SWACURH

Hey, SWACURH!

Can I just say how PROUD I am of the many amazing OTMs that have been produced by your campuses during our first semester? From the outset, when you all wrote the most nationally-winning OTMs over the summer of any region in NACURH, I've been incredibly impressed by the hard work, growth, and commitment to recognition which has been demonstrated by SWACURH's chapters.

Before I share the Diamond Duckathelon points results for our first semester, I want to emphasize that with 2032 total points, you all are so close to the regional goal of 2500 points for the year, and that's insane! Considering that that number was based on exceeding what last year's OTMs would have earned pointswise, this represents a huge amount of development within our region, and that's thanks to all of the hard work done by NRHH-CCs, chapter presidents, NCCs, advisors, chapter members, and anyone who's written an OTM during the past few months. Congratulations to all of you!

For Fall 2011:
1st Place: Oklahoma State University
2nd Place: Texas Christian University
3rd Place: Stephen F. Austin State University
Most Improved: Tulane University, Texas Woman's University
Regional Total: 2032 pts

Great job, all, and I'm looking forward to seeing NCCs, NRHH-CCs, Presidents, Advisors, and more at No-Frills 2012: Get a Clue!

With all the diamond duck love in the world,

Lydia Sexton
SWACURH AD-NRHH
swacurhnrhh@nacurh.org

Hey SWACURH!

Kaytie's right; Semis at UC-Boulder was crazy busy, but also crazy fun! Most of all, though, it was crazy productive! As AD-NRHH, one of my responsibilities is to serve on the NRHH National Board, and this year's board discussed and voted on several pieces of legislation regarding NRHH policy and procedures.

One of the most important changes we made was through a piece of legislation from the NRHH Standard Committee. This legislation altered the OTM categories slightly, and also added descriptions for all of the OTM categories to policy. This action should clarify the difference between OTM categories, and should also ensure that there's a place for residence life staff as opposed to academic faculty/staff.

As a result of this piece of legislation, and effective starting with January OTMs, the national and regional OTM categories are as follows:

Advisor
Residential Community
Community Service Program
Diversity Porgram
Educational Program
Executive Board Member
First Year Student
Institution Faculty/Staff (IMPORTANT: Since this was created as a new category on the database, campus administrators will need to activate it on the campus level so OTM authors can submit to it and a campus winner can be selected)
Organization
Passive Program
Residence Life Faculty/Staff
Resident Assistant
Social Program
Spotlight
Student

Descriptions for these categories have been sent out to the NRHH listserv and should be updated in the online copy of policy soon! Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks, and Ducky Love!
Lydia Sexton, SWACURH AD-NRHH