SCHOLARSHIPConference Fee Waiver

º Each Scholarship recipients will receive free registration for the annual conference. All other costincurred for travel and lodging are the responsibility of the recipient. If the recipients are announcedprior to the conference, the Association may assist the recipients in networking with other delegatesto help offset costs, especially if the recipient’s home institution does not have other professionalsattending the conference.

• The Awards and Recognition Chairperson, in conjunction with the Treasurer, will arrange for the feewaiver.

• Acknowledgements

º The Awards and Recognition Chair will provide the names of the recipients to the Host Committeeso that Scholarship Winner ribbons can be inserted in the recipients’ conference registration packet.The President-Elect will recognize the recipients at one of the meals during the annual conference.Recipients will be asked to stand.

• Letter of Congratulations

º An initial notification of congratulations will be sent by the SEAHO President-Elect. Informationabout the actual Scholarship Fee Waiver reimbursement process should be included in thatcorrespondence.

• SEAHO Report

º The Awards and Recognition Chair will provide a list of the recipients for publication in the SEAHOReport.

º The recipients will be asked to submit articles to the SEAHO Report outlining their experiences atthe conference. These articles should be forwarded directly to the SEAHO Report Editor(s).

• Program Guidelines

º SEAHO will offer an Annual Conference Fee Waiver Scholarship to up to 10 delegates.

º The recipient selection is the responsibility of SEAHO.

º The selection process will be supervised by the Awards and Recognition Committee.

º The Governing Council of SEAHO will establish criteria for eligibility and selection. The criteria areas follows:

• Eligibility

• Eligibility shall be limited to:

1. New or renewing professionals (first through third years), or

2. Entry level persons, or

3. Interns and graduate students.

• Related conditions

• Ideally, there will be one scholarship recipient per SEAHO State.

• Recipients should represent both public and private institutions.

• Selection Criteria

• Successful candidate(s):

1. Must have shown personal initiative to pursue a career in student affairs anddemonstrated competence such as the following:

a) S/he has sought to broaden her/his own base of professional understanding throughparticipation and involvement in other organizations.


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b) S/he has sought to be a contributing member of the student affairs department byparticipating in both institutional and departmental committees.

c) S/he has been an outstanding advisor to both students and student groups.

d) S/he has sought to broaden her/his own understanding of diverse student needs

• Must submit an application to the Awards and Recognition Chair by the publicized deadline.

• Application must include:

• A letter indicating why he/she is applying.

• A current resume.

• A one page letter of support from his/her Chief Housing or Student Affairs Officerand/or professor.

• A completed cover sheet with criteria information.

• Must be able to attend the Annual Conference and participate in a Peer Mentor Program.

• Must be willing to write an account of the conference experience to the SEAHO Presidentfollowing the conclusion of the conference for possible publication in the SEAHO Report.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM GRANTSPast recipients of the SEAHO Educational Program Grants are:

2004 Gary Kimble, University of SouthernMississippi, “Care Package”

2004 Maylen Aldana, Appalachian State University,“The Power of One”

2004 Heidi LeCount, Meredith College, “Pre-SpringBreak Beach Party”

2004 Brad Shuck, Western Kentucky University,“The Six O’Clock Hour”

2005 Nora Bugg, University of Tampa 2005 Josh Alexander, University of South Carolina 2005 Erin Matyak, Clemson University 2005 Sally Watkins, University of Georgia

2005 Ashley Lester, University of Georgia 2005 Glen Midkiff, University of Louisville2006 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College,

“Gay/Straight Alliance – Safe Space”2006 Florida State University, “Graduate

Colloquium”2006 University of Georgia, “Generating

Opportunities for Leadership Development”2006 University of Kentucky, “Global Village

Living Learning Community”2006 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

“The Connected Learning Program”

SEAHO RESOLUTIONS OF APPRECIATION• Purpose: A form of official recognition by SEAHO, a “Resolution of Appreciation.” • Goals:

1. To allow a vehicle for recognizing distinguished leaders in Housing and Residence Life in thesoutheast who leave the field through retirement, career change, or death.

2. To publicly honor these individuals at a SEAHO annual conference. 3. To record the outstanding contributions of these individuals for posterity.

• Process: 1. Any member of the SEAHO Leadership Team may present a proposed Resolution of

Appreciation to the Governing Council for consideration.2. The Governing Council must approve a proposed resolution by a simple majority.3. Approved resolutions will be read to SEAHO delegates at the annual conference at a time

prescribed by the SEAHO president.4. Honoree(s) and/or family members may be invited to the annual conference to receive a

resolution of appreciation.


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Please submit all Award and Scholarship Applications to the address below. For more information regardingSEAHO Awards and Scholarships, please go to www.SEAHO.org .

Or, contact:

Lisa Diekow, University of FloridaChair, SEAHO Awards and Recognition CommitteeHousing and Residence Education SW 13th Street and Museum RoadPO Box 112100Gainesville, FL 32611-2100Office: 352-392-2161 Fax: [email protected]

All nomination and application materials must be submitted by January 4, 2008

Resolution of Appreciation

WHEREAS, [Name] served as a housing/residence life professional with distinction for [#] years, and

WHEREAS, [Name] supported the goals for the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers through[conference attendance, program presentations, offices held, service on committees, etc.], and

WHEREAS, [Name] also promoted the housing/residence life profession through leadership and involvementat the state and national level, and

WHEREAS, [Name’s] tenure as a housing/residence life professional was characterized by [list appropriatenouns: e.g., creativity, excellence, caring, resourcefulness, enthusiasm, etc.], and

WHEREAS, [add appropriate personalized accolades as desired],

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Governing Council of the Southeastern Association of HousingOfficers, on behalf of its membership, wishes to express its sincerest appreciation and highest esteem to[Name] for [his/her] exemplary contributions to our association and our field.

2008 APPLICATION FOR SEAHO CONFERENCE FEE WAIVER SCHOLARSHIP

Applicants may address these items in a separate document as an email attachment.

Name of Applicant_________________________________________________________________________________

Institution _________________________________________________________________ State________________

Institution Status: Number of years in Housing/Residential Life __________

___Public

___Private

Address through June following the Conference ________ Daytime phone __________________________________

______________________________________________ Fax ___________________________________________

______________________________________________ E-mail ________________________________________

Chief Housing Officer or ChiefStudent Affairs Officer Name ___________________________________________________

Address of Officer _______________________________ Daytime phone __________________________________

______________________________________________ E-mail ________________________________________

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Applicants should briefly describe their experience in each of the following criteria areas.

Professional development experiences (workshops, in services, organizational membership, positions held).

Committee involvement within department, division, and institution.

Awards and/or recognition (conference or workshop presentations, campus recognition).

Advising experience and special techniques utilized.

Involvement in a program provided to foster a greater understanding of the problems of under represented groups.

Any other contributing information.

Please send completed SEAHO Conference Fee Waiver Scholarship Application along with letters of support to:

Lisa DiekowAssociate Director of Housing for Residence Life and Education

SW 13th Street & Museum RoadPO Box 112100

Gainesville, FL [email protected]

E-mail applications welcomed and encouraged.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 4, 2008


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SPE 2008Your Southern Source for Careers

The seventh annual Southern Placement Exchange for colleagues in Student Affairswill take place February 14-16, 2008. The Holiday Inn and Fogelman Executive Centerat the University of Memphis will be the site for the Placement Exchange.

Early registration for candidates ends Friday, December 21, 2007. After that date thefee will increase from $40.00 to $50.00. On-line registration ends for Employers andCandidates on Friday, February 8, 2008. Everything after that date will occur on-sitein Memphis.

Last year’s statistics for SPE are as follows:Total Employers 69Total Candidates 107Total Number of Positions 107

Further information about SPE can be obtained from the website athttp://southernplacement.org

or by contacting any member of the SPE governing board which can be found on the website.

SPE is sponsored by SACSA, SEAHO, and SWACUHO.

SOUTHERN PLACEMENTEXCHANGE

February 14 – 16, 2008


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Have you ever played the college comparisongame? This is the game in which you describe howstudents at your university are different from studentsat comparison institutions. For example, students atthe University of Virginia (UVA) like to joke about thestudents at Virginia Tech majoring in cow tipping andfarming and will someday be working for UVAgraduates. On the flip side, Virginia Tech studentsjoke about how UVA students are snobs and think theworld revolves around them. The fact is, while thesestereotypes are often spread, no one ever takes thetime to actually test if they are true.

What if we could test some of these stereotypes ofcolleges’ students? In other words, what if we could

compare student cultures at different institutions? Asof April 2007, a new feature exists on Facebook thatallows anyone with a Facebook account to comparedifferences among most colleges’ student culture.This new feature, called Networks, groups Facebookusers by higher education institutions, region ofcountry, high school, or workplaces. Within eachnetwork Facebook compiles Network Statistics, whichare the most common answers for eight categories.These categories are as follows: Top Interests, TopT.V., Top Books, Top Music, Top Movies, Sex,Political Views, and Relationship Status. The imagebelow is a screen shot from N.C. State’s Network.

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After evaluating our response to several campusemergencies last year as well as examining responsesto other national incidents, the Residence Life Officeexplored ways to improve communication betweenprofessional staff during emergencies. The optionswere narrowed down to either a Nextel ‘walkie talkie’devices or a PDA (radio tracking or neural implantswere considered too intrusive by staff membersJ). Asa staff, we developed a comprehensive list of whatcapabilities that we were looking for as well as howwe would want to use whichever device that wepicked. An important question that we askedourselves was; “if we were to spend the resources forsomething to help us in an emergency, why not findsomething that could be useful in our everydaywork?”

After research into available products, we decidedon purchasing Blackberries for the professional staffbecause of their capability to receive emergency calls,emails or text messages; thus allowing us themaximum flexibility in communication with eachother and students. However, the potential for staff to

feel ‘on-call’ at all times had to be addressed throughexpectations of availability via Blackberries anddovetailing the use of office Blackberries with thecampus policies on computer and phone use. As wegeared up during fall opening just about every staffmember discovered just how useful the PDA was inthe day to day operations of our department.

Thus far, Blackberries have increased ourefficiency and responsiveness as a whole. We arecontinuing to develop uses for them as well asrefining our expectations of each other in regards toresponding to messages. I am happy to report that wehave not had to make any interventions orcarefrontations with staff about inappropriate use orattachment to their Blackberries (although, some staffmembers are close). If you choose to explore thisoption for your department, we would suggest pollingyour colleagues at other institutions – their feedbackand expertise was extremely helpful in our decisionprocess.

Chris Durden is the Director of HousingOperations

Can You Hear Me Now?

Chris Durden College of William and Mary

Using Facebook Networks to Describe Colleges and Universities

Jeff Doyle, Ph.D.Appalachian State University

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Of course, the first thing I did was to compare mycurrent institution’s students, Appalachian State, withstudents from our “rival” institutions. For example, Idiscovered that Appalachian State is one of the onlypublic schools in the state that lists snowboarding inour Top Interests section. In addition, I wasdisappointed that while many students at NorthCarolina public institutions love my favorite T.V. show,The Office, Appalachian students do not rank TheOffice in their top ten T.V. shows. Instead,Appalachian State students report a unique affinity forthe show Gilmore Girls. I am not sure I can explainthis one.

Instead of giving SEAHO Report readers andanalysis of how Appalachian State differs from othercolleges, I thought it might be more fun to provideSEAHO Report readers with a relevant analysis of agroup of member schools that everyone loves tostereotype. For my sample I selected the universities

of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Although braggingrights among these 12 institutions is usually reservedfor football (Wake Forest) or men’s basketballconference champions (UNC-Chapel Hill, hereafterabbreviated UNC), I thought it might be interesting tostudy how the students at these institutions aredifferent.

Before I start, I should say that I think thesecomparisons have some reliability and validity. Iprinted out Network statistics for Appalachian Statestudents in April, June, and August and found thatthere was very little change in the studentcharacteristics. The top eight interests were the samebut in a different order and the last two interests hadchanged (i.e. football in September replaced campingin April). Certainly, as student bodies change over theyears, these statistics will change more significantly.However, it is worth noting that in general thesenetwork statistics remain relatively constant.

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With regards to validity, it is worth noting theexceedingly large number of Facebook members ateach college. A quick glance at member numbers atACC institutions reveals that most of the Facebookmember numbers at each institution are larger than theactual number of students. For example, N.C. Statehas about 31,000 students and about 36,000 Facebookmembers. UNC has about 28,000 students and about39,000 Facebook members. This difference instudents and Facebook members is due in part to thefact that graduating students can keep their Facebookaccount and faculty and staff can also join Facebook.One could argue that graduated students or facultyand staff are not valid indicators of the existingstudent body. This is a worthy criticism. However, itis also quite likely that people who at one time wererepresentative of that student culture probably stillshare many similarities. The fact that the numbers ofFacebook members are often larger than student bodysizes indicates that huge percentages of students atthese ACC institutions are on Facebook. I don’t thinkI have met a student at Appalachian State who is noton Facebook. It is a ubiquitous tool for friendship-building among our students.

To begin my “research”, I examined the studentinterests at 11 ACC institutions. (I eliminated BostonCollege because it is not in the SEAHO region.) Myfirst reaction to student interests was that there wereno major differences. Every institution’s studentsrank “music” as their number one interest. “Reading”is ranked second through fifth by students at all theinstitutions. “Movies” are ranked second throughsixth by students at all institutions except for Virginia(UVA). So my first question is “Why are students atUVA not as into movies as other ACC institutions?”Interest in movies is replaced by “photography” atUVA, the only ACC college with “photography” in thetop ten interests. This leads to the question, “Why areso many more students at UVA interested inphotography than other ACC institutions?” Hopefullythis type of question will cause readers (particularly atUVA) to wonder why this may be.

All 11 universities had students rank “travel”second through ninth among their interests. Is itworth exploring why the only institutions with travelas second (UVA) is in the same state as the onlyinstitution ranking “travel” ninth (Virginia Tech)?Why do so many more students at UVA like travelversus students at Virginia Tech? Could it be because

the out-of-state student body (which has alreadytraveled farther to come to college) is so much largerat UVA? Again, questions like this are best answeredby students and staff at these UVA institutions.

Every ACC institution except Wake Forest, UNC,and Georgia Tech rank “shopping” in their top nineinterests. Why are these three institutions outliers on“shopping”? Certainly there is plenty of shopping inWinston-Salem, Chapel Hill, and Atlanta. What is itabout these student bodies that they are less interestedin “shopping” when compared to other ACCinstitutions?

There are only four ACC institutions wherestudents report the “beach” as one of their topinterests. The first two of these universities makesense – Florida State and Miami. However, why areVirginia Tech and UNC the other two student bodiesthat rank the “beach” in their top ten interests?Virginia Tech is farther from the Atlantic Ocean coastthan almost any other ACC university.

When it comes to football, only four ACCinstitutions have students who rank “football” in theirtop ten. My hypothesis was that the historicallystrongest football teams would be these fouruniversities. This resulted in my guess of FloridaState, Virginia Tech, Miami, and Clemson (I considerWake Forest’s ACC championship a bump on theradar). However, Miami and Virginia Tech studentsdon’t rank football as one of their top interests. We doknow, however, that Maryland and Georgia Techstudents think enough of their football teams to rankthem in their top ten interests. Why are students atthese two institutions so enamored of football versusother ACC institutions (with the exception of FloridaState and Clemson students)?

I also find it interesting that “friends” are in thetop ten interests in only two colleges. Is this becausethese institutions have students who place a highervalue on relationships? Could this interest be incontrast to their interest on academics? Florida Stateand N.C. State are the two universities whose studentsrank “friends” in their top ten interests.

There were two areas of interest that threeuniversities shared by themselves. The institutionswere UNC, Duke, and UVA, which are the highestthree nationally ranked ACC institutions by U.S. Newsand World Report. The first of these interests was“politics”, which is not surprising considering thenumber of future politicians to likely come from these

nationally ranked institutions. However, the secondinterest shared by students at these three ACCinstitutions (and no other ACC institution) was“cooking”. Can someone explain this one? Shouldwe hypothesize that students at these three universitieswill be the ones cooking our meals in future years? Isthe Food Channel a bonding event for students at thesecolleges? Does this have anything to do with whatstudents think of the dining hall food at thesecolleges?

There are two other interests that are only sharedby two other ACC institutions. Why is it that thesports of “tennis” and “golf ” are among the top teninterests of students at UNC and Wake Forest but at noother ACC institutions? Do these two colleges havethe most golf courses or tennis courts in their vicinity?Since these are the sports normally associated withhigh socio-economic status, is there a relationshipbetween the students’ family wealth and their interestin these sports?

On the flip side, “fishing” is a sport which takesmuch less money and is often the butt of jokes bycomedians such as Jeff Foxworthy. Does this meanthat students at N.C. State, Clemson, and GeorgiaTech, who are the only students in the ACC ranking“fishing” in their top ten interests, personify a more,shall we say, “country” image? Did you know thatJeff Foxworthy, in addition to his jokes about fishing,was recently the Honorary Chairman of NationalHunting and Fishing Day? Could it be that these threeACC institutions attract larger number of males (Iknow this with regards to N.C. State and Georgia Techbut am not sure with regards to Clemson)? Could itsimply be that there are more fishing locations nearthese three campuses?

Before I get myself into trouble hypothesizingwhy certain ACC colleges might have certaininterests, I will move on to another Networks statistic.Did you know that using Facebook Networks canshow us which student bodies are the most liberal andconservative? Try grouping the ACC universities intothree categories; those that are pervasively liberal,those that are pervasively conservative, and those thatare close to balanced. If I told you these were thegroupings how would you label them?

Row 1:Florida State Georgia Tech Wake Forest Virginia Tech

Row 2:Miami Maryland UVA Duke UNC

Row 3:Clemson N.C. State

The last row represents ACC universities withstudent bodies that are more conservative than liberal.According to students on Facebook, Clemson is themost conservative ACC institution, with almost twiceas many conservative students as liberal students. Is itmore than coincidence that N.C. State and Clemsonwere two of the three student bodies who reported“fishing” as one of their top interests? Areconservative students more likely to fish?

The middle row represents ACC universities withstudent bodies that are more liberal than conservative.At last check Duke has the most liberal student bodyin the ACC. In fact, there are three times as manyliberal students as conservative students at Duke. Theother four ACC institutions in this column are closerto having twice as many liberal students asconservative students. Why does Duke have the mostliberal students in the ACC? Is it because they attractand enroll the largest number of out-of-state students?Is it because they cost the most of any institution inthe ACC?

The first row represents ACC institutions that areclose to an even balance of conservative and liberalstudents. What do these four universities do tomaintain a more balanced student body from thepolitical standpoint? Do their admissions officers paymore attention to balancing this characteristic? Dotheir cultures simply include a balanced offering ofmajors and interests for both conservative and liberalstudents?

In addition to interests and political preferences,Facebook Networks offers many other categories forcomparison. Another category I found revealing wasfavorite books of students. Three books are on the topten list for all ACC institutions; the Bible, HarryPotter, and 1984. Clemson students were the onlystudents at an ACC school to rank the Bible numberone overall, which could be related to Clemson alsohave the most conservative students. Marylandstudents rank the Bible lower than any other ACCschool (ninth). Does this mean there is less of a

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Christian emphasis at Maryland? Miami was the onlyACC school that did not have Harry Potter asstudents’ number one or two favorite book (Miamistudents ranked it sixth). Why does the student bodyat Miami have less of an affinity for Harry Potter thanother ACC colleges?

Other popular books on almost all ACC universitylists included The Great Gatsby (all but GeorgiaTech), Angels and Demons (all but UVA), The DaVinci Code (all but UVA and Duke), and Catcher inthe Rye (all but UVA and N.C. State). Are therereasons the institutions in parenthesis do not have asmany students who like these books? Do the Englishdepartments have a negative groupthink against thesebooks or are their faculties diverse enough to result instudents preferring different “classics”?

Another interesting category for study includesstudents’ favorite T.V. shows. The most popular T.V.show for ACC universities is “Family Guy”, rankedfirst or second by all ACC schools except Duke andUVA. Is “Family Guy” not intellectually stimulatingenough for these two top liberal arts institutions?“Grey’s Anatomy”, “House”, and “Lost” are alsoranked by all ACC schools. “Seinfeld” is in the topT.V. shows for all ACC colleges except for UNC andN.C. State. Does the Research Triangle area not show“Seinfeld” reruns? “Scrubs” and “The Office” are onthe top ten lists for all ACC schools except forClemson and Miami, respectively. Do Clemsonstudents not like “Scrubs” as much because Clemsonhas no medical school? Do Miami students not like“The Office” as much because it is based inPennsylvania, the furthest distance from Miami in theACC? These are simply guesses that would be fun todiscuss with others.

In addition, all ACC colleges except for FloridaState rank the T.V. show “24” in their top ten and allACC colleges except for UVA rank “Friends” in theirtop ten. In short, there is not a lot of variety in favoriteT.V. shows among ACC colleges. Almost all ACCschools have the following nine T.V. shows in their topten: “Family Guy”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “House”,“Lost”, “Seinfeld”, “Scrubs”, “The Office”, “24”, and“Friends”. Might these be T.V. shows residence lifestaff members want to plan programs around to avoidlarge numbers of students watching them? Mightthese be T.V. shows R.A. recruitment or trainingcommittees want to consider integrating into theirthemes?

This article was not meant to answer a lot ofquestions but to ask questions. Facebook Networksprovides a host of interesting statistics than can helpstudent affairs administrators develop a greaterunderstanding of their student cultures. In particular,Networks can provide a means for quantitativelycomparing student cultures. Albeit, the types ofculture examined on Networks is what we typicallydescribe at the tip of the diversity iceberg. In otherwords, T.V. shows, books, interests, etc. are primarilyindicators of deeper values and beliefs held bystudents. I hope these iceberg tips can be used tostimulate deeper conversations as to why studentcultures differ from one university to another. I hopethis article has stimulated some interest in thisrelatively new feature on Facebook and the resultingresearch you conduct provides you with helpfulinformation in your efforts to better understand andeducate your students.

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Last year I almost fell out of my chair after one ofmy residents handed me his resume to critique. It wasso heavy not in weight, but in content! At first glancethings looked great on paper (like so many thingsthroughout history often have) but after readingthrough three pages of single-spaced, size ten text itbecame apparent that all of his “excellent leadershipexperiences” over the past three years with over adozen campus clubs, organizations and on-campusjobs boiled down to nothing more than mereinvolvement in these activities. Where was thecommitment? Where was the leadership?

Sometimes I think students care more aboutadding to their resume than building their resume.What is the difference? Adding to your resume is whatmy resident did. He jumped around from job to joband from experience to experience each semester, justto be a part of the team; and while he did contribute toeach of those endeavors, was he really committed tothem? Was he passionate about them? He was apopular person that everyone knew but he did notstand for anything. I asked him to write down onestatement that summed up his experiences. He wrote,“I have experienced a diverse array of activities.” Iwrote, “You were over-involved and not committed.”Both answers could be graded as correct, but whichone is more beneficial when it comes to building yourresume?

Instead of simply adding to your resume bymerely being involved with activities for the sake of

getting/being involved, students need to be selectivewith their time and commitments. When it comes tobeing involved, less really is more! Contributing onlya little of your time and effort to many commitmentshinders your ability to focus your strengths and talentson something that you are truly passionate about.Leaders need to be involved but also need to becommitted. When you commit yourself to feweractivities you allow yourself more opportunities forleadership within those activities if you stay involved.

There is never enough time to do everything thatyou want to do; but the choice to participate in whatyou want is open to everyone. Choose wisely. Thinkabout how you choose to spend your time and talents.If you cannot think of how your involvement willbuild your resume then it is time to rethink andrecommit your priorities.

Author’s Note:Terry joined the Residence Life team at CNU in June2007 and currently serves as the Santoro HallDirector. He obtained Bachelor’s degrees inPsychology and Criminology as well as a Master’sdegree in Criminal Justice Administration fromNiagara University. He then attended The Universityof Dayton where he earned a Master’s degree inCollege Student Personnel. Terry recently moved fromCharlotte, North Carolina where he served as aResidence Coordinator for Housing and ResidenceLife at UNC Charlotte.

Opinion - Student Involvement: Less is more!

Terry FassanellaChristopher Newport University

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An Interview with SEAHO President Leon McClintonRalphel L. Smith

University of Georgia

On Friday, September 21, I had the opportunity tohave a one on one conversation with the currentSEAHO president, Dr. Leon McClinton. There wereseveral reasons I wanted to sit down and speak withLeon but the two reasons that motivated me the mostwere Leon’s new role as Director of Residence Life atVirginia Tech, a role he assumed only months after thetragedy on Virginia Tech’s campus and also his role aspresident of SEAHO. Leon was very agreeable tobeing interviewed and he and I had a greatconversation. So what follows is the actual interview.

Ralphel Smith (RS): Tell me a little about your educational and

employment background.

Leon McClinton (LM):I received all three degrees (Bachelor’s,Master’s, and Doctorate) from ClemsonUniversity. I was a Resident Director atClemson. I spent six months as an AreaCoordinator at Eastern KentuckyUniversity and then returned to Clemsonas an Area Coordinator. I was also givengreat opportunities to grow and advance atClemson in their housing departmentserving as an Assistant Director and lateran Associate Director.

RS: What is your current position at Virginia Techand what is your scope of responsibility?

LM: I currently serve as the Director ofResidence Life. I oversee the residenceeducation aspect of the program, whichincludes creating LLCs and other thematiccommunities. Virginia Tech is a splitsystem with a Director of Residence Lifeand a Director of Housing. My departmentis also responsible for the training,selection, and supervision of the live-instaff and other administrative staff inresidence life. I report directly to theAssociate Vice President of Student Affairs.

RS: What appealed to you about the position atVirginia Tech?

LM: It was time to move to the next level. Ilooked at several things that were attractiveabout the program for me. First, I liked thepart of the program that wanted to linkresidence life to academic services. Second,I felt the infrastructure here would allow usto continue to be progressive. Otherfactors that influenced my decision was the22 full time staff members in my area, the250 plus student workers on campus. The

fact that Virginia Tech is the 14th largesthousing program in the country, and theopportunity to teach in the highereducation program on campus were allattractive components.

RS: Tell us about what the transition has been likegoing from Clemson to Virginia Tech…

LM: It has been a great transition. There aremany similarities between the towns ofClemson, SC and Blacksburg, VA. One ofthe reasons for the transition going sosmoothly has been because I am living oncampus currently and I have gotten achance to spend significant time with theRAs in the dining halls and throughoutcampus. I also am very appreciative of thesupport and leadership I have receivedfrom the Associate Vice President forStudent Affairs.

RS: What do you miss most about Clemson?

LM: I really miss the relationships I developedthrough the years. I know a lot of people atClemson University.

RS: What has been your biggest surprise atVirginia Tech?

LM: Well, I have had several pleasant surprises.First, the RAs and how interested they areto get to know their Director. They areconstantly inviting me to lunch and toprograms in the halls. As a matter of fact Iam participating in the Honors Hall’sNerdfest, which includes playing ultimateFrisbee.

RS: With the tragedy having occurred at VirginiaTech this past spring, people assume that ithas impacted staff and students. From yourlens, tell me what the housing staff is like andhow they are moving forward.

LM: The staff had a lot of enthusiasm andenergy. You could sense that they wereready to start a new year throughout theFall Training Leadership Workshop(FTLW). We set aside time for each RAstaff to share thoughts about 4/16 and toalso discuss how to handle the media. Itwas very emotional but we definitely have avery passionate and resilientadministrative and student staff. Weplanned some future events to get all thestaff back together just to check in andreflect. Later this semester, we will have a“Family Reunion”, which includes currentand former RAs to come together fordinner. Staff Olympics will occur with ourentire staff as well.

At the end of training, we took the entirestaff to the stadium and had an aerialphoto taken with the staff in the formationof “VT.” The Hoakie Nation has becomestronger. Many institutions across thenation will receive a photo.

RS: You have taken on 2 major roles in the past 6months (Presidency of SEAHO and theDirector of Residence Life at VT). How doyou manage it all?

LM: Well, I tried to set some clear goals andexpectations with the governing council

and communicated with the GC almostdaily for the first 4 months. Severalmembers had specific responsibilities.When moved to Blacksburg in July, it wasextremely challenging to give attention toSEAHO related issues on a daily basis, butI had many governing council memberskeeping me informed of the progress beingmade on their projects. As we enteredSeptember, the correspondence has pickedup significantly. We are preparing for theSEAHO Mid-Year meeting now.

RS: I know that you were faculty at RELI….Whatadvice would you give younger professionalswho aspire to be a Director one day?

LM: I read this book, 4 Obsessions ofExtraordinary Executive, one time andsomething that I read stuck with me. Ithink all great leaders (not that I considermyself a great leader, because I have a longway to go) possess three common qualities.Those qualities would be possessinghumility, knowledge of the field, andprofessional will. Creating positive andhealthy relationships are essential in theworkplace. Whenever you communicatewith someone, make sure it is in a tactfuland professional manner. Never comeacross in an abrasive way. Also, try toremain from becoming territorial. Youwill reach a point in your career where youthink something was taken away from you,but you have to take a step back and look atthe decisions from a broader perspective.If you are truly passionate with what youdo, you will find creative ways to provide acontribution to the department.

RS: Well, Leon, I thank you for taking time out ofyour busy schedule to speak with me andanswer my questions that share a little insightinto our SEAHO president.

LM: Ralphel, thanks for even asking me to dothis and I look forward to seeing it in print.

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At ASU: Move-In DayVolunteers Make it

Happen!

Sarah ChapmanAppalachian State University

Ah, Move-In Day - freshmen, parents, traffic,heat, parking, student belongings, elevators, check in– sound familiar? I have seen many years of move-indays, but was very impressed with the smooth flow ofAppalachian State University’s Stop and Drop 2007.The difference – close to 1,000 Move-In dayvolunteers!

ASU’s Move-In day is designed to welcome 2,700freshmen and their families to campus. To allow somany cars full of the belongings our students cannotlive without onto our campus all in one day, each caris issued one 20 minute parking pass allowing them topark as close as possible to our residence halls. After20 minutes, parents must move their cars to a distantparking lot and take a Move-In day shuttle bus back tocampus. The secret to unloading an entire student’sroom out of multiple cars in under 20 minutes – anarmy of willing volunteers and plenty of maskingtape!

Move-In day volunteers sign up for a 2-3 hourshift to welcome freshmen and their families in ourparking lots, unload all belongings to taped offsquares on the sidewalk, and then move thosebelongings up to student rooms. Our Move-In dayvolunteers fall into two categories – volunteersrecruited by the ASU Parent’s Association who serveas greeters and provide direction to the larger group ofMove-In day volunteers who serve as movers/toters.Parent’s Association volunteers welcome students andfamilies, and remind them to mark all belongingscoming out of a car with their room number before it’splaced on a sidewalk square (most belongings arealready labeled thanks to summer communicationfrom the Move-In Day Committee). General Move-Inday volunteers begin to take items from the sidewalkto the room while the new freshman is checking intotheir hall.

Recruitment of Move-In day volunteers began inJanuary. Volunteer fliers were given to club andorganizations and discussed at the Club President’s

Meeting at the start of the Spring semester. Clubs ororganizations that signed up at least 15 volunteersgained the additional benefit of having their club ororganization’s name printed on the sleeve of theirvolunteer t-shirts. More than 560 volunteers reportedbelonging to a club or organization. Volunteer nametags included a line under the name that said “ASKME ABOUT _____”. All club and organizationnames were automatically printed into the blank spaceto encourage discussions between first year studentsand volunteers about campus and communityopportunities. Throughout the spring semester, otherrecruitment efforts included emails to past volunteers,fliers posted throughout campus, banners in eachresidence hall, two student newspaper ads, letters sentto community/civic organizations and churches, andgeneral email and website emails. Other than a freevolunteer t-shirt, one of the greatest recruitment toolswas that on campus volunteers were permitted tomove back to campus a day before our FreshmanMove-In Day, which is before returning residents arenormally allowed to return.

Online registration for volunteers began inFebruary. Volunteers could sign up and share contactinformation, t-shirt size, preferred time shift, and lista club/organization to which they belonged. Ourvolunteer numbers continued to grow throughout the

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spring and summer. By late July more than 850general volunteers, including students, faculty andstaff, ASU alumni, and local community members hadsigned up. Many fraternities and sororities continuedtheir tradition of service and signed up to volunteer, asdid several athletic and club sport teams. 16 groupsqualified for having their logo printed on the sleeve oftheir volunteer shirts. Close to 150 Parent’sAssociation volunteers, ASU Staff Council members,ASU ROTC volunteers, and ASU Campus Ministersbrought our total number of volunteers for Move-InDay 2007 to over one thousand! This count does noteven begin to include the Housing and Residence Lifestaff, Traffic and Parking services staff, ASU Police,and all of our ASU offices providing services forstudents on Move-In Day.

Communication to Move-In day volunteers was akey component of the success of our volunteerprogram. Email was the most prevalent method ofcommunicating with volunteers – confirmation oftheir registration and time shift, an informationalnewsletter, assignments to a specific side of campus,and reminders were all sent through email tovolunteers throughout the summer and in the weekleading up to Move-In day. Volunteers also received areminder/info sheet when they arrived at a volunteercheck-in tent prior to their shift. Individuals whosigned up but did not complete a volunteer shift weresent emails to get more information about why theydid not show up for their shift. Finally, volunteerswere sent thank you notes through email.

The success of the Move-In day volunteerprogram was evident from the many positive stories,notes, and emails received from new ASU studentsand parents. Several parents explained that they had

students at other colleges, and that ASU’s Move-Inday was one of the smoothest they experienced. Wehad more than 80 walk-in volunteers who just showedup and wanted to help out. Of the almost 900 generalMove-In day volunteers who registered in advance, wehad a 78% show up rate.

As smooth as ASU’s 2007 Stop & Drop Move-InDay was, there are several areas for futureimprovement regarding volunteers. More than onehundred volunteers were checking into our volunteertent for each shift, which resulted in long check-inlines for volunteers. We had a 22% no-show rate ofindividuals who registered to volunteer but did notcheck in. We also encountered some individuals whochecked in, received their t-shirt, but did not report totheir assigned hall to actually volunteer. Finally, wediscovered that some freshmen and their familiesmistakenly thought that our Move-In day volunteerswould move all the student’s belongings into theirroom for them while they watched, instead of helpingto move their own belongings. Clearercommunication with both volunteers and incomingstudents may help to resolve some of these concerns.The volunteer program will remain a cornerstone ofour Move-in Day success in the future.

Move-In Day organization is a huge undertaking –not only in Housing and Residence life, but for almostall levels of an institution. Seeing the Move-In DaySteering Committee in action was a great insight tothe strong partnerships that have formed at all levelsof campus. At ASU, our Campus Ministers run ourtwo Move-In day volunteer check-in tents. Membersof the ASU ROTC program join parking and trafficofficials to help direct traffic across campus. ASU’sStaff Council provides information tents to help

students and families. Countless campusoffices provide support and resources to newstudents after they arrive. In addition to allour campus residence hall staff – ASU’sMove-In day volunteers are often the first towelcome a new student and their family tocampus, and help create a welcoming andpositive first impression for AppalachianState University’s new freshmen and theirfamilies.

Sarah Chapman is the 2007 Move-In DayVolunteer Coordinator and an AreaCoordinator

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15th Annual New Professionals Workshop

Paul K. JahrGeorgia College & State University

A Video-Cast Fairy Tale: Making a Dream a Reality on Your Campus!

Katrina J. PawvlukMonique Colclough

College of William and Mary

On Friday, September 7, 170 staff members from27 institutions across the state came together on thecampus of Georgia College & State University for the15th Annual New Professionals Workshop.

This year’s workshop set a record for attendanceas participants took advantage of the opportunities toattend programs and activities designed to promote“meeting, greeting and network building.” Ms TonyaLam, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairswith the Board of Regents for the University Systemof Georgia, delivered valuable information on studentaffairs and the University System of Georgia. OurGeorgia Housing Officers Executive Board promotedthe message of involvement to the over 100 housingand residence life staff members in attendance withinformation on the upcoming GHO, GRHO, GRASSand GROTH conferences. In February, SEAHO 2008will be taking place in Savannah and opportunities to

get actively involved in helping to host the conferenceare available.

The workshop provided the opportunity for boththe GHO and GCPA Executive Boards to meetparticipants and to conduct their organizationalbusiness. At the lunch, GCPA sponsored a drawingfor several registrations to their upcoming conferenceat Jekyll Island and a gift basket.

The workshop was successful in continuing its 15year tradition of providing the opportunity for newprofessionals from across the state (large school,small school, public and private) to come togetherearly in the academic year to begin to learn aboutstudent affairs in the state, ways of getting involvedand to develop professional networks.

Paul K. Jahr is the Associate Vice President forStudent Affairs.

Podcasting seems to be one of the hottest trends inthe Academic world these days so what about inStudent Affairs? Not to be out done by our academiccounterparts, Student Affairs should be using video orpodcast technology to better serve current andprospective students.

Turning an idea like this into reality can bequicker and easier than you think. Less than a yearago an Associate Directors of Residence Life at theCollege of William and Mary attended an ITworkshop for faculty on the uses of podcasting in theclassroom. That workshop was the catalyst for thedevelopment of video casts for Residence Life. Thispast summer we debuted our first series of freshmanresidence hall video casts. Check them out atwww.wm.edu/reslife/residenceHalls/freshman.php.

The video casts give incoming freshman and theirparents a first hand view of what their assignedresidence hall would be like before they arrived oncampus. Having this resource helped to answer manyquestions that would have resulted in a call to theoffice. Students and parents are able to see a room, itfurnishing, and t other amenities of the buildingwithout leaving the comfort of their homes. This wasespecially helpful for students and families of ourinternational students and those who could not easilyvisit the campus.

The first step in developing the video cast camewith finding someone with the knowledge andequipment necessary to make the project come to lifeand at a price we could afford. Surprisingly, theanswer to these questions came with one meeting with

our Media Center on campus. The Media Center wasmore than willing to help and had all the technologyand expertise we needed to make the project a reality.

We determined we would need two students to dothe filming and editing for our project. The MediaCenter had some student workers who were interestedin being involved and had the knowledge needed toassist with the project. In order to gain easy access tothe buildings and rooms, the project took place duringthe summer. Each student was compensated with freeon campus housing and a $500 stipend.

Two members of our Area Directors staff alsoworked with the two students. Their role was todevelop talking points, a list of key shots for eachresidence hall, to schedule room entry (aroundconference services) and to decorate the room forfilming. Having our staff coordinate the logisticsfreed the students to focus on filming and editing sothe video casts where ready in approximately sixweeks when freshman assignments went out.

Video casting can be a large project to undertakedeterminable in part by the goals and target audienceyou are marketing to. Below are some areas toconsider when embarking into the video cast world:

1. Will the project be managed by a campusmedia center or an outside technologyvendor?

2. What budget and time constraints canimpact the quality of the video cast?

3. Who will oversee the project; professionalstaff or graduate students?

4. Who is the video cast for? Parents,students, the greater campus community.

5. Will the video cast by housed on thedepartment or division website? Who willmaintain it?

6. What is the vision for the end project? Areall players aware of the deadlines andexpectations?

Feedback form our video casts has been extremelypositive and we are beginning to make plan to developvideo casts of all our residence halls. If you wouldlike more information on this project contact KatrinaJ. Pawvluk at [email protected].

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Georgia Housing Officers The Georgia Housing Officers executive

board has been busy planning for our annualconference at Tybee Island on October 4-5.Normally a single campus hosts this conference,but this year all of the Savannah-area schoolshave joined together to create the “SavannahConnection.” This team was selected to host inpreparation for the SEAHO 2008 conference inSavannah.

GHO has created two new committees thisyear to focus on specific needs within the state.First is a constitution review and revisioncommittee, headed by Past President TeddiWalker from Valdosta State. Second is acommittee focusing on Increasing HBCU

Involvement, and the committee representativesare Priscilla Williams from Savannah State, ToddMyrick from Columbus State, and Sean Palmerfrom Paine College.

Georgia College & State University recentlyhosted the 15th Annual Georgia NewProfessionals Workshop on Friday, September 7,and had over 170 delegates in attendance.

Other upcoming state conferences includeGRHOTH at Savannah State University onOctober 13 for RHA leaders, and GRASS atKennesaw State University on January 26, 2008for RAs. And of course, Georgia is very excitedto be hosting SEAHO 2008 in Savannah inFebruary!

STUDENT AFFAIRS AROUND THE REGION

Georgia Updates

GHO Executive Board:

President – Michael Sanseviro, Ph.D.Past President – Teddi WalkerVice President – Vickie ShawSecretary/Treasurer – Dawn Vavrik PalmerSEAHO State Representative – Leslie HoganState Editor – LaKeisha JacksonWebmaster – Ricky Boggs GRHO Advisor – Rio Reddick

Kennesaw State UniversityThe Department of Residence Life welcomes

Alfred “Bucky” Martin III, as our new Coordinator ofResidence Life. Bucky received his Bachelor’s fromWinthrop University in Music and Master’s fromAppalachian State University in Higher EducationAdministration. Previous experience includesDirector of Student Activities and Price Village atLenoir-Rhyne College; Residence Director atAppalachian State University; and ApartmentManager at Winthrop University.

Before working professionally in highereducation, Bucky was a teacher and Director of Bandsin Dillon County, SC. While in that role, Bucky led hismarching bands to several lower state marchingchampionships, all-region, and governor’s all starband competitions. We are pleased to have Bucky jointhe KSU family, and know he will bring some freshand creative perspectives to our growing housingprogram.

Savannah College of Art and DesignWe are celebrating the start of a new year here at

SCAD. We opened the residence halls on September 7to over 3300 students. This year is especially excitingbecause we opened a brand new 288-bed apartmentcomplex, Barnard Village, on the Savannah campus.Each apartment has four students and each student hastheir own private bedroom. There are two bathrooms,a kitchen, and living room in each apartment. We arestill working through some of the common newfacility issues, but the students have been very patient.

We have had some staff transition in ourdepartment this summer. Two staff members left ourdepartment to join other schools in the state.

• Andy Lawrence served our department as aresidence director for two years and has

moved onto a residence hall director positionat Georgia Tech.

• Marcus Mister served our department first asan ACUHO-I intern and later as the residencedirector in Atlanta. He will be joining thehousing staff as the Assistant Director ofResidence Life at the Art Institute of Atlantain late September.

We also have lots of new faces in the departmentthat we would like to welcome.

• Dawn Singleton joins us from ColumbusState and is a residence director in ourfreshmen area.

• Ijeoma Uzochuckwu joins us from theUniversity of Georgia and is the residencedirector in Atlanta.

• Jose Garcia joins us from BinghamtonUniversity and is a residence director in ourupperclassmen area.

• Kathy Mortensen joins us from Ball StateUniversity and is a residence director in ourfreshmen area.

• Rachael Baker joins us from the University ofWisconsin- Parkside and is a residencedirector in our freshmen area.

See you in Savannah in Feburary!

University of GeorgiaThe Department of University Housing at the

University of Georgia is pleased welcome new staffand announce the promotion of current staff.

Shauna Hemingway received her undergraduatedegree at Clemson University and holds a Master’sdegree from the University of South Carolina. Shecurrently holds the position of Assistant AreaCoordinator for the Brumby Community.

John Trawick has been promoted to the position ofArea Coordinator for the Brumby Community. Johnhas worked in UGA Housing for some time and weare confident John will be great in this new role. Heholds an undergraduate degree from SouthernArkansas University and a graduate degree fromOklahoma State University.

Scott Nelson has returned to the Department ofUniversity Housing to fill the position of Coordinatorfor Undergraduate Staff Development. Scott attended

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University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire as anundergraduate and completed graduate studies at theUniversity of Central Missouri.

The position of Coordinator for Housing andJudicial Programs is now being held by BrandiWilliams. Brandi is holds an undergraduate degree inpsychology and a Master’s degree in College StudentPersonnel from Slippery Rock University.

David Berland attended University of CentralFlorida where he earned both his Bachelor’s andMaster’s degrees. David is working as a ResidenceHall Director for the Myers Community.StephenRogers is the new Assistant Area Coordinator for theEast Campus Village Community. Stephen received a

Bachelor’s Degree from Texas A&M University, andholds a Master’s degree from Arkansas Tech.

Kristen Webber has accepted the position ofResidence Hall Director. Kristin holds a Master’sdegree from Marshall University, where she alsoattended as an undergraduate.

Daysha Pierce has accepted the position ofResidence Hall Director. Daysha received a bachelor’sdegree from Fort Lewis College in Durango,Colorado. She received her master’s degree fromWashington State University in Pullman, Washington.

Anthony Johnson has accepted the position ofresidence hall director at Oglethorpe House. He is arecent graduate of Syracuse University.



Kentucky UpdatesBerea College – Berea, KY

We have hired a new Collegium member,Courtney Brooks. Again, Berea opened up at almostfull capacity. We are looking to research/utilizehousing software in the future for our roomingassignments, as well as judicial information. We arecurrently in the process of renovating a traditionallyfirst year women’s hall, Elizabeth Rogers, and hope tohave that back on line by Fall 2008. Our newlyrenovated first year women’s hall, Pearsons, openedthis past August. The Berea staff has been diligentlyworking and preparing to host KAHO in October. Itwill be October 8th and 9th.

Centre College – Danville, KYCentre College is pleased to announce the

addition of new staff members for 2007-2008.Melissa Clark has been named the new Director ofGreek Life and New Student Orientation, and JayCarnes, a 2007 graduate has been named the StudentLife Coordinator for Greek Affairs and LeadershipDevelopment. We are also housing a record numberof students on campus – 1,043.

In April, we broke ground on Pearl Hall, our newsuite-style residential facility that will house 146students with a planned opening of Fall 2008.

Eastern Kentucky University –Richmond, KY

Eastern Kentucky University welcomed 4new housing administration staff members, 8Residence Hall Coordinators and 6 new GraduateAssistants for 2007-2008. Our new HousingAdministration Staff includes: Matt Lavery fromOklahoma State University as the new AssociateDirector for Residence Life. Rhonda Park Uber,former Associate Director for Residence Life atEastern Kentucky University, took a new positionas Associate Director for HousingAdministration. EKU has two new AreaCoordinators: Emily Campbell, formerResidence Hall Coordinator at Eastern KentuckyUniversity and Mike McClellan, former ResidentDirector at University of Kentucky. Our newResidence Hall Coordinators are: Victor Allarafrom Transylvania University, Katie Avra fromNorthern Kentucky University, Dennis Dow fromBerea College, Elbonita Hawkins from BereaCollege, Kevin Hemphill from the University ofWest Georgia, Michelle Murray from WesternCarolina University, Lesley Peters from MurrayState University, and Kate Pieratt from CentreCollege. EKU added six new graduate assistants(4 of the 6 are newly created positions). The newgraduate assistants are: Rakesha Hines, Leah

Holderbaum, Kristina Miller, Chris Owens, LauraPatterson, and Sarah Staggs from EasternKentucky University. We have also added a newbundle of Joy to our Office: Ezra Joseph Clarkwas born August 28, 2007 to the Residence HallCoordinator of Comb’s Hall Stephanie (Johnson)Clark.

In addition to new staff members we haveseveral new initiatives for 2007-2008. A newprogramming model was created by our housingadministration team over the summer and put intoaffect during Fall 2007 training. The ConnectFOUR programming model helps RAs connecttheir residents to Friends, Opportunities, theUniversity and Resources. We look forward toseeing more engaged, academically focused andsatisfied residents in the future.

The Living Learning Communities arethriving at EKU. Two new academically focusedlearning communities, the Health Sciences andEducation floors were added in Fall 2007. Thesefloors along with the established Business andTechnology floor offer students interested inthese departments the opportunity to networkwith faculty, learn more about careeropportunities in their field of study, and a chanceto attend workshops through out the year focusedon personal and professional development topicsrelated to their department and major. A team offaculty, staff and student investors has beenformed for each of these communities. Theinvestment teams will work together in planningto ensure the success and effectiveness of each ofthese learning communities.

In the Spring of 2007 a group of residencehall students created and established a newUnited Residence Hall Association. Following arestructuring of the Residence Life Council theEKU Residence Hall Councils were in need of asupport structure that would provide hall councilmembers a venue to share ideas, find support andto facilitate all hall programming activities.Several housing residents saw this need andworked together to create a new URHA thatwould provide this needed support. After

becoming an official organization in Spring 2007the members of this organization have workedtogether to brainstorm ways to better support hallcouncils and have provided all hall programsalready this fall. University Housing is lookingforward to seeing the programming andcollaborative efforts this new studentorganization will bring to EKU Housing students.

In addition to changes in Residence Life weare experiencing building and structural changesin 2007-2008 as well. Commonwealth Hall hasbeen transitioned from an all male facility to a co-ed facility offering the Sophomore Overdrivelearning community. The student reception tothis change to co-ed living has beenoverwhelmingly positive. Todd and Dupree hallsare currently receiving a facelift with the additionof new exterior brackets to help ensure residentand facility safety. The most substantial facilitychange at EKU is happening to Clay Hall whichis now closed and undergoing majorinfrastructure and cosmetic renovations. We arelooking forward to reopening this upper classfacility in Fall 2008.

Morehead State University –Morehead, KY

Morehead State University’s Office ofStudent Housing welcomes new residence halldirectors, Princess Watkins and Re`Sheka Tapps.Princess comes to us from Lynchburg Collegewhere she worked in the housing office as an RAand Assistant Hall Director. She is working on aMaster’s degree in Communications. Re`Sheka isa graduate of the University of Cincinnati havingworked in the UC housing department as an RA.

Again this summer MSU hosted theGovernor’s Scholar Program beginning the firstof a three year contract with the GSP program.We also began the implementation of our housingmaster plan by closing Nunn Hall for renovation.As a result of closing Nunn Hall for renovation,for 2007-2008 we have re-opened Cooper Hall inorder to accommodate students. This fall we areat a 98% occupancy rate.

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As a part of housing staff training both ourprofessional and RA staff, participated in a Non-Violent Crisis Intervention workshop. Thisworkshop presented by MSU Speech TeamCoach/Instructor, Lisa Shemwell, a certifiedinstructor for Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc.discussed ways for staff to help de-escalatesituations they may encounter in their jobs.During RA staff training we teamed with ourcampus, local and state fire safety personnel tosimulate evacuating a building during a fire.Local fire department personnel placed staff in anunoccupied facility, then smoked the hall waysand evaluated our process of evacuating thebuilding.

Northern Kentucky University –Highland, Heights, KY

The past few months at Northern KentuckyUniversity can be summed up in one word: CHANGE.

We have welcomed many new staff members thissummer and seen colleagues take on newresponsibilities within the institution. Dr. MarkShanley, Vice President for Student Affairs, steppedout of his role this summer to take on a facultyposition and leadership of the newly created Mastersin Student Affairs program. Currently serving asInterim VP is Dr. Zebulon Davenport who came toNKU to serve as Associate VP for Student Affairsfrom James Madison University. Also in a newposition is former Director of University HousingMatt Brown. You can call him Dean Brown now, ashe has been serving as Dean of Students since Julyfollowing Dr. Kent Kelso’s departure to FloridaAtlantic University. Following this, AssociateDirector of University Housing Peter Trentacoste wasappointed Interim Director of University Housing.Peter will be serving as the Interim Director andAssociate Director of Housing until a national searchis completed in the upcoming months. Now-famousformer Hall Directors Bethany Kilgore and ArnieSlaughter have also taken on new roles. Bethany nowserves as a Coordinator in NKU’s CareerDevelopment Center, and Arnie has taken on thebrand-new Assistant Director position in UniversityHousing. Also promoted was Resident Assistant

Janelle Briscoe, who has taken on the role of AssistantHall Director in Kentucky and Commonwealth Halls.Katie Avra, former Assistant Hall Director inKentucky and Commonwealth Halls, has started herprofessional career as a Residence Hall Coordinator atEastern Kentucky University. We have had to recruitheavily this year with so many departures, and we areextremely proud of the results. We welcomed WayneCenters as the new Hall Director for Kentucky andCommonwealth Halls this July. Wayne came to usfrom the University of Kentucky where he worked asa Graduate Hall Director. Also new to NKU isWoodcrest Apartments Hall Director John Turner,who transitioned immediately into his position afterarriving mere days before RA Training began. Johnhails from Indiana State University where he served asGraduate Hall Director. We couldn’t be more pleasedwith our staff this year!

Many other changes are in the works at NKU.Student Learning Outcomes with a focus onenhancing Student Engagement are at the forefront ofour practice in the Division of Student Affairs. Ouroffice would like to believe we are helping set thestandard for the increased emphasis on assessmentand outcomes. To this end, we completed our secondyear of successful outcomes-based RA Training, andwe are in the planning stages of developing newprogramming models, living-learning communitiesand paraprofessional development plans that utilizesimilar methods to better serve and engage ourstudents.

Structurally, NKU is changing as well. We allwitnessed the much-anticipated opening of theroundabout drive added to the campus entrance. Thiswas created to ease traffic around our new arena, theBank of Kentucky Center, which is scheduled to openin time for Commencement for Spring Semester 2008.The new Student Union construction is progressingquickly, and we anticipate its opening to occur for FallSemester 2008. University Housing has also finalizedplans for renovations to the former LakesideRetirement Community property that was acquiredlast spring. Plans to convert the facility into a 430-bed residence hall have been made, and renovationsare slated to be complete by August 2008.

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Transylvania University – Lexington, KY

The big news is the start of construction onThomson Hall which will open in the Fall 2008. Theapproximately $5.5 million dollar apartment style hallwill house 61 residents, the new 1780 café and will befollowed by Phase II of the construction which willadd an additional 60-70 beds to campus.Sustainability options were included in the plansincluding geothermal heating and air conditioningsystems. With the completion of Thomson Hall, theresidence halls should decompress as this year findsus at a near record high occupancy. The rest of thephysical plant saw updates to the laundry systems, alarge amount of carpeting, improved lighting in publicareas, increased accessibility in Hazelrigg Hall andother maintenance projects on campus.

Union College – Barbourville, KYUnion has experienced a lot of new change this

Fall semester. JoAnn Wilder, former University ofKentucky Resident Director, assumed the position ofDirector of Residential Education. Union also has anew Assistant Coordinator of Residential Education,Taryn Jacobus. We just opened up our first residencehall front desk and are testing it out to apply to theother halls in the future. Union opened up at just over100% occupancy. We also have a new football fieldwhich we are extremely excited about. It is turf nowand both the soccer and football teams are using it.

University of Kentucky – Lexington, KY

We have had an excellent start to the year. Wehave added several new staff members, new livinglearning communities and completed renovations oncampus. We had a very busy but very productivesummer. The Fall 2007 semester has seen the additionof three new living learning communities. They are:Journalism in the 21st Century, Explore and the MathCommunity. Explore is a community for undeclaredstudents. It is designed to help answer questions suchas are you having trouble determining what to do withyour life? Are you unsure what major you mightchoose? Explore will offer students a chance to learnmore about the resources available to them to helpassist in answering these questions. 21st Century

Journalists community will give students insight intowhat does it mean to be a journalist today? What isthe journalist’s role in the digital world? Students inthis learning community will explore these questionswith Journalism faculty members and workingjournalists from Lexington and beyond. They willalso practice journalism, including exploration of newmethods and technologies for informing the public.Our last living learning community is the MathCommunity. The Math Community is designed tocreate a community that provides academic support tothose students enrolling in Intermediate Algebra (MA108R) and continuing the link into the spring semesterwith College Algebra (MA 109).

As we said goodbye to some dear friends at UKwho moved on as they were promoted within the field,we also invited several new staff to the UK family. Wehave two new Greek House Directors, Conan Brooksand Brandon Hagan. Conan came to UK in the Springsemester, he previously worked at Newberry College.Brandon Hagan is a former UK RA and UK alum.There are five new Graduate Hall Directors: BridgetSmith, Kem French, Caleb Mathis, Marquita Smithand Jenna Dirr. Bridget Smith, Kem French, CalebMathis and Marquita Smith are all former UK RAsand proud UK alumni. Jenna Dirr is a graduate ofXavier. We also have two new Resident Directors oncampus: L’Tonya Johnson and Kelly Pearson.L’Tonya is a former UK graduate hall director. KellyPearson is a graduate of the University of Florida.Leslie Woltenberg, a former UK hall director, is in thenewly created position of Learning CommunitiesCoordinator. We also had an addition to the UKfamily. Lisa Lockman, Assistant Director ofResidence Life for the Greek Communities and herhusband Jim recently had their first child. EmmaLockman, a beautiful baby girl, was born onSeptember 16, 2007 and weighed 8 ? pounds!

UK also renovated the Blazer Hall diningcafeteria. This was done over the summer. Therenovation expanded upon the existing space byknocking down some walls and almost doubling thespace. Keeping up with some of the newest trends indining the majority of the food that is cooked isprepared in front of the students. Blazer was openedback up in time to start off the new school year.

The UK Sustainability program has been workingdaily since before opening. Over the last few yearsUK Recycling has continued to grow and do more



each year. This year UK beat all of their previousrecords and goals. Through the course of openingweekend, UK Recycling with the help of RAs, HallDirectors and Resident Directors helped to divert25,000 pounds of cardboard from Kentucky landfills.Everyone was incredibly happy with the results oftheir hard work.

UK Residence Life partnered with the ViolenceIntervention and Prevention Center (formerlyWomen’s Place), UK Police Department, the StudentGovernment Association and the Resident StudentAssociation to create Safety Net. The goal of SafetyNet is to have a highly identified group of individualsbuilding long term relationships with residents overthe course of a year or more. In turn this will increasethe visibility of safety as a key issue at UK.Hopefully, it will also increase the likelihood thatvictims will report violent crimes and/or seek helpand support. The Safety Net team is comprised of:Hall/Resident Director, at least two RAs,representatives from the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Centerand/or the Counseling and Testing Center.

University of Louisville – Louisville, KY

The University of Louisville welcomed two newfulltime staff members this fall, Jonathan Johnson andAmanda Morris. Jonathan is the new AssociateDirector for Facilities. He completed hisundergraduate work at Berea College and his Masterof Science at the University of Kentucky. Jonathan iscurrently in the UofL Doctoral program. Amanda hadworked at the University of Southern Mississippi thispast year after graduating with her MS in CollegeStudent Personnel from the University of Wisconsin.Her position as a Residence Life Coordinator is a new

one to the housing program. The housing program isalso excited about the six new graduate assistants whobegan this fall: Grier Stanley from University ofRhode Island, Gary Tan from Central Michigan, TaleaDrummer 2nd year grad student from MiamiUniversity in Ohio, Beth Garvey from University ofKentucky, Katie Adamchik from Earlham College andAnthony Harris a UofL undergraduate. Also, TeresaCrum began as the Community Manager in July. Shereceived her degrees from Morehead State Universityand Murray State University. She returned toKentucky after spending two years as a ResidentDirector at Western Carolina University. We wouldlike to welcome graduate students Jeremy Williamsonand Peter Zurowski as Resident Managers. Jeremy isa second year grad student from Louisville, and Peteris a first year grad student from Cleveland, OH. Bothreceived their undergraduate degrees at the Universityof Louisville. Additionally, we have a new ResidentServices Manager, Christy Hoelsher, a native ofLouisville.

We opened with a full house at 99.69% We arelooking forward to a great year. Housing is nowdeveloping the next 10 year vision plan whichincludes building an additional 1500 beds as well asre-programming the older halls.

Upcoming Kentucky Conferences:Kentucky Association of Housing Officers (KAHO)

– October 8th – 9th at Berea CollegeCollege Personnel Association of Kentucky (CPAK)

– February 28th – 29th in Louisville, KYKentucky Resident Advisor Conference (KRAC) –

October 27th at Kentucky State UniversityKentucky Association of Residence Halls (KARH) –

February 1st – 3rd 2008 at Bellarmine University



Dei AllardNorth Carolina State Representative

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NCHO.org is hotter than ever!We are proud to announce the NCHO website

www.ncho.org has been revamped and is now live!Thank you our Technology Coordinator, Carrie Ryanat Elon University and Eddie Lovett of LovettCreations. Eddie designed the basic template for ourwebsite and Carrie has been spending the past fewmonths updating the site. I think they have done atremendous job. Our new features includemembership directory information, listserv access,conference information and coming soon Associatesinformation.

NCHO RA Drive in conference:October 27

Winston-Salem State Universityhttp://www.wssu.edu/WSSU/About/Administration/Division+of+Student+Affairs/Housing+and+Residence+Life/ncho/Registration is only $25 andends October 12.Come join 50 of your RAfriends in NC!

NCHO/NCCPA 2007 Conference:November 14-16

East Carolina UniversityWe are hosting a joint conference with North

Carolina College Personnel Association this year. Theconference will be held at the Hilton, Greenville, NC.The theme for the Conference is “TreasuringPartnerships”. For more information, check outwebsite at http://www.nchoconference.com/ .

Awards and Scholarships available!

Scholarships available cover REGISTRATIONCOSTS for the conference! We will awardscholarships to: 2 from small colleges anduniversities, 2 for Graduate students, and 1 for anundergraduate student

Awards include:• Graduate

Student of theYear Award

• Outstanding New Professional Award• Al Calarco Commitment to Excellence

Award• Bob Dunnigan Lifetime Service and

Achievement Award• Dan Wooten Award• R. Randy Rice Service AwardSee the NCHO website for more details on awards

and scholarship information.

ProgramsThe program committee has been hard at work to

aid in making NCHO/NCCPA 2007 conference agreat professional development opportunity for allparticipants. This year we would have three “tracks”

• New Professionals and Graduates: examplesinclude Speed Mentoring, Working withAssociates

• Facilities 101: examples include Safety andSecurity, Public Relations, Secure Facilities,Proactive Approaches to Student Activism

• Mid-manager Track: examples include CrisisIntervention, Looking Ahead to the NextPosition, To Ed.D or Ph.D

Silent Auction. Please consider making a contributionto our Silent Auction. Proceeds from the auction go to

North Carolina Updates

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help fund our scholarships and award recipients.Come check out the possible prizes to bind on! – X-Box anyone?! A brand-new X-Box with twocontrollers, compliments of Balfour BeattyConstruction has already been donated.

HBCU RoundtablesNorth Carolina has 11 Historically Black

Colleges and Universities. We have a fantastic newHBCU representative, Tunisha L. Miles fromFayetteville State University, who has hit the groundrunning. She has held 2 HBCU Roundtable Mixers:one in February at Fayetteville State U. and the otherin May at Elizabeth City State U. The goal is tonetwork and come together every 3 to 5 months, andto encourage more of the HBCU to participate andattend the NCHO and SEAHO Conferences. Thesemixers have pulled in 25 and then 40 participants.

Issues that have been raised during these sessions:Safety & Security, apartments, what did each campushave in place, what did each feel were their biggestneeds, what constraints/challenges did we all face,how did each campus deal withemotional/psychological crisis and finally confrontingbehavior followed by a campus tour on the shuttle

That’s all from North Carolina right now. Be sureto keep tuned in to our website for the latest! Wishingyou a fantastic year!

Dei AllardNC State Representative

Assistant Director for South CampusCommunities

Housing and Residential EducationUNC - Chapel HillCB# 5500, 03 Avery Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5500919.962.2063 [email protected]: deiatwork

North Carolina State UniversityIt is an exciting time at NC State University. In

University Housing, fall semester has begun and thereare several new staff members to welcome toWolfpack country!

February welcomed Ted Giro in the newly createdposition of Web Developer. In an ever-increasing

digital age, Ted will manage all of the onlineproperties related to University Housing and GreekLife. Ted comes to us from Nova SoutheasternUniversity in Florida where he held a similar position.

In March, we welcomed Michael Schryer as thenew Assistant Director overseeing Lee Hall. Thisunique community contains our Women in Scienceand Engineering (WISE) Living and Learning Village.Michael comes to us from the University of Michiganwhere he held the position of Coordinator ofResidence Education.

Virginia Hall began her tenure as the newAssociate Director for Finance in May of this year.She hit the floor running and dove straight into budgetplanning for the new fiscal year. Virginia waspreviously an Administrative Supervisor at Ball StateUniversity in the School of Physical Education for 14years.

Also in May, we welcomed Lynne Barbour as theConference and Guest Services Coordinator. Shepreviously held an event planner position with theNorth Carolina Automobile Dealers Association.Ingrid Tucker joined the staff as the AdministrativeAssistant to the Director. She comes to us from theUniversity of Miami where she was theAdministrative Assistant to the Vice President forUniversity Communications.

Ebony Ebron returned to NC State as theAssistant Director for the Tri-Towers. Ebony earnedher graduate degree from NC State and was aResidence Director while she was here. She waspreviously the Residence Education Coordinator atUNC-Charlotte.

Yulisa Lin joined the staff in the newly createdposition of Community Director. This position is apost-graduate entry-level professional position thatwill focus on the living and learning communities ofAlexander Global Village and the Arts Village. Yulisacomes to us from Colorado State University where shereceived her M S in Student Affairs in HigherEducation.

In August, Barry Olson assumed the position ofAssociate Director of Facilities. Barry has been withUniversity Housing for six years holding the positionsof Assistant Director, Assistant Director for Facilitiesand most recently Associate Director of UniversityApartments.

August also brought some changes to ourUniversity Apartments. We welcomed Chester Miller


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as the Assistant Director for University Apartments.Chester comes to us with over four years ofexperience from NC A&T University, serving mostrecently in an Assistant Director capacity. Chesterreceived his M S in Electrical Engineering from theState University of New York at Binghamton. TimBlair changed focus becoming the Associate Directorof University Apartments – the position that wasvacated by Barry Olson. Tim has over eighteen yearsof experience with University Housing.

Lisa LaBarbera has been selected to assume TimBlair’s former position as Associate Director ofHousing for East Campus. Lisa has been an AssistantDirector at University Housing for 2 years.Previously, she held a position at Syracuse University.

We are also pleased to welcome a new class ofgraduate students working as Residence Directors for2007-2008.

• Justin Clapp, comes to us from theUniversity of Maryland where he receivedhis BA in Interdisciplinary Studies: MedicalAnthropology and Gender Studies and heldthe positions of RA and Summer ConferenceManager,

• Kim Jackson graduated from the Universityof Findlay (Ohio) with her BA in SocialWork and held positions as RD, SummerAssistant Coordinator and RA.

• Michael Bumbry comes to us from ElonCollege with a BA in Communication.While there he was the Executive Presidentof the Student Government Association, anRA and the Vice-President of Pi Kappa PhiFraternity.

• Rachel Reese recently graduated with a BAin Interior Design from Virginia Tech. Whilethere Rachel held the positions of AreaCoordinator, Undergrad Hall Director, andRA.

• QuinnShauna Felder-Snipes comes to usfrom the College of Charleston with a BA inEnglish. She has previously held thepositions of Associate Director ofUndergraduate Admission and Coordinatorof Multicultural Recruitment and was an RAand Orientation Intern.

• Johanna Horton is a recent graduate of UNCWilmington with her BA in Psychology.

While an undergrad, she was an RA, on theDeans Advisory Commission and theResidence Hall VP of Public Relations.

• Jennifer Miller is a recent graduate ofEastern Mennonite University, where shereceived her BS in History and SocialScience. She worked as an RA while anundergrad.

• Claire Shields recently received her BA inEnglish and Political Science fromMarguette University in Milwaukee. Shewas an RA for three years while there.

• Phil Wiltzius comes to us from WashingtonState University where he received his BA inOrganizational Communication. Whilethere, Phil held the positions of CareerServices Intern, Orientation Counselor, RAand Assistant Hall Director.

• Megan Horan, received her BA in PoliticalScience and English from Virginia Tech,while there she taught a 1st year ExperienceClass and was the President of Panhellenic.

• Tony Cahill, recently received his BA inMusic, Theater, Business at the University ofRedlands, while there he was a ResidenceLife Intern and a Community Assistant.

• Kimberly Degnan, received her Bachelors inPsychology from NC State University whereshe was also a Resident Advisor.

We are also saddened to announce the departureof longtime Associate Director for Facilities, GaryThompson. Gary has accepted a position at DukeUniversity and we wish him luck in his futureendeavors.

Winthrop UniversityWinthrop University welcomes three new staff

members to work with our Academic SuccessCommunities. Kathleen Callahan is the ResidentialLearning Coordinator in Lee Wicker Hall and joins usfrom the University of South Florida. KatherineGarypie is the Residential Learning Coordinator inMargaret Nance Hall and comes most recently fromEmerson College. Dante Pelzer is the ResidentialLearning Coordinator in Richardson Hall and joins usfrom the University of South Carolina.


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Christopher Newport UniversityCNU Residence Life is pleased to introduce the

addition of two new hall directors to its professionalstaff. Mr. Terry Fassanella, coming to CNU from theUniversity of North Carolina-Charlotte, is nowserving the University as Santoro Hall Director. Ms.Krystal Garrett, coming to CNU from James MadisonUniversity, is now serving the University as CNU &Barclay Apartments Hall Director.

Additionally this August, CNU has opened thereconstructed Madison Hall, a four-story apartmentcomplex torn down just one year ago after a fireoccurring the first day of RA training in August 2006.

The inaugural “Residential LeadershipConference” will occur this September and will, forthe first time, offer essential leadership and logisticaltraining to both newly elected members of fivedifferent hall councils and the executive boards of theResidence Hall Association and CNU’s chapter of theNational Residence Hall Honorary. A continuedemphasis on residential leadership and statewideinvolvement occurs this October when members ofthe Residence Hall Association host—for the secondtime in three years—the annual statewide MINI-VACURH (Virginia Association of College &University Residence Halls) conference.

George Mason UniversityGeorge Mason welcomed two new Resident

Directors to our staff this fall. Kelly Ferguson, RD inthe DUCC area, joined us from her grad program atthe University of Delaware. Aja Vaughn, RD inPresidents Park, rejoined the housing field this year,most recently working as a grad at NC State in 2005.Mason also welcomed a new Graduate Assistant forResidential Conduct, Rachel Eisenger. Rachelrecently completed her undergraduate work at theUniversity of Delaware.

We also have some movers and shakers within ourdepartment. Christina George obtained our newlycreated Assistant Director for Staff and StudentDevelopment position in our office. She waspreviously an Assignments Coordinator for Mason.Stephen Morehouse was recently promoted to Senior

Associate Director for Facilities, while HortenseRascoe is now the Assistant Director for ResidentialConduct and Chris Weathers is the new AssociateDirector for Administration.

Randolph-Macon CollegeRandolph-Macon College would like to announce

the following new additions to our staff:Katie Thorne – Coordinator of Residence Life and

HousingCarol Bailey – Administrative Assistant of

Residence Life and HousingBrandon Baker – Graduate Assistant of Residence

Life and Housing

Roanoke College The institution welcomed two new Area

Coordinators to the Residence Life staff in July!Chad Quiñones – Area Coordinator/Advisor to

Campus Activities Board. Chad received his MS inCollege Student Affairs from Eastern IllinoisUniversity and his BS in Communications fromClarion University of Pennsylvania. Chad replacesMichael Steele who assumed the position of AreaCoordinator, Fraternity/Sorority Housing at ClemsonUniversity last December.

Devon MacIver – Area Coordinator/Greek LifeCoordinator. Devon received his MS in CollegeStudent Development and Counseling fromNortheastern University and his BS in PoliticalScience from the University of Massachusetts atDartmouth. Devon replaces Kiah Campbell who leftRC in May to assume a position at the Milton HersheySchool in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Please extend a warm SEAHO welcome to bothChad and Devon!

Virginia TechDr. Leon McClinton joins Virginia Tech as the

new Director for Residence Life.Gail Kirby completed her Residence Life career

serving as the Interim Director for Residence Life,before moving on to retirement, although she still


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shows up from time to time to show us where stuff isfiled!

Patricia “Tricia” Smith remains at Tech in a newposition becoming an Assistant Director forResidence Life.

Chris MacDonald also remains at Tech as the newAssociate Director for Residence Life focusing onRecruitment and Staffing.

David Yaun joins Housing and DiningServices as the Furnishings Supervisor.

James Vance Beck also joins housing as theMaintenance Storeroom Manager

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