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SWACUHO News | Post-Conference 2014

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SWACUHO News - Post-conference 2014

SWACUHO Newsletter Spring 2014Happy Spring everyone! As we wind down our semesters and work towards some down time, it really challenges us to reflect on things. I am excited to see how we will move forward as an association, taking the opportunity to engage our past leadership in our activities and work towards encouraging involvement with our new and rising professionals.

I wanted to say thank you to Craig Allen and Mari Duncan and their teams for a great time in Ft. Worth. All of their hard work and planning paid off with such a great conference experience for all of us.

The Executive Board will continue our commitment to begin the strategic planning/master planning process for the association. As many of us know from our experiences on our own campuses, this a valuable and time intensive process. The goal of the executive board is to make sure that all of our membership is kept informed, so please keep your eyes and ears open as we are together at functions and through the newsletter. It is incredibly important that our membership participates in the association beyond the annual conference. We will need your feedback and input as we move forward.

I also wanted to recognize D’aun Green from Texas Tech University for all of her hard work on behalf of

our region with the ACUHO-I Foundation. Her commitment to fundraising and raising awareness regarding the Foundation has not gone unnoticed! She has inspired many of us to make sure that we are giving back to our profession and providing support for the work of not only ACUHO-I but SWACUHO as well.

I look forward to seeing everyone who will be attending ACUHO-I in Washington, DC in June. As a member of the program committee, the program slate looks outstanding and am excited to see several SWACUHO schools represented. Make sure

that you keep your plans open for our regional social. The social is always a great time to catch up with each other.

Best of luck with closing, graduations, employment processes, severe weather and everything else that comes with Spring semester! I know we are not told often enough that we do great work for our campuses. I wanted everyone to know you are so appreciated for the work you do!

SWACUHO Newsletter Spring 2014. ..........................................................12014-15 SWACUHO Executive Board. .......................................................2Arkansas State Director. ................................................................................3Texas State Director. .....................................................................................4Placement Services Updates. .........................................................................5Exhibits and Display Committee. .................................................................6Mid-Level Committee. .................................................................................7Programming Committee. ............................................................................8SWACUHO Awards ..................................................................................10SWACUHO Spotlight. ..............................................................................11New and Old: A veteran Mid-level’s first look inside SWACUHO. ............12Institutional Spotlight: Texas Christian University and University of Texas at Arlington...............................................................13DIVERSI-TEES .........................................................................................14

Innovations in Housing: Live Webcasts ......................................................15A Starfish Story: A Journey to Purpose .......................................................16Fusing Passions and Programs ....................................................................18Tools for your Box ......................................................................................20My Impression of the SWACUHO Conferences in Ft. Worth and others ...............................................................................21“Join the Clubs!”: A Small-Group Programming Model .............................22Texas Tech University Student Housing Presents Professing Excellence Awards .24Texas Tech: Raiders Helping Others ...........................................................25Reflecting during the Job Search .................................................................26Swacuho 2015 is Doing Fine in Norman ....................................................29

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2014-15 SWACUHO executive Board

Diane BrittinghamPresident University of [email protected]

Kenny Mauk President-Elect University of [email protected]

Joellen tipton Past PresidentSam Houston [email protected]

tanya Massey SecretaryOklahoma State University [email protected]

Curtis Odle TreasurerBaylor University [email protected]

Rikki turnerTechnology CoordinatorUniversity of Arkansas- Little [email protected]

Dan Mizer HistorianTexas A&M University [email protected]

Whitney PaschallNewsletter Editor Texas Tech [email protected]

Beth eppinger Arkansas State Director University of Arkansas- Fort [email protected]

Maggie Guzman Texas State DirectorTexas A&M University [email protected]

Oklahoma State DirectorOpen

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2014-15 SWACUHO Executive BoardPast Presidents

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“Connecting in Cowtown” was an engaging experience in February for all who were able to attend the annual SWACUHO conference in Fort Worth, TX. A great time to connect with colleagues, network with new professionals, and listen to two amazing keynote speakers. Thank you to TCU and UT-Arlington for hosting! We will be meeting in Norman, OK, for the next annual conference. Whether or not you attended SWACUHO 2014, you will be happy to know you can access the presentations from every program session just by logging in to the member section of the SWACUHO website! Just the other day I downloaded all the materials from session 4.6 which is all about staff supervision and transitions. This information is pertinent to many campuses as we experience staff turnover this summer.

THANK YOU to those Arkansas schools who attended the state caucus and Business Meeting! A highlight of the annual conference for me was leading the Arkansas state caucus meeting. During the state caucus, we highlighted our leadership from the state,

Arkansas State Directortalked about upcoming professional development opportunities, and brainstormed how all the housing professionals of Arkansas can receive the same level of communication as other members while not being overwhelmed with information. A small committee has now formed from the membership, and we are excited to implement communication features for our Arkansas colleagues! For more information on this, please do not hesitate to ask.

Before we head into summer “break,” I want to encourage those members who are on SWACUHO committees to contact their committee chair. Ask them if there is anything you can do right now and stay involved! The summer is also a great time to think about preparing a program session to present at next year’s conference. The Call for Programs typically occurs right around fall move-in.

Have a great spring move-out and successful summer conference season!

Beth eppingerDirector of Housing and Residential Life University of Arkansas – Fort Smith

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Howdy Texas Schools!

Has it really already been two months since we all Connected in Cowtown? The spring is flying by!

Kudos to The University of Texas – Arlington and Texas Christian University for a great conference in Fort Worth. What a great joy to see such a large group from Texas! I hope you all enjoyed the conference and returned to your campuses refreshed and ready to finish the year.

I also want to give a big thanks to all of you who came to the state caucus meeting. For those who missed it, we were standing room only. I saw many of your faces at SWACUHO Showcase, signing up for committees, so I’m excited to see Texas schools represented on all our committees next year in Norman. As a reminder, next year’s conference, “We’re doing fine at 49!” will be held in Norman, Oklahoma March 1-3.

As your new State Director, I want to introduce myself to all of you. I’ve been working for Residence Life at

Texas A&M University for the past ten years – six as a Hall Director, and the past four have been in my current role as Coordinator for Risk Management. Before that, I was an RA and Resident Manager at Sam Houston State University. During my time at Sam, I got involved with SWACUHO. My first conference was 2002 in San Antonio, and I’ve been to every one since except for 2009, when I was too pregnant with my son to travel. I have been part of several committees – Awards and Recognition, Newsletter, Time and Place, and Programming, and in 2012 I was chair of the Host Committee for SWACUHO ’12 in College Station. I have served the past two years on the Executive Board as the Technology Coordinator, and am now transitioning into the State Director role, which I’m very excited about!

As your State Director, I hope you will feel free to reach out if you need anything related to SWACUHO, because I’m here to serve you! You can reach me at [email protected] or 979-862-3158.

Happy Spring, and I hope your summer is great!

Maggie GuzmanTexas State Director

texas State Director


Placement Services Updates The Placement Services Committee had a great time in Cowtown connecting with Candidates and Employers. We had 12 attendees participate as candidates and we had six schools that posted various entry and mid-level positions. There were even a few interviews that took place during the conference. The committee is looking at implementing some new ideas this upcoming year. Watch the newsletter to see the new ideas revealed. The first implementation is a Job Search Article Series in the newsletter that will focus on various topics that occur throughout the job search process. Our first article talks about reflection of the job search process.

We are all aware that the recruitment process is in full swing for many schools right now. Don’t forget that you can post your openings on the website, simply log

on to www.swacuho.org and post your job openings. You can post this at any time throughout the year too. If you need any assistance with this let me know, and I would be happy to assist you.

If you want to get involved and help out with Placement Services Committee you still can! We have 14 members serving on the Placement Services Committee for the upcoming year. If you would like to join the committee and help out, simply send me an email at [email protected] and we will get you involved with some of the new ideas we are working on implementing.

On behalf of the Placement Services Committee, we wish you a successful recruitment season.

Amanda KnutsonResidence Life Coordinator Texas Tech University


The Exhibits and Display Committee would like to thank all of those who visited the Exhibit Hall and learned about the products and services our exhibitors can offer your institution. We had a total of 48 exhibitors in Fort Worth. We had a great conference and that would not have been the case without a wonderful committee! Thank you so much to this year’s E&D committee:

• D’aun Green, Texas Tech University• Andrea Allan, University of Arkansas• Amanda Bobo, University of Arkansas• Michael Woods, Southern Arkansas University• Victor Duke, Southern Arkansas University• Libby Woolverton, University of Arkansas• Kaytie Farrell, University of Texas at Dallas• Dana Grant, Sam Houston State University• Julia Bales, Baylor University• Melissa Morie, Baylor University• Lexie Hart, Texas Christian University• Tanya Marun, University of North Texas• Teresa Owens, Southeastern Oklahoma State• Miles Oller, Texas Christian University• Erin Glenn, University of North Texas

exhibits and Display CommitteeCongratulations to University Laundry for winning the Best Booth award this year and to tom Breen with Uniweb for winning Best New exhibitor for 2014!

We would like to thank our sponsors one last time:

• Adirondack Solutions, Featured speaker• Apartment Furnishings Company, Keynote speaker• ASI Campus Laundry Solutions and MacGray, Lunch in the Exhibit Hall • Foliot Furniture, Vendor Drawing Cards • KLN Manufacturing, Snack Time• KSQ Architects, Parting gift cups• Mustang Rental & Sales, Annual Bowling Night• Randall Scott Architects, Inc., Program Room • SCM Architects, Program Room• Southwest Contract, Closing Banquet• Tandus Flooring/Centiva, Annual Bowling Night • University Laundry, Opening Gala

Megan WitherspoonE&D ChairUniversity of Arkansas


Megan WitherspoonE&D ChairUniversity of Arkansas

Mid-Level is on the move! We had a great turnout at the Mid-Level breakfast, held at the annual conference. We had great discussions on:

• The effectiveness of SWACUHO placement services• Mentor-Mentee programs• List serve options, inlcuding the possibility of functional area list serves• Web cast ideas

Mid-Level CommitteeThese discussions allowed us to voice praise and concern for current processes and procedures. Look for more information about web events and Mid-Level Drive in conference coming soon.

I would encourage all Mid-Level staff to consider submitting a program to SWACUHO-U. Let’s make sure we are active in contributing to the development of future professionals.

Katy PeltonAssistant Director for Academic Initiatives Department of Residence Life Sam Houston State University A Member of The Texas State University System

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Programming CommitteeWe had such a wonderful conference program this year! I’d like to congratulate the top programs:

Best DisplayWhat’s Your Green Dot? Using Bystander Intervention to Reduce Violence on Campus Maggie Guzman from Texas A&M University and Rikki Turner from University of Arkansas at Little Rock

top 5 ProgramsFacilities Management: It doesn’t have to be the Wild West Curtis Odle, Gary Emmons, and Julia Bates from Baylor University

Bring School Spirit to the Work EnvironmentSean Duggan from Texas Tech University

Connecting Community: Developing Cohorts of Social Justice Educators On-Campus Dustin Grabsch from Texas A&M and Charles Terry from Texas Tech University

Managing Your Students’ BUSY Lives: Unique Time Management Skills for the Millennial Justin Samuel from the University of Texas at Arlington

Last Lecture: Advice for New Professionals Marietta Em de la Rosa from the University of Texas at Arlington

Best Round tableD.S.J. (Diversity and Social Justice) Café Kiet Le and Courtney Pickens from Stephen F. Austin State University and Rheo Morris Stapleton from the University of Central Arkansas

Best Overall Program representing SWACUHO at ACUHO-i:Facilities Management: It doesn’t have to be the Wild West Curtis Odle, Gary Emmons, and Julia Bates from Baylor University

Congratulations to all our winners! We look forward to all the many wonderful program submissions for next year’s conference!

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I would like to welcome our new committee members who joined at conference!

• Lauren Stephan, University of North Texas• Eric Johnson, University of North Texas• Jeremy Smith, University of Tulsa• Brett Manley, Navarro College• Katy Pelton, Sam Houston State University• Sara Harrison, Texas A&M University• Maggie Mahoney, Sam Houston State University• Joe Watkins, University of Texas at Dallas• Shannon Reed, University of Houston• Rob Engblom, Baylor University• Tracy Collier, University of Arkansas at Little Rock• Emmale Davis, University of Arkansas• Bree Gates, University of Arkansas – Fort Smith• Shannon Ketcham, University of Texas at Arlington• Ashley Social, Arkansas State University• Jason Bushnell, Texas A&M University – Commerce• Sarah Amberson, University of North Texas• Charli Bryan, University of Texas• Clem Bell III, Arkansas State University• Jason Riley, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts• Andrew Arvay, Texas Christian University• Sakina Trevathan, Baylor University• Nadia Eslinger, Arkansas State University• Linnsey Sanders, University of Central Arkansas

• Kevin Sanders, University of North Texas• Justin Samuel, University of Texas at Arlington• Susanna Krouse, University of Texas at San Antonio• Amarette Edmonson, Sul Ross State University• Courtney Pickens, Stephen F. Austin State University• Kiet Le, Stephen F. Austin State University• Jeff Alexander, Texas Christian University• Jennifer Sepulveda, Texas Christian University• Christina Coovert, Texas Christian University• Flor Martinez, University of Texas – Pan American• Krystal Marroquin, University of Texas – Pan American• Amy Tedesco, Texas A&M University• Josh Morris, Texas A&M University• Hayley Landry, Stephen F. Austin State University• Grant Batchelder, Austin College• Elissa Owens, Lamar University• Don Yackley, University of Houston• Jayme Jones, Texas Woman’s University• Celeste Waugh, Texas Tech University

Welcome, New Members! We have a lot to do and I can’t wait to work with each of you!

Gwen YoungAssistant Director of Business OperationsResidential Living and LearningTexas A&M University - Commerce


SWACUHO Awards The quality of nominees for our annual awards continues to prove year after year that SWACUHO truly is one of the best regions in the country. There were so many deserving people nominated across the region. More so than in many previous years, the voting among committee members this year was incredibly close in many categories. And now once again, we are proud to recognize these award winners from the annual conference:

Presidential Service PlaqueJoellen Newman tiptonSam Houston State University

James L. Gibson exceptional Service Award Debbie S. GentryUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock

Bob Cooke Distinguished Service Award eugene FrierUniversity of North Texas

Courtney HowardUniversity of Texas – Austin

Chuck ThetfordTexas Woman’s University

*Gene Ward Outstanding Student Leader AwardRebecca WheeleyUniversity of Arkansas – Fort Smith

tyler LovedayOklahoma State University

Kasey KramTexas A&M University

Anna DalfonsoUniversity of North Texas

*Bob Huss Outstanding Graduate Student AwardAmanda KusterUniversity of Central Arkansas

Sarah KaminskiUniversity of Oklahoma

Joseph A. GranadoTexas A&M University

Morgan BradfordTexas Tech University

*Nancy Murphy-Chadwick New Professional of Distinction AwardMelissa turnerArkansas State University – Jonesboro

Jessica CrabaughOklahoma State University

individual Diversity Award Markus HarrisUniversity of North Texas

institutional Diversity Award Thanksgiving Host ProgramArkansas State University – Jonesboro

*As announced at the closing ceremony, the winners of each of these awards are eligible to have their registration covered for SWACUHO 2015 in Norman, OK.

Don’t forget: keep watching the listserv, regional social media (Facebook – SWACUHO and Twitter - @SWACUHO), and the next issue of the newsletter because during the summer, we will be announcing updates and the selected topic for next year’s Frank Cloud Award for Excellence.

John WrightRecognition & Awards ChairArkansas State University – Jonesboro


SWACUHO SpotlightOne of the things that came out of the Recognition & Awards Committee meeting at the conference was a desire to provide an opportunity for recognizing the many individuals who serve on regional committees and put in the effort to make everything run smoothly without always getting credit.

For this issue, we decided to spotlight those “unsung heroes” who helped everything come together behind the scenes as part of the recent annual conference. All of these comments are based on feedback we received from the committee chairs.

exhibits & Displays Committee:Andrea Allan, Amanda Bobo, and Libby Woolverton, U of Arkansas; and Kaytie Farrell, UT Dallas – These four made up our very spirited and active social media team within the exhibit hall this year. They were very dedicated to welcoming exhibitors, tweeting about different booths, and communicating updates to all attendees. They even helped a few vendors set up their own Twitter accounts right there on site! Fantastic job, ladies!

Mid-Level Administration Committee:Brett Manley, Navarro College – Brett took all of the pictures during the Mid-Level breakfast so that the committee chair could facilitate conversation and discussion. The pictures will be used at the 2015 committee fair and throughout the 2014-2015 newsletter publications.

Professional Development Committee:Daniel Byars, Blinn; and Kaytie Farrell, UT Dallas – Both of these individuals took over two hours out of their final day of conference to keep time for the Case Study competition. They did a great job and their support was awesome to have.

Victor Duke, SAU – Victor was a life saver and helped man the second case study room. He did so without hesitation and with a smile. It was very much appreciated!

Beth Eppinger, U of A Fort Smith; Dan Mizer, Texas A&M; and Jeremy Smith, U of Tulsa – These three wonderful individuals agreed early on to be judges for the Case Study competition. They did a fantastic job, even when we had to throw in another room to allow everyone to participate.

Kyle Estes, Texas State; Whitney Paschall, Texas Tech; and J.C. Stoner, UT Arlington – These three stepped up at the last minute to judge the additional Case Study competition room. They had to confer with the other judges to decide on a final winner which took a little more time than expected but the results were awesome!

Bree Gates, U of A Fort Smith; Sara Harrison, Texas A&M; Terence Turner, Houston; and David Wilson, WTAMU – All of these wonderful people helped throughout the conference in addition to those above.

Maggie Guzman, Texas A&M – Maggie jumped right into her role as exec liaison at the conference. She was constantly checking to see if I needed help and stepped up when needed, including running the display at the committee fair.

Shannon Reed, Houston – Shannon did a fantastic job on the committee display board. It looked wonderful and went well with the theme. He also stepped in to help check in case study participants as we had an extra-large group of folks who wanted to participate.

Recognition & Awards Committee: Kathleen Finnegan, Arkansas State – Kathleen not only managed to volunteer for multiple committees at the committee showcase, but she also worked with our Historian to get much of the information we used to highlight the regional award namesakes on our display board.

Sara Harrison, Texas A&M; Maggie Mahoney, Sam Houston State; and Ashley Taylor, Arkansas State – These ladies all graciously volunteered to present awards at the conference so that I didn’t have to do all the speaking while handing out the plaques.

Stacey Holmes, Arkansas State – Even though she wasn’t attending the conference, she did the work of compiling and editing the information for the scripts used to introduce the award winners.

John WrightArea Coordinator for Living- Learning CommunitiesArkansas State University


I’ve always been a late bloomer. The last kid in the second grade to make it outside for recess because I still had classwork to finish, the guy who grew another inch and gained over twenty pounds the summer after graduating from high school, the student who took five years to complete an undergraduate degree yet never failed a class: that’s me. So it doesn’t really surprise me that I attended my first SWACUHO Annual Conference after six years as a student housing professional, nine years’ total experience in student housing, and two years serving on the SWACUHO newsletter committee.

Admittedly, I’ve worked almost exclusively on the business end of student housing -- manning offices, crunching numbers, handling assignments, processing paperwork, enforcing contracts, recruiting new residents, defending the residency requirement, and more. I was never a CA/RA/RL/CL/HD/GHD/GHC/RLC/<insert institution appropriate acronym>, though I have of course been surrounded by and ever in support of both professional and student employees in the residence halls. And I have found myself in recent years with a growing interest in the work of residence life, in the work going on outside the central administrative business office. My supervisor, who has always been incredibly supportive of exploration, noticed this interest. Thanks heavily to that support, I

New and Old: A veteran Mid-level’s first look inside SWACUHO

KC GilchrestUnit CoordinatorClient Relations and ResearchTexas Tech University

landed a last-second spot at the SWACUHO Annual Conference in Fort Worth.

So I explored. And here’s what I found: excitement about the kind of work we do, real and lifelong friendships, an enormous wealth of resources and

ideas, a strong sense of identity built upon a common purpose, and an overall validation of this multi-faceted entity we simply call student housing. From helping our students to discover their SHINE to getting our GeeKon, the learning potential at the conference both impressed and inspired me. I felt amply welcome to engage in the conversations about the nature of diversity in our field and challenged to consider the interaction between student leaders from separate organizations under the housing umbrella. The content and dialogue

of the various sessions I attended and the message of the speakers reaffirmed that working in student housing is where I want to be, where I should be.

I am ecstatic to join the rest of the SWACUHO family in finding innovative ways to positively impact and engage our students. I have a dozen fresh ideas, and hope to be working closely with my new contacts from the conference in the very near future (I’m looking at you, Diversity and Social Justice Committee members). Thanks for being such an awesome bunch of people and for allowing me to connect in Cowtown!


SWACUHO 2014 “Connecting in Cowtown” proved successful thanks to the hard work and dedication of Texas Christian University and University of Texas at Arlington’s Housing and Residence Life staff. The conference was hosted by the two institutions in Fort Worth at the downtown convention center in February and saw more than 400 attendees and exhibitors.

Craig Allen, Director of Housing and Residence Life at Texas Christian University, has been looking forward to hosting this conference for five years. “Southern Methodist University and TCU had co-hosted SWACUHO in Frisco, Texas back in 2008, and I remember at that time wishing we could have hosted in downtown Fort Worth,” said Allen. “SWACUHO rotates around the region and when it was coming back around to Texas, specifically North Texas, I wanted to showcase Fort Worth.”

Mari Duncan, Director of Residence Life at University of Texas at Arlington, and her staff were ecstatic to have the opportunity to collaborate due to past projects the two institutions have worked on together.

“I was excited when Craig from TCU asked my staff and me at UT Arlington to co-host SWACUHO 2014,” said Duncan. “It was an easy decision based on our past history. It was a great opportunity for

institutional Spotlight: texas Christian University and University of texas at Arlington

Christi GrudierResidence Director, Lamar University

professional development. Planning the conference reinforced the notion of team and teamwork.”

“I think co-hosting this conference with UTA reinforced for us why we do our work,” said Allen. “We value the relationships and partnerships we have – with each other, with our colleagues in the region, and with our vendors. This conference was a way to bring people together to build relationships, to reconnect; and when the environment is conducive to that, learning and professional growth happens.”

Duncan and Allen are very thankful and appreciative of their teams that helped make the conference possible.

“I want to be sure that everyone in SWACUHO knows that my staff at TCU and my good friends and colleagues at UT Arlington are the ones who made this conference happen,” said Allen. “Even though I put in the conference bid, it was my team and the team at UTA that made hosting the conference a success. And let me also point out that SWACUHO is fortunate to have great leadership. Our hosting would not have been possible without the executive officers and committee chairs that put together so much of the conference content – especially the E&D committee and Program Committee!”


When students embrace the values, the momentum is amazing. With the leadership of the Residence Hall Association and the support of the Department of Residence Life and other departments across the Division of Student Affairs, Texas A&M University (College Station) is proud to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Diversi-Tees. Each year for the past 10 years, the Residence Hall Association has solicited sponsorships to be able to provide t-shirts with a unique design each year, but a similar message of diversity and inclusion. The shirts are in a spectrum of colors and various sizes and are given away for FREE. It becomes an anticipated day and each year the shirts fly off the tables. It is not unusual to see those shirts parading around campus for years to come. The goal is to express and profess the commitment to being one student body, one community, “One Aggie Spirit…Many Faces from Different Places.”

For the last two years, Williams, one of America’s leading natural gas companies, has provided premiere sponsorship for this initiative. This year their sponsorship allowed us to distribute 8,000 shirts. The shirts are so popular they are all distributed within just a couple of hours. We are grateful for their generosity and interest in the project, and are excited that they have already renewed their support for next year.

RHA President Kasey Kram and other RHA Officers presented Williams’ owner with a very personal thank you note.

Members of the Texas A&M Residence Hall Association and the student body showed their appreciation for Williams’ support of their diversity and inclusion efforts on the Texas A&M campus by presenting this poster to owners. The poster contains signatures and small quotes

from students who participated in Diversi-Tee 2013 last fall. They are renewing their support for the Residence Hall Association and for the initiative.

Diversity and inclusion are core values and this Diversi-Tees initiative has become a ‘tradition’ at Texas A&M. Each year the numbers of shirts distributed has increased and seemingly so has the enthusiasm with which they are received. It is so much more than a ‘free’ t-shirt.

E.R.A.S.E. is another student led initiative. The acronym represents Encouraging Respect, Acceptance & Support through Education. They are a group of Resident Advisors whose mission is to increase diversity awareness among on-campus Aggies. The program is also celebrating its 10th year. Information is available at erase.tamu.edu. This past semester, for example, they presented 30+ programs for residents, including Nacho Disability, Global Pizza Party, Sociopoly, Tearing Down the Wall, Archie Bunker’s Neighborhood, and Brown Eyes-Blue Eyes. These peer facilitators make a difference in so many ways.

Texas A&M students living on campus (as percentages) are more racially and ethnically diverse than the student body as a whole and those serving as Resident Advisors represent even more diversity. With a culture of tradition and the Aggie Family metaphor so strong, these initiatives by students are so very critical. The Department of Residence Life is proud of all of our student organizations: the Residence Hall Association, the National Residence Hall Honorary (Dan Mizer Chapter), E.R.A.S.E., the Residence Hall Staff Council and the Aggie Eco-Reps, but is especially appreciative of all they do to advance the mission of a welcoming and inclusive environment. Whoop! Thanks and Gig ‘Em.

DiVeRSi-teeS.

Carol D. Binzer, Ph.D. Director of Administrative & Support ServicesDepartment of Residence Life, Texas A&M University


One housing program is taking innovative measures to better inform perspective students and their parents how to become acclimated to their institution. The University of South Florida Department of Housing and Residential Education developed a live webcast in March drawing in more than 535 viewers from thirteen different countries.

“USF Housing LIVE! is a one hour webcast produced by Housing & Residential Education for a prospective student, incoming student, and parent/family audience,” said Greg Bowers, Assistant Director for Communications and Marketing. “The webcast is structured like a television program. We converted a

innovations in Housing: Live Webcasts

Christi GrudierResidence Director, Lamar University

space in our central office into a studio complete with studio lighting, sound, makeup, a control room, camera operator, and social media support team member to moderate the questions/comments.”

Though Bowers and his team had minor technical difficulties with their first production of the webcast, the overall product was a success and received a great deal of positive feedback. The webcast generated 240 questions from prospective students and parents.

“From that webcast, I can share that students reported feeling better prepared to navigate the many processes at our large institution,” said Bowers. “Students were also appreciative to have a personal connection with someone at USF, before attending. I am also expecting this to improve our brand as incoming residents feel cared for by our department. We are also hopeful that this will reduce the level of confusion for both students and parents.”

The first episode can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQp8apK_N6E. For more information about USF Housing LIVE! or how your department can create a webcast, contact:

Greg Bowers 813-974-4523 [email protected]


I applied many lessons learned from my first year at Texas Tech University as a Unit Coordinator. A difficult and sometimes painfully confusing time, but it was also a rewarding and fulfilling year; a year that at its core symbolizes all that’s right about the pursuit of social justice, diversity, and mentorship. The mentorship began the moment I started at Texas Tech University. Unit Coordinator Dustin Grabsch hosted my visit and convinced me that I would be a great advocate for student Diversity. Yet, for me at least, the good stuff never happened in my first semester, because I got lost in the shuffle. But, I knew the lesson to apply. I re-read my favorite collection of essays The Star Fish Thrower by Loren Eiseley. I found comfort in this story because there was a star fish washed ashore who needed somebody to throw it back in the ocean before the tide came. So, when summer arrived, I relished the opportunity to be a part of the social justice education committee and I gained momentum to continue to swim with life’s challenges.

I began co-writing the Men and Masculinity: A Six week long iGroup Brogramming series. Once the series was approved, I began teaching the first three weeks with Dustin. In October, I was given the opportunity of a lifetime to perform at the Individual World Poetry Slam in Spokane, Washington. However, after getting the best news of my life, Dustin informed me that he would be leaving the institution. There was nothing I could do to explain such a loss in my life and in our students’ lives. It was a very difficult time for everyone in the department. Everyone loved Dustin. But I

remembered The Star Fish Thrower. Dustin promised to continue to mentor me from afar, to continue to throw me back into the ocean when I was led astray. I promised to find a star fish to mentor.

After I competed in the Individual World Poetry Slam, I finished the series without Dustin. I feverously looked for ways to pay the opportunities that Dustin had provided me forward. Which lead to my Star Fish, Morgan Bradford, the graduate student whom I would supervise and who also attended the Social Justice Facilitation Training Institute (a 3-day workshop I co-wrote and co-taught with Dustin earlier in the year).

The opportunity to really get to know Morgan has been my proudest accomplishment as an educator. Seeing Morgan’s growth from a first-year graduate assistant to becoming an exceptional leader on our campus in her second year has been extremely humbling for me. In February, Morgan Bradford was awarded Bob Huss Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the 2014 SWACHO Conference.

Despite my struggles to adapt to the waters at Texas Tech, I have learned that it is still important to inspire people. Together we can throw starfish back into the sea, and get to where we belong. Honestly, more starfish will be saved if we try our hardest to inspire others. I will forever be grateful to Dustin Grabsch for mentoring me and to Morgan Bradford for allowing me to work with her. Without them this year I might have been stranded on a beach with no purpose.

A Starfish Story: A Journey to Purpose

Charles terryResidence Life CoordinatorTexas Tech University

Morgan and Charles travelled throughout the state co-presenting on White Culture and Telling Your Story at the 2013 SWACUHO-RA and the 2014 SWACURH Conferences.


A Starfish Story: A Journey to Purpose

Separately, Morgan co-lead the campus wide Tunnel of Oppression program, which had over 2,100 students in attendance. I co-presented one of the Top Five at 2014 SWACHO Programs. Together we presented a poster session at NASPA 2014.

Morgan and I produced a student written play titled keeping the Dream: A hope for Humanity that was a huge success.

Morgan maintained a high GPA despite being a varsity student athlete undergrad and Graduate Hall Director serving on multiple committees in grad school.

Dustin consistently told Charles that there was an opportunity to cause change at Texas Tech and that Charles could have a positive impact. Dustin looked at Charles as an asset. He was right because Charles eventually became a devoted advocate for his starfish.


Joshua N. was a spring hire for the RA team in the Brackenridge, Roberts, and Prather (BRP) community, but he has performed his duties like a seasoned professional. Not only has he made a significant and impactful effort to get to know his residents quickly in order to make up for lost time, but he has also developed a knack for weaving his personal passions into his programming efforts. The results have been wonderful! Joshua is a member of the slam poetry team on campus, UT Spitshine, and his interest in slam poetry has inspired several unique and exciting programs for BRP.

When it came time for BRP to host an area-wide diversity program, my team and I had trouble deciding on a program that we all thought would both interest and educate residents. Joshua offered to invite his Spitshine team mates to perform some original poems that revolved around their diverse cultures and personal experiences. My staff jumped at the chance to hear Joshua perform—he’s very humble about his talent so this was our first opportunity to hear any of his work—and the added lure of an art as new and somewhat rare as slam poetry also piqued much interest.

Joshua led the charge on the program and organized a majority of the logistics by himself. He booked the large multi-purpose room in our area, reserved some microphones, and arranged for a DJ to play music between sets. He even went as far as to post flyers in all four of the communities in our area, as well as several academic buildings on the other side of campus.

All of Joshua’s efforts culminated in a highly successful BRPoetry Slam! Our audience was made up of students

from across the Waller Creek Area, students from halls outside our area, and even some students who do not live on campus. The poets, who are all incredibly talented, performed original pieces that focused on their diverse experiences as unique individuals. Experiences included those of women, lesbians, people of color, young siblings, body image, etc. Some were light-hearted and fun, while most were emotionally charged and hard-hitting. Students seemed to connect well with the performers and their pieces as spontaneous snaps or “mmm hmmms” would break out after hearing a line to which they related. After two rounds of performances, the poets sat casually on the edge of the stage for a question and answer session. The questions started out focused on diversity and cultural awareness as audience members asked where the inspiration for the poems

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came from and if the experiences mentioned were real and how they affected the poets. After a while, questions began to focus more on how students could get involved in slam poetry and share their own diverse experiences with others through performance art.

Reflecting on this particular program, it seems to have had a little something more than other programs that we have hosted in our community, though I’ve found it difficult to name specifically what there was “more” of…pizzazz, flavor, energy? Whatever that something is, I contribute it to Joshua’s instinctual blending of personal interest into his programs. I think I was not the only one who could tell that this was not just an obligatory program for Joshua; this was him sharing a fairly private portion of himself with us, this was him opening up to us in his own artistic way, this was Joshua unknowingly making up for those missed RA training weeks and an entire semester of staff bonding. In that one night, I learned more about Joshua than I ever could in our bi-monthly one-on-one meetings, because he was in his element.

Joshua followed this program up with a poetry-writing workshop the next day. Even though this event was

only advertised to his wing, a much smaller audience, he still had about twenty residents in attendance because of the buzz that the previous night’s slam generated!

Word got out about the BRPoetry Slam and Joshua and his team were sought by our Residence Hall Programming Team (RHPT) and asked to perform in a campus-wide slam poetry event that is coming up in April. Most recently, Spitshine returned from the College

Union Poetry Slam Invitational (a nation-wide ACLU-affiliated competition) with several top awards!

Lucky for me, Joshua is returning to my staff next year! I hope that we can use the BRPoetry Slam and Joshua’s other events as examples of how RAs do not have to separate their RAship from the rest of their lives. I plan to encourage this year’s and next year’s staffs to use Joshua as a mentor to help facilitate programs that revolve around their own passions because it is programs like this one, where RAs are able to infuse their interests in their work, that bring that extra “umph” to a community and make that community stand out on campus and beyond!

Charli BryanHall CoordinatorUniversity of Texas at Austin

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Student affairs is a career founded on helping people succeed through their college journey. We push ourselves everyday to the extreme to make sure that we are present for all our residents, staff, and peers. For the last fours years I have devoted everything that I have to making sure that I can reach and connect with my students. I often feel like I just don’t have enough time in the day to reach out to my residents. I communicate with my RA team on an everyday basis, but not usually with the 600 residents in my community. My lack of communication with all my residents has been something that I have pondered more and more. As I begin to plan the next step in my personal and professional career. One of the things that I often try to do is to educate myself on the new technology that is available to better connect with my residents. The purpose of my article is to share some of the resources I have used to continue to make life easier for myself, but also to reach a greater student audience. Below you will find some tools that I found helpful to connect with my students. Feel free to share and borrow any of these ideas. I encourage you to share what you use in order to continue to help each other grow.

Youtube: Create your own channel. Many people have Facebook pages for their communities but just like flyers, people are starting to have Facebook blindness. I have found the YouTube channel to be very

tools for your Box…

Gerry RuffinoComplex CoordinatorUniversity of Texas at Austin

productive and successful. Many people react better to a short video that can capture their attention and be concise and to the point. This can help with program advertising, weekly “news/information” for your hall, “meet your staff”, etc.

Hootsuite: This is a free tool for you all to manage multiple social media accounts. Throughout my time I have learned that keeping up with multiple social media accounts can be very difficult. We often have access to our Facebook page for our community, a twitter handle, instagram, etc. You have one of these for your RA staff, your Hall Council, your NRHH, URHA, and much more. This can be very overwhelming. My favorite aspect about Hootsuite is that I can schedule post, tweets, and logs to go out on a certain day and at a certain time! This means I can schedule everything ahead of time, but also have flexibility to do this on the spot.

Google: How great is Google! I use their drive to share documents with my staff and that way they can always be found in the same drive. I have also decided to make my weekly report a Google form. The feedback on this has been incredible. I also love it because all the responses are saved on my Google drive. This makes life much easier for all parties.


Texas Tech University allows and encourages me to participate in the annual SWACUHO Conferences, and this is something which I truly appreciate. Sean Duggan (Managing Director) is a champion of idea sharing and participation, and his direct encouragement allows me to participate to the degree I do.

I love the “behind the scenes” work that each conference host school has done. I watch them routinely scramble to make all events seem easy and seamless and try to stay out of their way when they are challenged. I like running into old acquaintances and to try and sum a years’ worth of activities in brief conversations. I like visiting new places and sightseeing. I really like making new acquaintances and seeing what they do

My impression of the SWACUHO Conferences in Ft. Worth and others

Jose ValencianoAssistant Director – Assignments, Contracts and Client RelationsTexas Tech University

and where they come from. I like the selected speakers as they almost always give me a new perspective. I like when my submitted programs are accepted, and I am allowed to share my viewpoints. Possibly my favorite is the presenters and their programs. I enjoy seeing what others are doing and how they can correlate to initiatives at Texas Tech. I am a renowned “idea thief ” and, while I do give credit to the creator, I am not shy about championing the idea within my organization.

I encourage those who have not attended to strongly consider attending such a conference as the "plusses" far outweigh the "minuses".

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Effective programming in the residence halls can be challenging for a variety of reasons, including the physical layout of the hall. At the University of Texas at Austin, we manage San Jacinto Residence Hall, an undergraduate hall of about 800 students, all double rooms with private bathrooms. We both started two years ago, fresh out of our master’s programs, as brand new Residence Hall Coordinators. We heard that San Jacinto was a beautiful new building with awesome students, but that it was difficult to program effectively because of the private bathrooms. Students found it easier to stay in their rooms than come to programs.

During RA Training in our first year, we decided to think outside the box and try a brand new programming model that we thought might engage

“Join the Clubs!”: A Small-Group Programming Model

students in a different way. We knew that it is important for students to feel a sense of belonging and develop a strong community in the place where they live, in order to contribute to student learning and success (Schroeder & Mable, 1994). So we wanted to create an educationally purposeful, open, and celebrative space (Boyer, 1990) for residents to engage in their passions on a regular basis with other people who share their interests. Thus formed the Club Model of Programming.

Our Club Model goes like this: During fall training, each RA chooses a club or clubs that he/she wants to run. Multiple RAs can run a club together. The clubs can be whatever the RAs want! If they are interested in crafts, they can create a Crafts Club. If they are

Cooking Club teaches residents how to make recipes in their own rooms


“Join the Clubs!”: A Small-Group Programming Model

Sam Siner and tiana LindbergHall Coordinators, San Jacinto HallUniversity of Texas at Austin

interested in social justice, Social Justice Club. The possibilities are endless, and educational opportunities are built right in. Some of our most popular clubs include Music Club, where we have a jam session Friday at midnight once a month with at least 30 students coming to each one. Students build community and learn musical skills while having fun. Other popular clubs include Becoming Superhuman Club, where students learn new skills (such as line dancing or beatboxing) rapidly in one session; Food Club, where students learn healthy and easy recipes and basic cooking skills; and Professional Development Club, where RAs provide resume reviews, mock interviews, and other developmental tools for residents.

Because RAs love to program to their passions, we were able to get both new and returning RAs to buy into this new model. Marketing was simple too: we held a club “fair” after the wing and hall meetings at the beginning of the year, with interest sign-up sheets for each club. That created a starter personalized e-mail list for each club, in addition to traditional marketing such as flyers. In our first semester using this model, we doubled the average amount of residents coming to a program from a year prior. Since then, the Club Model has become ingrained in the culture of our building, and RAs and residents both enjoy using it and find it educationally meaningful.

References:Schroeder, C. C. & Mable, P. (1994). Realizing the Educational Potential of Residence Halls. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Boyer’s Principles of Community. Adapted by: http://studentaffairs.unca.edu/sites/studentaffairs.unca.edu/files/Foundation_Documents/Boyer.pdf

The “Club Fair” at the beginning of the year

Music Club has their monthly jam sessions Friday at midnight


Texas Tech University, University Student Housing hosted the 12th annual Professing Excellence ceremony on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Students living in the residence halls submitted 72 nominations in the hopes of recognizing their outstanding faculty members. Nominations for anyone from part-time faculty to tenure-track professors were accepted. Of the 72 nominations, ten faculty members were selected by a student committee and honored for their exceptional education skills and commitment to student success. The ten award recipients were:

texas tech University, University Student Housing Presents Professing excellence Awards

Shelby VinsonGraduate Assistant for Residence Education and Academic Programs, Texas Tech University

JADE RATLIFF CASHMAN, Instructor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction,College of Education Nominated by Kylie Watson,

HOWARD J. CURZER, PH.D., Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences–Nominated by Spencer Willson,

JOHN EDWARDS, Instructor, Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Institutional Management College of Human Sciences–Nominated by Hannah Vaughan

ROBERT FORBIS, PH.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences–Nominated by Kyle Jacobson,

MICHAEL FUERTES, PH.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences–Nominated by Megan Wright,

GREG GELLENE, PH.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences–Nominated by Simran Singh

BERNADETTE HINOJOSA, Aquatic Instructor, Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences College of Arts and Sciences–Nominated by Dillon Quinn

CHEN YU, LIU, Graduate part-time instructor in Chinese, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences–Nominated by Shelby Creson

MARK MCKENZIE, PH.D., Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences–Nominated by Vivian Cervantez

COMFORT PRATT, PH.D., Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education–Nominated by Amelia Moxon

The award reception included a keynote address from Dr. Duane Nellis, President of Texas Tech University, who provided some insight on the importance of faculty-student connections. Over 80 guests attended the program to help on campus students honor their outstanding instructors. This ceremony was yet another example of Texas Tech University, University Student Housing’s ongoing commitment to academic support in the residence halls.


texas tech University, University Student Housing Presents Professing excellence Awards

In Residence Life we spend a significant amount of time working with our ‘communities’ of residence hall students. Over the past several years, Texas Tech University, University Student Housing has invested a significant amount of time, energy, and resources into supporting our students as they help others in the larger community. Through the formation of a residential student group called Raiders Helping Others (RHO) we have built an organization that solely focuses on connecting like-minded, service oriented residence hall students with each other and with community agencies at which they can volunteer.

Over the past four years, RHO has grown and evolved to fit the needs of our students and the community. This March, we sponsored our fourth, and largest, year of Alternative Spring Break trips for on-campus residents. Eighteen students and five advisers traveled to two locations, preforming 636.45 hours of service over their break period. The first team traveled to Give Kids the World (http://gktw.org), a resort for terminal illness in central Florida. During their time at the village, the team served hundreds of meals and staffed numerous entertainment events for the children. The second team traveled to Moore, OK where they spent the week doing community repairs following the 2013 tornados. In an effort to make the personal reflections more ‘fun,’ students on both trips were challenged to take a selfie each day capturing one moment of meaningful work that they performed. The pictures were then shared at a post-trip presentation on campus following the groups return.

texas tech: Raiders Helping Others

Craig KuehnertManager for Student Leadership Development Texas Tech University

Additionally, in February 2014, I traveled with three students to the national IMPACT conference (https://www.impactconference.org). Through this focused learning opportunity, executive board members were challenged to re-think the operations and direction of our service- based group. As a result, we have been actively working to identify several “themes” in which we will focus our future service efforts. The hope is that we can move away from a model of “oh, there’s a service project. Let’s go!” to a model where we can develop students to be social change leaders and experts on more focused community needs. In the coming month, student executives will be elected to serve as leaders of each organizational ‘pillar.’ The hope, for example, would be to elect a student that is passionate about the topic of Youth & Education (an education major per se.) During their tenure in office, they will be challenged to develop a committee that will assist in facilitating fundraising efforts, plan local monthly service projects, and to coordinate an Alternative Spring Break trip all supporting youth and education.

We look forward to taking our experiences on the Alternative Spring Break trips as well as the knowledge we gained at the IMPACT conference and further strengthening our community outreach and social change efforts over the coming summer.


As professionals we frequently encourage reflection among our students. We talk about how important it is to the learning experience, to being holistic, global citizens, and to becoming self-aware. What we don’t always do, however, is encourage reflection among ourselves, especially during times of change. Take for example: the job search.

Reflecting during the job search process is an incredibly important component and something that needs to occur frequently, extensively, and honestly. Easy to say, “I’m so busy with trying to manage my work load, my class load, and trying to find a job, there’s no way I can make time to reflect.” Well, y’all, I’d like to challenge you by saying, “There’s no way you CAN’T make time to reflect!”

Reflection doesn’t have to be a strenuous, time consuming process, but it should be a process that is given adequate time and energy. This effect will be worth it – I promise. Reflection should take place during every part of the job search process, from deciding that you are searching, figuring out what you’re looking for, thinking about the skills you have and how to market them, getting that 1st, 2nd, however many round interview, to being offered and deciding to accept a position. Here are some things to think about:

Reflecting During the Job SearchPre Job Search:

-Why am I searching? -What kind of position am I looking for?

Job Search (including applying to positions, interviewing, going on campus, being offered positions, accepting the best fit for you):

-What have I done/learned in my current position? In graduate program? -What are my perceived strengths/areas of growth? -What are some of my special interests or passions (and why)? -What are some times I felt challenged or times when I felt like I “failed” or let someone else down? What are some of my achievements? -What are my non-negotiables (in terms of position opportunities, location, etc.)? -What are some experiences I’d really like in my next position? -Random Reflections (Sometimes, when you’re in the reflecting zone, you’ll have some random thoughts that just pop into your head about the experiences you’ve had or what you’re seeking. Write those down! Here’s an example of one I had: “Fit isn’t just about the people in the department you’ll be working for, it’s about the students you’ll be working for.”)


Post Job Search:

-What am I seeking to give to this position? -How do I get the most out of these experiences?

These reflections will help you think through the experiences you have had and what examples you want to share during your process. (I LOVE the STAR method for examples: Situation, Task, Action, Result. Breakdown your stories like this, and you’ll hit all points you need with your examples.) The relevance of these can also change from position to position and from institution to institution. When you’re interviewing, be prepared for the “predictable” questions. For example: you are likely going to be asked to tell your potential employer about yourself and why you’re interested in their position. Go in with a plan of attack! Work out the gist of the story you want to tell before you’re sitting in front of an employer – this is preparation. Now, use your experiences to highlight the things about you that you want your interviewer to take away.

The best way for us to not sell ourselves and our experiences short is to bring them forward in our minds by reflecting! I encouraged the Graduate Hall Director I supervise, who is currently going through the job search process, to schedule in time regularly to reflect on the experiences he’s had and questions he may be asked throughout the processes. I recommended half an hour every day or every other day so he wouldn’t accidentally let his job search priorities get lost in the mix of his academic, work, and life responsibilities.

So, regardless of whether you’re searching right now, thinking about it next year, or not preparing for it for a few years, be sure to take time to reflect on your own experiences. You never know when that perfect position may show up in your inbox via the SWACUHO Listserv! On behalf of the SWACUHO Placement Services Committee, we wish you the very best of luck on your search! Happy reflecting!

Sara Hazel Harrison, M.ed.Community DirectorTexas A&M University

Reflecting During the Job Search

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Swacuho 2015 is Doing Fine in NormanAttendees at the 2014 SWACUHO conference in Fort Worth, Texas, received a sneak peak of the planning taking place in Norman, Oklahoma, for the 2015 conference. At the closing banquet, a brief video allowed guests to see highlights from the city of Norman and the University of Oklahoma.

The theme for the upcoming conference, which will be held March 1-3, 2015. The theme was also revealed, "You’re doing fine at 49."

“The planning committee wanted a theme that had a strong Oklahoma connection while still relating back to SWACUHO,” said Diane Brittingham, SWACUHO president and member of the 2015 conference planning committee. “By combining Oklahoma’s state song and the 49th year of the conference, we think that we found the right balance.”

More details will be announced soon, but rest easy. The committee is busy developing a fun and refreshing conference schedule for next year. And, to prevent any school color disagreements from arising, they promise not to use too much OU crimson.

“We’ll try to stick to a neutral Oklahoma blue that matches our state flag,” said Brittingham, with a smile. “But, we can’t promise a little crimson won’t slip in here or there.”

Follow this link to view the highlight video shown at the 2014 SWACUHO conference.

http://bit.ly/1lDSXqg

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