Saturday, March 13 2010

NACURH Corporate Partner
On Campus Marketing
On Campus Marketing

Organizational Acronyms and Abbreviations

NEACURH is an acronym for North East Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. NEACURH and NACURH use acronyms and abbreviations such as SALT, POY, RBD, AD... the list goes on! The organizations have so many of these letter combinations that it is often compared to Alphabet Soup.

To help our members and our readers, this guide has been put together to assist with those random letters which are put together to show that they DO mean something. You can print this page and use it when you are at conferences or even as part of your everyday language. But no matter what, you'll always be in-the-know!

The acronyms and abbreviations have been organizaed into the lists below. If you do not see one that you think should be listed, please contact an RBD. Then we will add it for everyone to see!

General

RHA
An acronym for Residence Hall Association, or in NEACURH, the overarching term for whatever groups represents the students living on campus (other acronyms include: RSA, IRC, RHSA, RHC, etc). Each institution may have a different structure, but the goals are the same: to improve the residential living experience!

Regions

CAACURH
Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
GLACURH
Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
IACURH
Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
MACURH
Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
NEACURH
North East Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
PACURH
Pacific Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
SAACURH
South Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
SWACURH
South West Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls

National Offices

NIC
NACURH Information Center
NSRO
NACURH Services and Recognition Office

Corporate Partner

OCM
On Campus Marketing

Major Services

RFI
Resource File Index
VTI
Video Tape Index

Major Recognition/Awards for NACURH Member Schools

AAFN
Association of Alumni and Friends of NACURH
COY
Chapter of the Year
CTD
Commitment to Diversity
FYE
First Year Experience
OTM
Of The Month
OTY
Of The Year
POTY
President Of The Year
POY
Program Of the Year
SALT
Student Award for Leadership Training
SOY
School Of the Year
StOY
Student of the Year

NEACURH Regional Board of Directors (RBD)

AD NRHH
Associate Director of the National Residence Hall Honorary
ADAF
Associate Director of Administration and Finance
ADPR
Associate Director of Programming Resources
RCC NE
Regional Communication Coordinator for New England
RCC NY
Regional Communication Coordinator for New York
RCC Pub
Regional Communication Coordinator for Publications
RCC R & R
Regional Communication Coordinator for Retention and Recruitment
RCC SP
Regional Communication Coordinator for Special Projects

National Board of Directors (NBD)

CRC
Conference Resource Consultant
NA
National Advisor
NAA
National Associate of Administration
NAF
National Associate of Finance
NAN
National Associate for NRHH and Special Initiatives
NBD
National Board of Directors

Associated Professional Organizations

ACPA
American College Personnel Association
ACUHO-I
Association of College and University Housing Officers- International
NEACUHO
Northeast Association of College and University Housing Offices