National Residence Hall Honorary

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National Residence Hall Honorary
NRHH
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FoundedApril 25, 1964;60 years ago (1964-04-25)
University of Denver
Type Student Honorary
Affiliation NACURH
StatusActive
EmphasisCollege residential life
ScopeNorth America
Motto"A leadership-based honorary comprised of exemplary residential students who value recognition and service." [1]
ColorsBlue   and White  
Symbol Diamond, NACURH Three Links
Headquarters
United States
Website www.nrhh.nacurh.org

The National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) is the premier honorary dedicated to recognizing leaders in collegiate residence halls and is as a branch of NACURH, Inc. [2] NACURH, as an organization, believes that recognition is necessary in a strong resident student community. The National Residence Hall Honorary was founded in 1964 to recognize student leaders at universities. [3]

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The honorary, although a national organization, has multiple levels of leadership. The most important level is established on university campuses through the creation of chapters. NRHH chapters recognize top leaders that reside on campus through induction into their respective institution's chapter. The NRHH chapter membership allows for on and off campus members who have and continue to make positive contributions to the residence halls. [4]

History

In 1964, the National Association of College and University Residence Halls became financially unstable. The NACURH Chair at the time found for additional streams of revenue through grants. In order to obtain these grants, NACURH needed to create a central office, and more services needed to be provided to member schools. Because of this, the National Residence Hall Honorary was created. [5]

In the 1980s NRHH expanded by beginning to provide pins and certificates. Additionally a formal set of recruitment and affiliation packets were created. The Of The Month (OTM) award was established around the same time. In the early 2000s, the NRHH National Office designed a catalog of merchandise, such as clothing apparel, other pins, window clings, and graduation honor cords just to name a few, to offer to the chapters to purchase.

NRHH was supervised at the national level by the NRHH National Office until it was replaced by the NACURH Services and Recognition Office (NSRO) in 2006. Most of the NSRO functions were the same as the former office, except that NRHH chapters affiliated with the NACURH Information Center (NIC) along with their respective school's residence hall association (RHA). Today, the NSRO and NIC have been replaced by the NACURH Corporate Office (NCO), which has absorbed responsibilities of the former offices and primarily serves as the corporate hub for affiliation and merchandise.

Around 100 chapters are currently affiliated with the organization. [1]

Leadership

At the close of the NACURH 2008 conference, NRHH became more connected with the NACURH corporate structure through the creation of the NACURH Associate for NRHH position, which was added as a full member of the NACURH Executive Committee, as well as the NACURH Board of Directors. This position serves as the Executive Director of the honorary and oversees all off the regional associate directors for NRHH who serve as executive officers of the honorary for their regional constituencies. Together, the NACURH Associate and Regional Associate Directors for NRHH form the NACURH NRHH Board of Directors, which serves as the international governing body of the honorary.

Notable members

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References

  1. 1 2 "About NRHH". National Residence Hall Honorary. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Dunkel, Norbert W.; Schuh, John H. (1997). Advising Student Groups and Organizations (1st ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN   978-0-7879-1033-4.
  3. ↑ Shepherd, Leslie (May 13, 2004). "Names in the News". The Washington Post .
  4. ↑ "NRHH Lights the Torch for a New Beginning". Washington Square News. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "About NRHH". National Services and Recognition Office. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
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