National Association of College and University Residence Halls

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NACURH, Inc.
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Type Student organization
Founded 1954
Headquarters New York, NY
Origins Midwest Dormitory Conference, 1954
Key people Avi Zacherman, National Chairperson
Area served North America
Focus College residential life
Method Chapter affiliation, information sharing, conference hosting
Website http://www.nacurh.org/

The National Association of College and University Residence Halls Incorporated (NACURH) is an international organization made up of eight regions. The eight regions cover the entire United States, Canada, parts of Mexico, and Australia. NACURH is the largest student run organization in the world and brings together students who live in residence halls on college campuses to share ideas, resources and best practices to improve their residential communities.

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[edit] National Offices

NACURH Information Center
The NACURH Information Center (NIC) is the business office of NACURH, Inc. The NIC is currently hosted by New York University. The NIC's projects and responsibilities include: Maintaining the Resource File Index, updating and maintaining the national website, and keeping records of the dues of member schools.

NACURH Services and Recognition Office
The NACURH Services and Recognition Office (NSRO) is the services office of NACURH, Inc. and serves as the primary resource office for the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH). The NSRO was created to replace the NRHH National Office, which was dissolved by the National Board of Directors at the NACURH 2006 conference at the University of California, Berkeley. Currently hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the NSRO is charged with being a resource for the Regional Associate Directors for the NRHH, maintaining the AAFN (describe below), creating and selling merchandise (pins, apparel, etc.), creating and maintaining special national projects and developing other services for NACURH, Inc. as needed.

[edit] Regions

Map of NACURH regions
Map of NACURH regions

[edit] CAACURH

The Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls is made up of Delaware, Maryland New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and West Virginia. Prior to 1990 this region was part of NAACURH.

[edit] GLACURH

The Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls is made up of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada. It was broken off from MACURH in 1968.

[edit] IACURH

The Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls is made up of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Alberta, Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada. IACURH was formed from the Inter-Mountain Residence Hall Association, which joined NACURH (then ACURH) in 1961.

[edit] MACURH

The Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls is composed of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Manitoba. MACURH was formed from the original Midwest Dormitory Conference, which led to the formation of NACURH.

[edit] NEACURH

The North East Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls is made up of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. Prior to 1990, this area was part of NAACURH.

[edit] PACURH

The Pacific Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls is made up of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon and Australia. It was formed in 1964.

[edit] SAACURH

The South Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls is composed of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. It was formed in 1964.

[edit] SWACURH

The Southwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls is made up of schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico. It was broken off from MACURH as its own region in 1980.

[edit] Sub-regions

Map of NACURH sub-regions
Map of NACURH sub-regions

Many regions have formed sub-regions with varying levels of officiality. Some of these sub-regions are informal, while others hold their own additional "Sub-Regionals" conferences. In some cases, sub-regions are limited to one state.

MACURH is split into three subregions, each of which have been officially recognized by MACURH and assigned their own Regional Communications Coordinator from the region. The North is composed of Manitoba, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. The Central subregion is composed of Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. The South subregion is Missouri. These boundaries are fluid and may be re-examined every year if need changes.

NEACURH's subregions are New York and New England and both have RCCs associated with those geographic areas.

PACURH is split into Northern, Central, and Southern sub-regions. The latter two split through California and Nevada at the 35 degree latitude line.

SAACURH does not have sub-regions. However, each state within the region has formed an independent state association. For example, Tennessee's TARH (Tennessee Association of Residence Halls) is wholly independent of NACURH or the SAACURH regional association, though half of its member schools also comprise the wide majority of Tennessee colleges in SAACURH. TARH holds its own annual conference. The other state associations in SAACURH have similar membership overlaps and independent conferences.

GLACURH does not have organized sub-regions, although it dedicates one regional coordinator to each state and province. Some states and Ontario have formed independent state associations, similar to the situation in SAACURH. These state/province associations are known as MORHA, ORHA, WURHA, IRHA, and IRHO.

SWACURH has three subregions- Arkansas/Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

IACURH passed legislation in 2004 to dissolve their sub-regions and sub-regional RCCs (North - Saskatchewan, Alberta, Idaho, and Montana, Central - Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, and South - Arizona and New Mexico) in favor of RCCs that served in support capacities for leadership positions (NCC, RHA Presidents) and recruitment/retention.

CAACURH does not have sub-regions or state associations, and divides their RCCs (along with IACURH) based on topic areas rather than sub-region or state.

[edit] National Conference

Each year a school is selected to host the following year's national conference (also referred to as NACURH).

[edit] Past Conference Hosts

NACURH national conferences by total hosted in state, as of 2007; includes declared hosts for future conferences
NACURH national conferences by total hosted in state, as of 2007; includes declared hosts for future conferences

[edit] History

In 1954, the Iowa State Residence Halls Government formed ties with RHAs at University of Colorado, University of Missouri, and University of Northern Iowa, and organized the Midwest Dormitory Conference. In 1955, the name of the group was changed to The Association of College and University Residence Halls (ACURH).

A similar organization, the Inter-Mountain Residence Hall Association (IMRHA), merged with ACURH in 1961, adding the word "National" to the name of the organization (NACURH). The association was split into two "associate" regions, MACURH and IACURH, based on the two original groups, which became devolved in 1964. In that year, PACURH, SAACURH, and NAACURH were also created. GLACURH was split from MACURH in 1968, and SWACURH likewise in 1980. In 1990, NAACURH was wholly split into CAACURH and NEACURH.

NACURH incorporated as a non-profit under Oklahoma laws in 1971, granting non-profit incorporation to its associates, which became "affiliates" under the now NACURH, Inc. corporate umbrella. In 1997, the corporation and its Affiliates gained tax-exempt status.

NACURH, Inc. is the largest student run corporation in the world

[edit] Mascots

Some regions have regional mascots, which make frequent appearances on T-shirts at national conferences and elsewhere.

  • NEACURH: Marty the Moose
  • IACURH: Funk E(dward) Monkey
  • PACURH: Jeremiah T. Frog
  • SWACURH: Swackdaddy the duck
  • CAACURH: Campbell the Cougar
  • SAACURH: Louie the Lion
  • MACURH: Molly the Moo-cow
  • GLACURH: MOWII the Polar Bear

[edit] Association of Alumni and Friends of NACURH (AAFN)

In January, 1982, the NACURH National Board of Directors (NBD) approved a resolution authorizing a NACURH alumni association. This brochure was designed to introduce the "Association of Alumni and Friends of NACURH" to the general membership.

[edit] References

  • Got NCCs? - contains history on NACURH
  • Winston, Robert and Anchors, Scott. Student Housing and Residential Life: A Handbook for Professionals Committed to Student Development Goals. Jossey-Bass, 1993. ISBN 1-55542-507-0

[edit] External links