229-333-5800 April 28, 2010
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Communications Specialist
VSU Honors Student Awarded Nationally
VALDOSTA -- Valdosta State University student Jake Jones was
honored by the National Association of College and University
Residence Halls (NACURH) as the First Year National Student of the
Month award for his work in February.
A first-year student living in VSU's honors hall, Jake is the vice
president of the Reade Hall council and has taken tremendous
strides with his involvement on campus. He is currently serving as
the National Communications Coordinator - In Training (NCC-IT) and
was the planning committee co-chair for VSU’s Residence Hall
Association’s campus conference in April.
The first VSU student to win a national NACURH Of-The-Month (OTM)
title, Jones was nominated for the award by Nontalie Morrow, the
regional communications coordinator for administration for the
Southern Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence
Halls (SAACURH). Morror, who considered Jake her “new gold medal”
in VSU’s Residence Hall Association, said she nominated Jones for
“going above and beyond the expectations of any first year
student.”
Every month students and staff can submit OTM nominations to VSU’s
campus National Residence Honorary Hall (NRHH) chapter for campus
level consideration. OTMs are submitted by category, which include:
first year student, executive board member (RHA), resident
assistant, advisor, staff, student, and programs. These nominations
are then reviewed by the NRHH OTM selection committee, which
selects campus winners and submits them to the SAACURH regional
selection committee and finally the NACURH selection
committee.
Jones is the first student to receive national honors for his work
in within the RHA, however VSU has claimed several regional awards.
Chad Freeman was named SAACURH August 2009 Regional Executive Board
Member of the Month and Chinasa Ordu was chosen as the Advisor of
the Month for September 2009 for her leadership of VSU's chapter of
the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH). National Residence
Hall Honorary chapter recently won the 2010 SAACURH Building Block
National Residence Hall Honorary of the year award.
SAACURH is one of eight regions within NACURH, the largest
student-run corporation in the world. The organization attempts to
improve communities within college residence halls by providing
networking opportunities through conferences and other resources
designed to help schools improve their residence hall
organizations.
For more information about VSUs Residence Hall Association or
Residence Hall Honorary Association, visit: http://services.valdosta.edu/housing/.
