Every year, schools from six states in the central Atlantic region gather together at the No Frills Business Conference to recognize the most outstanding amongst them. This year, UMBC was one of those outstanding schools.
The Central Atlantic Affiliate for College and University Residence Halls (or CAACURH) presents a number of awards every year to residence hall associations, National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) chapters, and individuals within those organizations for exceptional efforts to improve the quality of on-campus life. At the 2011 No Frills Conference at the Miami University of Ohio, UMBC's Chapter of NRHH submitted a bid for the Regional NRHH Building Block of the Year award. This award is presented to the one NRHH Chapter within Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, the District of Columbia, and Qatar that has made the most improvements to its structure and involvement on campus and beyond. Despite being up against two competing bids, UMBC was announced as the winner of this award Saturday night.
UMBC's NRHH Chapter has made significant improvements over the course of the last semester, including:
For more information about what UMBC NRHH has achieved this past year, see the attached bid.
The Central Atlantic Affiliate for College and University Residence Halls (or CAACURH) presents a number of awards every year to residence hall associations, National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) chapters, and individuals within those organizations for exceptional efforts to improve the quality of on-campus life. At the 2011 No Frills Conference at the Miami University of Ohio, UMBC's Chapter of NRHH submitted a bid for the Regional NRHH Building Block of the Year award. This award is presented to the one NRHH Chapter within Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, the District of Columbia, and Qatar that has made the most improvements to its structure and involvement on campus and beyond. Despite being up against two competing bids, UMBC was announced as the winner of this award Saturday night.
UMBC's NRHH Chapter has made significant improvements over the course of the last semester, including:
- A new website, available at http://www.umbc.edu/rsa/nrhh
- Increased publicity through myUMBC
- Increased involvement at regional conferences through presentations
- Increased service opportunities, including the Adopt-a-Family program conducted in November and December
- Increased numbers of Of The Month nominations; increased quality of those nominations; and increased numbers of Regional and National award winners
- Improvements to the Chapter Constitution and planned addition of bylaws
- Increased membership (applications for this semester open March 6th!)
- Improved relationship with the Resident Student Association
For more information about what UMBC NRHH has achieved this past year, see the attached bid.
