nacurh alumni newsletter 11/10

8/8/2019 NACURH Alumni Newsletter 11/10

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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]

A Letter from the Chairperson
mailto:[email protected]:[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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