NRHH Outstanding Chapter of the Year

Presented at GLACURH Regional Leadership Conference 2017

@University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Victor E. Huskie Chapter

Northern Illinois University

THE ROAD-TRIP JOURNEY

Road-Trip MapRoad-trip Map 1

Driver’s Manual 2

Meet the road-trip drivers 3

Chapter’s Structure 4 & 5

Chapter’s Destination 6

Road-trip expenses 7

Passenger’s Pit Stop 8

Roadside Attraction 9

Road-trip Values 10 to 15

Campus Involvement 16

Regional Involvement 17

NACURH Involvement 18

Chapter’s awards 20

Letter of supports 21 to 24

Our NRHH Leadership

Team’s Myers Briggs:

Harry: ISFJ-Defender

Darian: ESFJ-Consul

Skyler: ENFJ-Protagonist

Maggie: ESTJ-Executive

I: ENFJ-Protagonist

Elina: ENTJ-Commander

Our NRHH Leadership

Team’s Favorite color:

Harry: Green

Darian: Blue

Skyler: Blue

Maggie: Blue

I: Blue

Elina: Pink and Glitter 1

Driver’s ManualThe National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) Victor E. Huskie Chapter is the

premier honorary in the residence halls. We are comprised of the top 1% of

student leaders in the residence halls, dedicated to recognizing the

outstanding efforts of other leaders, promoting solid leadership principles,

serving the Northern Illinois University and DeKalb communities, and

excelling in our academic pursuits.

Dear GLACURH,

I am so excited for you all to experience the Victor E. Huskie chapter’s road-trip journey. This

NRHH chapter has done so many amazing things this past year and it truly deserves

recognition for its success. In overcoming the many challenges produced by the state budget

crisis, the bond of the Victor E. Huskie chapter was strengthened. Our NRHH chapter is still

striving to define our role as residence hall honorary on campus by promoting recognition in

the halls, engaging a wide variety of campus communities in our service events, and

promote leadership and academic development. I hope you all enjoy our bid.

Sincerely,

I Younan An

NRHH-Communication Coordinator

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Meet the Drivers(Executive Board)

Name: Harry Bell III

Type: Director

Class: Senior

Subject: Political Science

Issued: 11.30.2015

Address: Stevenson Hall

Driver’s License

Name: Darian Los

Type: Associate Director

for Administration and Finance

Class: Junior

Subject: Accountancy

Issued: 05.02.2016

Address: New Hall

Driver’s License

Name: Elina Savoie

Type: Advisor

Class: Professional

Subject: Hall Director

Issued: 12.01.2008

Address: New Hall

Name: Skyler Imhoff

Type: Associate Director

for Service

Class: Sophomore

Subject: Communication

Issued: 04.24.2017

Address: New Hall

Name: I Younan An

Type: Communication

Coordinator

Class: Junior

Subject: Political Science

Issued: 05.02.2016

Address: Grant Hall

Name: Maggie Hitchcock

Type: Associate Director

for Recognition

Class: Junior

Subject: Philosophy &English

Issued: 05.02.2016

Address: New Hall

Driver’s License Driver’s License

Driver’s License Driver’s License

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Chapter Structure I

Executive Board:The NRHH Victor E. Huskie Chapter’s executive board consist of five officers and an

advisor:

• Director

• Associate Director of Administration and Finances

• Associate Director of Recognition

• Associate Director of Service

• Communicator Coordinator

Each officer is elected by the NRHH General Assembly and sworn in during the

Spring NRHH Induction.

NRHH Membership:To be a member of the Victor E. Huskie, applicants must submit an application and

applicant must:

• Cumulative GPA of 2.75 out of a possible 4.0

• Have already lived in the residence halls for two semesters, including the

current semester

To maintain their active chapter membership, members must:

• Attend NRHH meetings includes at least 2 Service Events, 2 Recognition Events

and 2 NRHH General Assembly meetings

• Submit at least two (2) “Of The Month” award nominations a semester

NRHH Meeting:NRHH meets once a week. Our

chapter meetings consist of a

rotation of a general assembly

meeting, a recognition event, and a

service event. For example, if the

first week of August is General

Assembly, the second week with be

recognition and then a service

event, then it rotates back to a GA.

Chapter’s CommitteesBesides General Assembly meetings,

service events, and recognition events,

our NRHH members have opportunities

to gain more leadership experience by

being a part of committees such as:

• Campus OTM selection committee

• Conference committee

• Legislation committee

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Chapter Structure IIInduction ProcessThere are two inductions per year:

• Fall semester: held in the 4th week of November

• Spring semester: held in the 4th week of April or

1st week of May

To become an NRHH member for our chapter:

• Applicants submit an application online

• Executive board members will review on the

applications and vote on who will be selected to

be the our chapter’s members

Recruitment We recruit people through attending different community councils

or RHA General Assembly and make a short presentation about

our chapter to attract new inductees.

We also promote our chapter through different social media and

different flyers in the residence hall.

Please like us on social media as well ☺

• Facebook: NIU NRHH

• Instagram: niu_nrhh

Retention We love each one of our NRHH members. Once they are inducted,

we provide the new members with different NRHH swag such as:

• NRHH Drawstring backpacks

• NRHH Member paddle

• NRHH Sunglasses

• NRHH Values Cards

• Honors Cords for graduating senior members

• Certificates for members who went above and beyond

• Pins for members who impact our NRHH chapter

• Superlative certificates for our amazing members

Also, we provide different leadership development through out the

year.

The NRHH Sweater

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Chapter DestinationsChapter Goals

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Campus Goals:

1. NRHH-RHA RelationThis year we are hoping to foster our relationship with RHA. We hope to collaborate

with different programs that are going to put on campus and also promoting our NRHH

Values into RHA as well!

2. #NIUBetterRecognizeWe are hoping to involve heavily on campus this year to make sure that we are active

not only in residence halls community but for our whole university as well. We have put

and are hoping to put out more programs that impact our university.

3. Campus EngagementWe are looking forward to do a lot of service event that impact a lot of people in this

community. We are hoping to do different service project with Tail humane society,

nursing homes, children’s hospital, hurricane relief and more.

4. Recruit more membersWe are excited this year to recruit more new members to our chapter to spread the

positivity and the values that NRHH provides. We hope to utilize different

advertisement methods to gain new members.

Regional/NACURH Goals:

1. Increase involvement with GLACURH

and NACURHWe are hoping to become very active with our region and

NACURH. We hope our members will go above and beyond

to involve with different task forces on the regional and

NACURH level.

2. Keep Calm and Write those OTMsWe are anticipated to recognize a lot of amazing people

on this campus through OTMs writing and tell them how

amazing they are.

Road-Trip ExpensesChapter’s Budget

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Passenger’s Pit-StopMember Spotlight

Alumni Spotlight

Zac, Class of 2017Years of NRHH Involvement: 4 years

“NIU's NRHH Chapter has spent this last year

fostering new relationships and strengthening

current ones. I spend the last year serving as

the Residence Hall Association President, I

have worked with NRHH to spread the NRHH

Values throughout campus. Thanks to NRHH,

NIU is able to foster strong, self-aware student

leaders that are ready and willing to give back

to their community!" -Zachery Cramer

Brooke, Class of 2017Years of NRHH Involvement: 2 years

“NIU's NRHH Chapter has impacted me so

much in many different ways. The former

NRHH advisor, Mark Canaday has also

influenced me so much as well. NRHH has

helped me to carry those values everyday and

pass those down to my mentees and other

people I work with.” –Brooke Buttacavoli 8

Alexia, SophomoreYears of NRHH Involvement: 1 semester

Current Involvement: Community

Advisor, Research Rookies, Honors

Program

“I am involved in NRHH because it

enables me to be a more well rounded

community advisor and serve the

greater community.“ –Alexia Kingzette

Duncan, JuniorYears of NRHH Involvement: 1 semester

Current Involvement: Grant Hall President,

STEM outreach volunteer, UNICEF volunteer

“I got involved with NRHH because I saw it

as a way to better improve myself as a

leader and also so that I can better give

back to my home here at NIU.” -Duncan

Kreidler

Roadside Attraction

AcademicsOur Victor E. Huskies Chapter’ members have gone

above and beyond this year to succeed

academically. They all strive to be the best in their

studies, which has led many of them to receive a

variety of scholarships from our university. The

majority of our members are a part of the University

Honors Program, which requires members to

maintain a high GPA, and many of our members are

on the Dean’s List. At NACURH 2017 at Purdue

University, our NRHH-CC I Younan An was selected

as the first recipient of the NRHH Member

Scholarship. Our member, Mitchell Huftalin was

named the Forward Together Forward Scholarship,

one of the most prestigious scholarship at NIU.

LeadershipOur Chapter’s members have explicitly

showcased their leadership on campus

and has impacted so many students on

campus. Most of our members are

community advisors who work to promote

the community within the residence halls.

Some of us serve on community councils

and RHA executive board. Some of us

became orientation leaders who worked

closely with freshmen in the summer.

Majority of our NRHH members are

involved in other organizations on

campus. 9

Road-Trip Values

RecognitionOur Chapter’s members demonstrate

the value of recognition everyday. We

impacted people with encouraging

words, letters, OTMs, verbal

expression and more. This past year

we have done so many amazing

recognition events

OTM PaddlesWithin writing OTMs, we have never failed to

recognize those who have written many amazing

OTMs. For those OTMs who achieved Regional and

NACURH win, we make a paddle for the nominator

to recognize their hard works. Those paddles

present to our members at both of our Fall and

Spring Inductions.

Poster/Letter

RecognitionWe often do poster and letter

recognition to our residence hall

members such as our

professional staff, our building

service workers, our front desk

workers, our dining staff and

more. 10

Road-Trip Values

OTMs:This past year, NIU’s NRHH chapter has taken the OTM process to a new level. We

have submitted more than 90 OTMs in the year, and those OTMs have went above

and beyond to get recognized at GLACURH and NACURH Level. In March 2017, our

chapter ranked 5th in NACURH within the OTMs submissions. In June 2017, our

chapter ranked 5th once again.

For the past 12

months, we have

submitted more

than 90 OTMs.

We had 28 Regional

Winning OTMs

We had 7 NACURH Winning OTMs in

between Nov 2016 to Oct 2017

OTMs:Of the Months have been such an

important aspect of our Chapter’s

recognition. Our active NRHH chapter

members are required to write two OTMs

per semester. Not only have our members

utilized this recognition tool every month,

but other residents living on campus have

also utilized OTMs to recognize their peers

who live on their floors, their community

advisors, their building service workers and

more. 11

We currently rank 4th on the NACURH

OTMs travelling trophy award

OTMs Oasis

November 2016

(Regional Winners)

Advisor of the month

Organization of the

month

December 2016

(Regional Winners)

Advisor

Executive board member

First Year Student

Residential Community

Student

January 2017

(Regional Winners)

Student of the

month

February 2017

(Regional Winners)

Diversity Program

Organization

Resident Assistant

Student

Student staff member

March 2017

(Regional Winners)

Institution

Faculty/Staff

Passive Program

Student Staff

member

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April 2017

(Regional Winners)

Advisor

Executive Board member

First Year Student

Residence Life

Professional Staff

Student

OTMs Oasis

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May 2017

(Regional Winners)

Advisor

Spotlight

Student

June 2017

(Regional Winners)

Advisor

Residence Life

Professional Staff

July 2017

(Regional Winners)

Executive Board

Member

Residence Life

Professional Staff

Student Staff

NACURH Winners

(Nov 2016 – Oct 2017)

Advisor (Dec 2016)

Student (Dec 2016)

Resident Assistant (Feb 2017)

Passive Program (March 2017)

Student (July 2017)

First year Student (July 2017)

Student Staff (August 2017)

Road-Trip ValuesServiceAs a part of the NRHH’s value, our Victor E.

Huskies Chapter have done many service

programs including for our campus

environment, but also for our DeKalb

community. Within the university itself, NIU

has offered many opportunities to take

part throughout the year.

Jared Box Service Project• Year-long service project (August 2016-

May 2017)

• Goal: donate games and toys with

encouraging notes to children in the

hospital

• Contents: plastic storage box filled with

small gifts, toys, games, activities for

children of specific ages/genders

• Each NRHH member designs their own

box

• 15 boxes total

Sock Warmers Project• Goal: Donate sock warmers to elderly

in the Nursing home in our DeKalb

Community

• They can put the sock warmers in the

microwave and then take out to apply

on the area they need to warm them

up

• Contents: Socks filled with rice and a

couple drops of lavender

• Each member also wrote encouraging

notes and stick it with the sock

warmers as well

• 12 socks were made in total

Blanket Project• Goal: Donate Blankets to Kishwaukee

Hospital

• 7 blankets were made in total in just

one hour

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Road-Trip Values

Campus Clean-Up• Goal: To clean up the west campus

• 20 NRHH members participated

Meanwhile, most clean-ups are on the ground,

but we, NRHH, take it to the other level. Some

of our members climbed up some trees to

take out the trash from the tree branches as

well.

NIU Cares Day• Campus-wide community service

• Action: Volunteers comprised of NIU students, faculty, staff

and alumni come together once a year to complete projects

that benefit DeKalb County’s not-for-profit organizations and

community agencies as a way of thanking the community for

their support of the institution and its mission

• 20 NRHH members participated

• 3 hours of services at the DeKalb Forest Preserve

• We also got a chance to learn more about the history and

purposes of this DeKalb Forest Preserve.

Huskies Alternative Break• Goals: Volunteering for several homeless

shelters by making food, serving food,

cleaning-up the shelter and organizing the

homeless memorial event

• Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Time: 1 week, December 17th to December

24th 2016

• Planned by: 2016-2017 Associated Director of

Service

• 3 NRHH members participated with 6 other

NIU Students 15

Road-Trip Ground transportation (Campus Level Involvement)

NRHH Annual Leadership

ConferenceOur annual leadership conference is a way for us to get

involved with our campus. Our conference is free and

open to any students and held in the Spring semester.

This year, we had more than 20 attendees and five of

them are students from Western Illinois University. Our

conference this year’s theme was “Tune into leadership”.

As participants experienced so many amazing things

such as:

• Leadership development:

• There were three programs rotation in

total of nine programs presenting.

• Recognition

• For recognition, we did the confession

activity where we all have a chance to

express what we learn and who impact our

lives

• Service Project

• We made so many dog toys, pillows and

blankets to donate to Tails Humane

Society.

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Road-Trip Waterway Transportation(Regional Level Involvement)

GLACURH RLC 2016Our institution attended GLACURH

last year with six delegates, and

three of them are NRHH members. • Program presentations: 4

• Bids submission: NRHH Outstanding

Member of the Year

• Awards: NRHH Outstanding Member

of the Year

GLACURH

Committees/TaskforcesSome of our members are very involved in giving

back to our region by participating in different

GLACURH committees and task forces.

GLACURH OTMs Committee 2016-2017:

• Brant Beland

• I Younan An

NRHH Diamond Research Task Force 2016-17:

• I Younan An

GLACURH Strategic Plan Task Force 2016-17:

• I Younan An

GLACURH OTMs Committee 2017-2018:

• I Younan An

GLACURH Monthly Diamond Chat

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Road-Trip Air Transportation(NACURH Involvement)

NACURH Committees/TaskforcesWith not only giving back to GLACURH, a few of our NRHH

members have involved themselves with NACURH as well

NACURH OTMs Committee 2016-2017:

• Brant Beland

NACURH Assessment Task Force 2017-2018:

• I Younan An

NACURH OTMs Committee 2017-2018:

• I Younan An

NACURH 2017Our institution attended

GLACURH last year with twelve

delegates, and four of them are

NRHH members. • Program presentation: 10

• Bids submission: NRHH

Outstanding Member of the

Year

• Awards: Most Spirited

Delegation

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We won Most Spirited

Delegation at NACURH

2017

Chapter Awards and Impact

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Student Choice AwardOn April 2017, the NIU Student Association hosted a Student Choice Award ceremony

to recognize outstanding student organization on campus that promote diversity,

service, academic, professional and social on campus. Those awards were given out to

student organization who went above and beyond for not only impact their own

members but also impact the university campus and the DeKalb Campus. This year

2017, we are proud to announce that “The National Hall Residence Hall Honorary

Victor E. Huskie” was awarded with the Outstanding Service Organization among other

52 amazing student service organizations.

This has shown to us that our hard work for what we have done to not only our

residence hall community but to our campus is widely recognized by someone. This

also allows us to keep working harder to hold our NRHH values and spread it like

confetti to other student to feel the NRHH spirit.

Letter of Support I

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Letter of Support II

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Letter of Support III

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Letter of Support IV

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Citations

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