mmc- volume 21, issue 4

8/3/2019 MMC- Volume 21, Issue 4

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When people ask me what my favorite part of college is, I always reply with the

same answer with a lot of excitement; NEACURH! I never imagined going into

college and becoming so passionate about a moose and a student organization.

My love story begins with homesickness. My rst couple weeks were very hard

for me and my RA convinced me to be our oor president and everything fell

into place from there until I ended up on the RHA Executive Board.

I attended my rst NEACURH Conference at Faireld University for Mini No

Frills 2009 and it was a life changing experience. All of the excitement around

residence life and making student's experiences better cl icked something inside

of me and two weeks later I changed my major and decided I wanted to go to

grad school for higher education/student aairs, which I had no idea existed

before I attended Mini's. A month later, I ran for RHA President and attended

my rst NACURH Conference in Arizona. It was there that I realized the power

of NEACURH and how our region brings so much to NACURH as an

organization! Now I am in my second year on the Regional Board of Directors

and I am head of heals in love with the people and Marty even more.

I could go on for forever with story after story of how I fell in love with

NEACURH, but the real story is WHY?!? This organization has changed my life

and helped me be a better person and nd my true passion; student aairs!

All of the leadership opportunities I have been a part of have made me the

leader I am today and I am forever thankful for committees, boardrooms,

programming sessions, Monthly Moose Callings, OTM's, and Roll Calls. The icing

on the wedding cake of my love for NEACURH are the people. Students are

what keeps me going day after day and the passion I see in this organization isincredible and contagious! I have made the best of friends throughout my past

4 years of involvement and they are friendships that will never end. I am

condent that 10, 20, and maybe even 50 years from now I will write "I miss

NEACURH" on my Facebook and cry a little when a delegate I met or RBD

member I worked with "likes" my post or comments back "me too" and then we

reect on the moosetastic memories we have been given.

-Danielle Sutton, AD NRHH

I've fallen in love

with NEACURH

because of the

community and

family I've beenadopted into full

of love for the

moose :)Alysha StevensMinis Co-Chair

I feel in love with NEACURH through the

ability to meet such a large group ofpeople and within 2 cheers feel as

though I have known them forever and

truly know that they look at you for who

you are and not what you look like or

how loud you are screaming.

-Grin Labbance

I love NEACURH because of the amazing moose

lovers out there that make you feel that you havebeen friend with them for a long time. I also love

NEACURH because of the spirit it brings and that

you can bring back to your campus.

-Lauren Pizzolla, NCC SUNY Cortland


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NEACURH FUN FACT:Within the past 5 years, weve had two NEACURH

Directors become the Naonal Chairperson

I have fallen in love with RHA because

they welcome everyone with open arms. I

am a new advisor this year and am having a wonderful time learning

all about RHA, NEACURH, NRHH, and especially Marty the Moose. Iam so excited to go to conference and learn even more.

- Lisa Rakowitz, PACE RD and RHA Advisor

There are so many reasons of why I have fallen in love with NEACURH!NEACURH has provided me with so many new experiences that have

helped me grow to be the person I am today. By allowing to step

outside of my comfort zone, make decisions that aect people in a

positive way on a larger scale, grow as a leader, and work on

professional and personal skills, NEACURH has truly made a huge

dierence in my life. But I could not forget to mention the friendships

and bonds I have made throughout my entire NEACURH journey. I will

never forget them and am grateful for having met them in such an

amazing environment where we are all passionate about the same

thing!

John Rodriguez RCC Recruitment and Retention

RHA is the one thing that has always stayed consistent in

my life. I have had numerous people just pick up and

leave me, but at the end of the day, I always had RHA.

When I found NEACURH at NACURH 2009, I couldnt

believe how much love and joy I was able to experience.

Ever since, the spirit of NEACURH is infused into my

everyday life. I have fallen in love with NEACURH due to

the spirit, love and compassion our region exudes, and I

am so proud to say I was able to not only experience

NEACURH but live, breathe and enjoy NEACURH.

Moose Love


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Heyyy NEACURH!

In case you were wondering, there are only a few short weeks until

Regionals! I hope you all are as excited as I am! This past month has been

crazy with the start of classes and clinicals and all of the NEACURH work! I

cant wait to see you at all subs then regionals!!! I guess you are now

wondering some of the things I have been up to in the past month? Well,

here they are: Planned and Executed falll Summit with Kevin Filchak Attended the National Board of Directors Chat

Held meetings with various RBD members Answered questions Facilitated the regional committee application process Making sure you all love the moose as much as I do :)

If you need anything, please dont hesitate to email

me at [email protected]!

Mooselove,

Julie

Canyoubelievewe'realreadyamonthintotheschoolyear?Canyoubelievewe'realreadyamonthawayfromRegionals?Whereisthistimegoing?!Withsubsrightaroundthecorner,I'mlookingforwardtogettingmyrstinteractionwithallyounewNCCs,RHAPresidents,andNRHHPresidentsandtocontinuethefriendshipswithallthereturners!IhopeschoolworkisgoingwellandeverythingthatyouwanttogetpreppedforRegionalsisunderway.DuringthemonthofSeptemberthisiswhatI'vebeenupto:

*AugustRECONreportAttendedRegionalsSummitatUConn*Settheconferencebreak-evenpointandcostofconferencewiththeFinance

OcerforRegionals*AttendedNBD/NCC/

Presidents/NRHH/Regionalchats AttendedUB'sLeadership

Conference *Begantheprocessof

orderingplaquesforSALT,POY,andOAI

MooseLove,

Kevin


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HEY NEACURH!

I hope everyone had a great rst month

of school, and that you aren't TOO

stressed out yet. It is nally sweater weather,

and I am so excited about that :) So, I cannot wait

to see most of your lovely faces in the upcoming

weeks with Sub-Regional Meetings! It looks like

both NE and NY are in for a real treat! So, over the

past month A LOT has been coming together,

-Been in contact with the AWESOME, AMAZING,

programming chair Amy. (We BOTH cannot wait to

see the programs you all have been working at)

-Applied for Regional Committees.

-Updating the Programming Guide.

-Been in contact with buddy schools

Moose Love

Tricia

In the month of September I have been busy getting

back in the groove of school and all the fun stu that

comes along with it. I have been attending many

meetings and doing a lot of housekeeping things and

I am very much looking forward to seeing many of you at the New York

and New England Sub Regional Meetings. As always, please let me know if

you need ANYTHING! Created Marty's List with over 180 names, which was published in the

Recognition Express (YAY!!!) Chaired the NEACURH NRHH Chat and sent out the minutes Worked with the OTM Voting Committee to select Regional Winners

and announce them to NEACURH

Set the NRHH agendas for the sub regional meetings Approved constitutions and helped chapters aliate Co-Chaired the NACURH Advocacy Committee Chat and initiatives Wrote articles for the MMC and Recognition Express Attended Summit at UConn, NRHH National Board (NNB) Chats, and

the NEACURH NCC, RHA President, and RBD Chats Held a One-On-One with the National Associate for NRHH (NAN)


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Hey Moose Lovers,

Whats been going on with Publicaons?

*I have aend chats for the Naonal

Advocacy commiee, the Bidding and

Awards Commiee, NACURH U andnumerous regional chats.

*I have been elected to Co-Chair the

RESOURCES Commiee with Nick Hancock,

the NCC at Clark University.

-We are so excited to co-chair this

commiee and see what amazing

resources we can all create for NEACURH

*We nally got access to the website. Look out, excingstu to come in the near future!

*I collected info for the MMC

*I published the rst issue of The Recognion Express

- I hope you enjoyed it!!

Thats all for September. I hope you are all geng so

excited for our sub-regional meengs coming very shortly

along with REGIONALS! See you all soon! Moose Love


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I wanted to rst o say two things:

First let me thank my wonderful conference sta, you areworking so hard and your are accomplishing so much. I'm

so proud of you. Keep up making the conference

wonderful. You Rock

Secondly, let me thank you NEACURH. You are providing us here at Marty Makes A Wish

with wonderful and helpful feedback, excellent questions, and overall Moose love. This

conference is for you and we are making it one to remember. We cannot wait to see you

here.

On to the Updates!-REGISTRATION HAS BEGUN!! Regular registration ends on 10/2 and Late Registration

begins on 10/3 at midnight. Registration ends on 10/9 at midnight. Make sure to register

early so that you can secure your spot at Marty Makes A Wish.

-We will have a Make A Wish Foundation family member coming to speak to us as our

motivational speaker. The "thermometer" for money raised will be up by the end of the

week. Make sure not to forget the Make A Wish treasures that you can also raise for

Regionals. (Please check out our website to see the list of "treasure" items)

-We've had many school already getting spirit points for raising money, tweeting, and

much more (for a full list of what you can do for spirit points, please check out our

website and get some awesome points)

-If you like acapella groups, karaoke, dance teams, improve comedy, inatables, Stu

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Moose, AND CHEERING!! Then you'll love what we've got planned for Friday night at

conference.

-If you want to see more, check out or twitter, facebook, website, and most

importantly...REGISTER and come to conference so that you can see and experience

these great things and meet some amazing NEACURH people.

You can always email myself or any of the wonderful conference sta with any questions

that you may have.

You Rock NEACURH!! I'll see you on November 18th (and for some of you sooner atSubs).

Best, Kevin


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As a relatively shy person (it's hard to believe, I know)

going to any conference was hard. I would have to step outside

of my comfort zone to make friends and I would have to CHEER?!?

My rst conference was NACURH 2009 and let me tell you, it was an

eye opening experience. Never had I seen so many people get together for acommon cause, share my passions and have so much fun! At this conference, to push myself

and my delegation to meet new people, we had a contest to see who could get the most

clothespins and in the process we got to meet so many awesome people. You probably think I'm going on a

tangent right now, but that is not the case.

Many people would say that they love NEACURH and NACURH for the spirit, the enthusiasm, the

cheering. While, yes, I love those things and they rst made me love NEACURH and NACURH I have come to

love a couple of other things as well! The rst of those is the passion, every person that attends conference

is there for two common goals: to better themselves and to better their school. These two goals shape

everything that we as an organization do and is an underlying theme for every conference and meeting. From

sitting in boardroom for 6 hours, to presenting programs, to attending a keynote speaker You all are there to

LEARN about yourselves and thereby your organizations. The next this I love about NEACURH is the

unconditional support. I have never met such a diverse group of people that look past all of their dierences

and make sure that the others within the group succeed. Although I love SO MANY MORE things about

NEACURH the last thing for this article is that I absolutely love all of you. Each of you bring something unique

and special to the organization and we are the region that we are because of all of you. Your dierent ideas

and background bring an amazing perspective to the region, one that we would surely be lacking without

you!

I fell in love with NEACURH roughly 4 years ago and in that time my love has grown, blossomed and

developed and that may not have been the case without each one of you! NEACURH is here to support you

and your development but also to give you that spark and motivation to do more and be more. NEACURH is

an unwaivering support system for each of you to fall back on and I hope you never lose your sense of

passion and determination wherever you go :)

Mooselove,

Julie Rizzolo

Top Five Ways to

Advocate for Your

Residents:1.

Invite oces anddepartments to present and

get feedback at your general

body meetings (food,

maintenance, judicial aairs,

etc...)

2. Talk to your residents and ask

what types of things would

help improve theirexperiences at your school

3. Look through your

constitution and documents

to make sure you are using

inclusive language, such as

gender instead of sex

4. Collaborate with other

student organizations oncampus to work together on

common causes

5. Talk with other NEACURH

peeps to get ideas of what

types of advocacy projects

they are working on

-Danielle Sutton, AD NRHH


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A-Z FundraisingBy: Sheraz Iqbal, RCC-SPHey NEACURH Presidents,

As the year starts o with lots of work, planning, and

meetings, I wanted to take the time to give some ideas on

fundraising for you and your schools. It can be dicult to fund

traveling and attending conferences, and I want to help you and

your school so that you all can have the opportunity to

experience them this year. So, I compiled a list of fundraisers

schools from across the country and within NEACURH put on:

Apparel Sales

Barbeque

Chicken and Rice Fundraiser

Dance Marathon

Egg Hunt

Fashion Show

Grilled Cheese Nights

Hot Dog/Burger Stand

Ice Cream Day

Jello Contest

Karaoke Night

Lollipop Sale

Midnight Films

New Years Eve Party

On Campus Marketing (OCM)

Penny Wars Questions, email me at [email protected] Reusable Product Sale Scavenger Hunt Talent Show Unwanted Gift Sales Volleyball Tournament Walk/Run 5K Fundraiser

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cited for these fundraisers, I hope so!

Yoga Lessons Z okI couldnt think of something here

Headrst into NEACURHThis past June, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the

NACURH conference hosted by Western Illinois University. I had

no idea what I

was getting

myself into

when I applied

for this

leadership

conference; Iwasnt even

sure what a

leadership

conference

was. I was a

general body

member of

RHA when I rst heard about NEACURH/NACURH and the conferences. A few

of my friends told me that I would be a great candidate for the conference, so I

applied not thinking much of it. Months later, I found myself in Moline, ILknowing almost nothing about NACURH/NEACURH, but being surrounded by an

amazing group of people, and an extraordinary organization, I couldnt help but

dive right into the NEACURH spirit. I really fell head rst into the NACURH/

NEACURH experience and I loved every moment. Now only a few months later,

Im one of Salem States co national communication coordinators. Maybe I took

too much responsibility after only having been to one conference, but its been

an amazing experience so far, especially because of the amount of support

coming from fellow RHA executive board members and advisors. Being a part of

this organization gives me a sense of purpose on campus and o. Knowing that

Im a part of my campus community AND my regional community really givesme a sense of pride. Im really looking forward to this year to show o my

moose pride!


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