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THELINKThe newsletter exclusively produced for the
alumni of the National Association of College
and University Residence Halls, Inc.
HERES THE STORYOF A LOVELY LADY
ACURHS NATIONALHAIR WRITES TOHE ALUMS
WENDIS WANRHHS FIR
DIRECTOR DISHON L
THE INTERMOUNT
AFFILIA
CENTRALMICHIGAN
NIVERSITYTILL GOING B.E.Y.O.N.D.
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Features
3 WONDERFUL WINTERSWendi Winters, Director of NRHH from 1972-74, talks about where life has taken her sinceher involvement in NACURH and her special memories of the organization
6 MONKEYS GONE WILDThe Intermountain Affiliate continues a legacy of excellence through the dedicated studentleaders within the region
7 TO INFINITY...NACURHs Chairperson introduces us to the organizations goals for the year
9 ...AND B.E.Y.O.N.D.The host of NACURH 1987, Central Michigan University shows how continued investmentin student leadership pays dividends decades later
10 CALIFORNIA DREAMINA overview of national award recipients at NACURH 2010
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Daryl Richard Lawrence
CONTRIBUTORS
Allie GoldsteinThomas Brigman
Caitlin WozniakAJ Ardovino
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Wendi Winters served as the head of the
National Residence Hall Honorary from
1972 to 1974. Her life and career since
her tenure within NACURH, as seen
within this interview, is intriguing and
exciting at the same time. The core essence
of serving those around you is present in
Wendis life to this day and it is easy to
make the connection between the skills she
learned as a student leader and where life
has taken her since those days.
What have you been up to sinceyour time in NACURH?
Im half-tempted to say, Very
little! But, Ive had a few lives after
NACURH. During my freshman
year at VCU, I got involved at the
NAACURH at Kent State in 1972.Twenty months after the shooting of
several students by the National
Guard, we were the first outside group
allowed on campus.
Based on my memories of the
many, many news photographs during
that time, I was able to find my way
around campus and find a few of the
remaining bullet holes in buildings
and sculptures.
We were invited to the university
presidents house for dinner my first
taste of filet mignon. The NACURH
president was with us during the
conference. He was the first
NACURH [chairperson], having been
elected during the summer of
1971.[The title of the leader of
NACURH changed from president to
chairperson with the organizations
incorporation that year.]At the national convention in
Stevens Point WI [presently the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point] that summer, he asked me to
nominate him for a second term. I
did and gave the nomination speech.
He said NACURH was sprouting
from the seeds he and others had
planted and he wanted to continue to
nurture it. He lost the election.
Luckily, I got along with the next
guy, as I was elected to my first of two
terms as director of the NACURH
Honorary.
The summer between my junior
and senior year, at ISU in Normal IL,
was my last NACURH event
[NACURH 1974]. There was a lot of
stuff on my campus that needed my
leadership and involvement. I evenwound up on a search committee for
the next VCU university president. I
graduated from VCU with a BFA/
Fashion Design. I earned a half-
fellowship to a fashion retailing school
in Manhattan and that was my
getaway ride out of Dixie.
No surprise, I was student body
president at the new place. Picked up
an associates degree and had a long-
running internship at Time Inc. Long
story. My first real job was an
assistant buyer at Abraham & Straus,
a Brooklyn department store.Was
then hired to be a Regional Director
of a franchise chain of maternity
shops. One time, during a week on
the road, on one day, I fitted a tiny,
mousey-looking Hillary Rodham
Clinton (Bill was in his first term as
governor I hadnt heard of him.) f
a maternity bra in Little Rock, and
the next day drank all night with
Cybil Shepard on Bourbon Street in
Memphis.
Neither one made much of an
impact at the time. I was living in
Manhattan, the center of the
universe. The scene at Studio 54 wa
a little overhyped there were othernight spots that were more fun. I w
into roller disco and would show u
wearing my swimsuit, leggings and m
skates for a night of dancing.
Did a career change and worked
year for Eleanor Lambert, the
doyenne of Fashion PR. Then, I se
up my own agency and some of h
designer label clients followed. In
addition to handling their public
relations and advertising, I produced
their shows; art directed, styled, cast
and edited their press kits; and
coached them for TV appearances.
And partied.
Got married on a pier on the Ea
River with Wall Street behind us.
Patty Hearst picked out my wedding
gown and the Mayflower Madame
threw one of the wedding showers.
I used to be
able to run
RobertsRules circles
around my
peers in
college.
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(Nope, Im not name-dropping. I
havent even started. Thats just the
way life was.)
I jumped, again, to a big agency,
where I had a fun 3 years as
spokesperson for The Polyester
Council of America. The Cotton
Council people hated me and their
budget (all taxpayer dollars) was 200
times larger. But, a nanny nearly
killed my second child so I became
a stay-at-home mom. For about an
hour.
I had already been writing my
own fashion column in a Manhattan
weekly and trend stories for AP
Features, suddenly old clients and a
few new ones wanted me to
freelance as a writer and showproducer.
With my husband, Tod Geimer,
had two more kids. All became Ford
Models theyd work before the
cameras when I wasnt. It was our
sport and we enjoyed it. On
Thursdays in the summer, wed sit at
the Plaza at the World Trade Center
and listen to live bands like Davy
and Mickey of the Monkees, Gary
U.S. Bonds, Bo Diddley. Free.The World Trade Center was our
playground.We knew every nook
and cranny in the place.
After a few years in Montclair,
NJ, the husband decided he was tired
of the NJ to NY commute and
wanted to move south. He also
sensed I was gearing up for a run for
the city council one scrap had
already landed a bunch of us on
NBCs Dateline and the front page
of the metro section of the NY
Times.
So, we moved to Annapolis.
After sulking for a while, I began
writing again. Im still a freelancer,
but I have three weekly columns in
The Annapolis Capital, some of
which are reprinted in the companys
other papers: Home of the Week,
Teen of the Week and Around
Broadneck. I also do about 1-3
stories for the paper weekly and write
for several other magazines and
publications.
Im the first freelancer in the
papers 280-year history to earn a
journalism award, and Ive gotten
three. Still doesnt get me an increase
in fees, though!
Though I was, initially, active in
VCU alumni activities, I havent been
for over a decade. I was president of
the NY schools alumni association
for several years. Two presidents
later, the council elected an
embezzler who drained the treasury.
Working with another grad, wegathered enough evidence to have
her arrested, but she never repaid the
money.As the school was sold, went
through several hands and its brand
was diluted, the association was
eventually dissolved. I came back as
the final president to, essentially,
preside over its funeral. The little bit
of remaining funds were given to a
non-profit trade group to provide
scholarships to fashion students.My four kids range in age from
22 to 12. My oldest is Navy enlisted,
she is at sea. My son is in his third
year at the Naval Academy. The
third kid is a high school senior,
company commander of her
NJROTC unit and the only senior in
the unit who is in the IB Magnet
program at the school, too. She is
applying to USNA. Kid No. 4
knows everything. Dont all 7th
graders?
I havent learned much since my
college days.
Active in my church and not
the one I grew up in I was on
another search committee. This time
for an associate minister. Its a good
guess that Ill wait ANOTHER 35
years before serving on a third one. I
am a youth advisor and sit on a
regional youth council.Which
means, just about every month, I get
to sleep on some cold church floor
somewhere in Maryland, Delaware,
Virginia, D.C. or Pennsylvania.
About three years ago, I was also
asked, by my late dads classmates, to
help them run their class. USNA
Class of 1940. Because I grew up
with these gentlemen, vacationed
with them, partied with them and
attended many of their funerals, I
agreed. I am now their Honorary
VP and the Treasurer. One of only
two civilians in Naval Academy
history to be involved in this way.
We just had a pretty successful70th anniversary reunion celebration
only one ER run. Out of the 456
graduates, 55 are still alive and 11
made it to the reunion kind of a
record. They average 90 to 94 years
of age.A couple are on Facebook.
Meanwhile, I was at St. Johns
College last week. On a wild hare
idea, I decided to do a Home of the
Week feature based on a dorm
room. The photographer nearly hadheart failure.Well make it work.
The place was a mess.Just. Like.A.
Dorm. Room.
But, none of the kids had heard
of NACURH. Is it possible it hasnt
spread everywhere yet???
Oh. Did I mention Im a Girl
Scout leader, too?Anyone need
cookies? I have a small mountain of
Thin Mints in my home
When you were involved in
NACURH, what were the big
issues or causes that NACURH
and its leaders were focused
on?
Staying alive.
Making sure the NEXT
conference wouldnt lose money.
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Advocating for the elimination or
modification of curfews.
Co-ed visiting hours.
Natural friction between
hippies and business majors.
The scene was changing and dress-
for-success types were pushing out the
let-it-be types the power suit 80s
were coming on fast.
How successful do you think
you were in achieving these
goals?
NACURH is still here.
Some issues have modified,
changed or gone away.
Im still breathing.
Im still snarky.
What conference stands out in
your mind? Why?
Ah, geez. They all hold a special
place in my heart and an evil smirk
on my face. I loved the last one at
Normal [NACURH 1974] when it
was over, we were all, um, drinking
and the entire incoming and outgoing
council members were in an elevator
in a dorm building when it got stuck
late at night.We were there for anhour or two and NO ONE missed us.
Where did the leaders of
NACURH during your time see
the organization in five or ten
years?
I do not think that topic ever
seriously came up. Getting through
the next conference was a priority.
What do you feel you personally
gained from being a part of
NACURH?
I was an art major. But, I picked
up some leadership skills, plus
tolerance and acceptance of others
and applied it at the two colleges I
attended and to my life.
Ive wound up being around
teenagers quite a bit partly because
of my kids, the church stuff and
writing Teen of the Week for nine
years. I enjoy watching them grow
and bloom in the high school years.
And, they have no idea what
adventures lie ahead.
How have you applied what you
learned from NACURH to your
life?
I used to be able to run Roberts
Rules circles around my peers in
college. I still like the format, but Ive
developed a loathing for meetings
that go on too long.
What is your favorite memoryof being involved?
Probably the fun and excitement
of meeting people from all over the
country.
But, it was all fleeting.
In Manhattan, a guy moved in
with me, my female roommate and
my boyfriend-roommate. Until the
female roommate moved out, he had
the couch for a year. Hed gone to
community college, then graduatedfrom the same college I did two years
after me, so we didnt know each
other at VCU.
Id done a lot to earn a spot in
the 75 edition of Whos Who
Among College and University
Students. On the list was the fact
that Id worked, early on in my
residence hall career on merging the
female dorm government with the
male dorm government.We had
one 18-storey building that had two
male floors and a merger had to
happen. But, the female residents
were coming to the table with a pile
of money from fridge rentals and
the guys had nadda, zip, zilch.
Theyd never raised a penny. The
females also outnumbered the males
3 to 1 and wanted to keep their
gender ratio of power on the council
and the fridge business.
The constitution merging the two
groups was very carefully finessed to
allow the females to keep their loot
while power sharing on a percentage
basis with the males.
Harry looks up one day and sees
my Whos Who.
Howd you get into Whos
Who he asked a little skeptically. In
a moment of brevity, I said Id been
active on campus (There was no SGA
at the time it had been dissolved as
being bourgeois in 1970 and not
brought back again until about 1978.)
and was the go-to gal when the
administration needed a student-leader for a committee or brain-
storming.
What did you do, Harry [to be
included in a future edition of Whos
Who]?
Oh, the dorm government was a
mess! It had the most screwed up
governance documents. I rewrote
them and distributed all the money in
the girls fund equally and got rid of
the stupid rules that allocated poweron a percentage basis.Whoever
wrote that document was a moron!
Oh.
The moral? Nothing lasts
forever.
------------------------------------------------DARYL RICHARD LAWRENCE served
as the National Associate for Administration
from 2008-2010. He is currently a Building
Director at Fitchburg State University.
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We attempt to fulfill [NACURHs] goals through our
conferences and our services. Conferences provide an
environment that encourages generation of new and
fresh ideas for all college and university campuses and
affords them the support for these ideas to grow and
develop. Offering regional and national conferences,
students and member schools are given an
opportunity for enhancing leadership skills, developing
new program ideas, and revitalizing motivation among
delegates.
Big things are happening this year in the IACURH region. Wenow have 29 affiliated schools, which includes 6 new schools!Last year we had 21 schools affiliate so we are really excitedwith how our region is growing. Recently we had our regionalconference and we were excited to see each other again.
Across the region, NRHHs and RHAs are growing in leapsand bounds. We have tons of great award bids about newtraining programs and we have several building RHA bids.IACURH has had a couple very strong schools for years but itis great to see some newer RHAs and NRHHs start to comeup.
Montana State hosted this years IACURH, so it was quite atrip for a lot of the schools. We had a great set of programslined up this year, we had a new and improved LAS-Iprogram, and we tackled some serious business in ourboardroom.
In an effort to increase connections in the region, our RBD
started a program where we would pair two schools uptogether. The schools contact each other once a month to talkabout regional stuff and so that they could bounce ideas off ofeach other. The buddy system is also a way for establishedschools to help out the newer schools to the region. If a newerschool is having trouble, they can ask their buddy for help.
Another addition with similar goals in mind is the exec buddyconcept. Basically each person on the RBD has its own set ofbuddy schools. They give them gifts during boardroom andthey contact the schools before the conference to make surethat they have everything covered. The exec buddy systemensures that schools feel a greater connection to the RBD andit allows them to ask last minute questions about conferencesor meetings.
IACURH has really been focusing on strengthening our smallregion and bringing more schools into our group. Within thepast few months, weve seen a lot of growth and a lot of coolthings coming out of our schools. Weve been very impressedwith our region and we cant wait to show it off to NACURH!
IACURH Regional ProfileBy AJ Ardovino, IACURH Regional Communications Coordinator of Publication and Technology
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Hey Alumni! (Hey What?)
My name is Allie Goldstein and this year I
have the absolute pleasure of serving as theNACURH National Chairperson for the2010-2011 academic term. I have beeninvolved in NACURH for nearly five yearsnow, and I am pleased to say that this year isa very unique year for the organization.
Where to start? Lets start with the offices,and work our way up. This year, the NSROhas a new home, at the University ofWisconsin Stout. The leadership at Stout
has dedicated countless hours towardsimproving the office, including creatingonline order forms, a specialized website, andmore! There have been conversations aboutnew merchandise and how improve fiscalresponsibility. The NIC, hosted at NYU, is inits final year and has been thriving as well!Some of the notable accomplishments forthis office include beginning the process ofdigitizing RFIs, creating an online affiliationprocess, and making an accessible,
professional website.
On the regional level, I have had the pleasureto witness many accomplishments as well.Schools have begun collaborating with oneanother on their programs and events andthe spirit has been through the roof! As I amwriting this, each of the regional conferenceshave already occurred new RBD positionswere created, new regional awards, financialpolicies were put into place it has definitelybeen a busy year regionally.
Nationally, things have been no different.NACURH this year will be hosted atWestern Illinois University, and we are verymuch looking forward to seeing WIU pull offan incredible conference. With semis justaround the corner, the NBD and execs arehard at work preparing budgets, drafting
legislation, packing our bags, and gettingready to do business.
Perhaps my favorite aspect of NACURH isthe spirit that each of its leaders has. As wecarry in to the second half of this year, I amconfident that NACURH will see manypositive changes. The students leadingNACURH this year are a pretty incrediblebunch; they are all driven, passionate,organized and forward-thinking. It is rarethat I meet with a member of the NBD andnot hear, Allie, I have a question on how Ican make _________ change. I, and I hope
you too, look forward to watching NACURHreach new heights this year!
Lovin the Links,Allie GoldsteinNACURH National [email protected]
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Each issue, we will take a look at a school that hosted
a national conference and see where they are today.
This time, we focus on Central Michigan University,
which hosted NACURH 1987. The theme for this
conference was B.E.Y.O.N.D.- Boldly Explore Your
Own New Dimensions. Taking place from May 21-24,
over 1,500 delegates from 157 schools attended
programs and formed connections with one another.
Michigan State University won Best School Display,the University of Oklahoma won the School Spirit
Award, and the University of Northern Colorado won
School of the Year. George Washington Universitys
Alcohol Research Project won the Research Project
Award and the Freshman Leadership Program from
Texas A&M University won Program of the Year.
Central Michigan University has changed with eachpassing year since NACURH 1987. Campus hasgrown to encompass a new LEED certifiedEducation building, five new residence halls, amedical school opening in Spring 2011 and manymore updates. The thing that has not changed is theinstitution's dedication to student development in theresidence halls. Residence Hall Assembly is thrivingwith a general membership of approximately sixtyundergraduate students. The year is highlighted bythe annual sponsored Sober in October campus-wide awareness month and the DREAM conference.RHA aids in funding halls to but on alcoholawareness programs for the entire month of Octoberand by the visibility of the t-shirts on campus it is a
clear success. The DREAM conference is put on bythe executive board every spring and is a one-dayechoing of the GLACURH and NACURHconferences. On average 300 students from campusare in attendance.
The popularity of the RHA sponsored on-campusconference and the promotion of the NACURH andGLACURH conference sparked the desire of severastudents last year in hosting GLACURH 2009. Theconference staff left the experience proud of theirwork and ecstatic to be a Central MichiganUniversity Chippewa!
Central Michigan UniversityBy Caitlin Wozniak, GLACURH Associate Director of Finance and Administration
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Hosted by the University ofCalifornia-San Diego
Distinguished Service Award
Mickey Collins, University of
Illinois-Chicago
First Year Experience Award
Stephen Fiore, Salem State
College
Hallenbeck Service Award
Tera Monroe, Western Illinois
University
Student of the Year
Christina Alch, SUNY New Paltz
NCC of the Year
Craig Levan, New York University
Valerie Averill Advisor of the Year
Tracy Cook, Utah State
University
President of the Year
Michelle Dunn, Salem State
College
NRHH Member of the Year
Derek Crawford, Missouri
University of Science and
Technology
NRHH Diamond Awards
Brittany Kraft, Eastern Illinois
University
Jaime Ingrisano, University of
Northern Colorado
Courtney McCrary, University of
Wisconsin-Platteville
NACURH Service Award
Daryl Richard Lawrence,
University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse
Daniel Siler Program of the Year
Rutgers University-New
Brunswick
Student Award for Leadership
Training
Missouri University of Science
and Technology
Commitment to Diversity Award
University of Northern Colorado
NRHH Building Block Chapter o
the Year
University of Colorado-Boulder
NRHH Chapter of the Year
University of Akron
Building RHA of the Year
University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill
School of the Year
University of Northern Colorado
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