MACUHO Magazine Summer 2016

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Inside this Issue Creating a Culture of Excellence PAGE 22

CATCH THE CRAZE…

Pokémon Go on College Campuses PAGE 32

Equity Versus Equality in Job Action PAGE 38

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Staff Managing Editor

Table of Contents

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Letter From the President

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Committee Updates

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NACURH Meets MACUHO

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MAPC: Looking Back & Planning Ahead

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Student Storytellers: What’s In a Name?

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History Was Made!

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Summer Internships at Stevens Institute

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Creating a Culture of Excellence

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Walls to Halls a HUGE Success

DON BRENNAN, Alvernia University

Editors VICTORIA ELISCA, Rutgers University-Newark NICOLE CLEMSON, Maryland Institute College of Art KEVIN BATTERSBY, Alvernia University CONAL CARR, Penn State-University Park

Designer KATE CASSIDY

Columist DON BRENNAN, Alvernia University

Article Contributors TINA TORMEY

DAVID GARCIA BRIAN MEDINA ZEKE MONTGOMERY

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Innovations: Plant Your Roots

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Catch the Craze…Pokémon Go on College Campuses

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The Balance of Work & Life

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Painted Nails

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Equity Versus Equality in Job Action

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The Clock is Ticking

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Regional Updates

JOHNNY KOCHER JENNA KONYAK

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MACUHO Summer Summit 2016

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Academic Excellence Awards Spring 2016

STEVEN COURAS VICTORIA WALKER CURTIS CHAN VALENTYNA YASINKA JACKLYN GENTILE CANDACE HUMAN CHRIS FERRARO DOMINIQUE OVERMAN JILLIAN SITJAR

Interested in serving as an editor or columnist for MACUHO Magazine? Please send an email to magazine@macuho.org

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MACUHO Executive Board President

BRIAN MEDINA, Frostburg State University

Vice President/President Elect

OLAN GARRETT, Penn State-University Park

Past President

BROOKE CLAYTON, Lehigh University

Secretary

SUSANNE FERRIN, University of the Sciences

Treasurer

DEREK SMITH, Delaware Valley University

Director of Membership Development

Director of Business Operations & Communication CONAL CARR, Penn State-University Park

Director of Strategic Initiatives NATALIE LISTON, Bucknell University

Director of Training and Development ROSEMARY PADILLA , Rutgers University-Newark

Director of Annual Programs

DEBBIE SCHIEBLER, Rutgers University-Camden

Director of Information Technology DILLON EPPENSTEIN, Philadelphia University

JACKLYN GENTILE, University of Maryland-College Park

Leadership Council Diversity Committee

CURTIS CHAN, Rutgers University-New Brunswick LIZ TUTURICE, Penn State-Hazelton

Host 2016 Committee

SARAH YENCHA, Lafayette College CHRIS OTTEY, Lehigh University

Housing & Facilities Operations Committee JAN MASON, Penn State-University Park

Personal & Professional Development Committee GINA KIEFER, Alvernia University

Program Committee

SARAH MARTIN, Marymount University GENICKA VOLTAIRE, Montclair State University

Recognition, Education & Connections Committee

Archives Coordinator

LAURA TAN, University of Maryland-College Park

MACUHO Magazine Editor

DON BRENNAN, Alvernia University

Strategic Planning Coordinator CAROLYN PITCAIRN, Gannon University

Exhibits & Displays Coordinator CHRIS WILLIS, La Roche College

Sponsorship Coordinator

SIOBHAN SKERRITT, Temple University

MAPC Chair

JESS LANCIANO, Shepherd University

Webmaster

NICOLE CLEMSON, Maryland Institute College of Art JOHNNY KOCHER, West Virginia University

JIM CLAGG, Marshall University

Recruitment & Retention Committee

NICK GRAMICCIONI, William Patterson University

MAX SHIREY, Kutztown University VICTORIA ELISCA, Rutgers University-Newark

Regional Coordinators

KATIE BUEHNER, Frostburg State University (Delaware/Maryland) JOVIN FERNANDEZ, Drew University (New Jersey) MICHAEL MULLIN, Temple University (Southeast PA) MICHAEL DIESNER, Lebanon Valley College (Central PA) TIFFANY HUGHES, West Virginia University (West PA) JESS LANCIANO, Shepherd University (West Virginia) TRACY EGGLESTON, Marshall University (West Virginia)

Systems Analyst

Social Media Coordinator

STEVEN COURAS, Stevens Institute of Technology

ACUHO-I Regional Cabinet

JOANNE GOLDWATER, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

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Letter from the President

Brian Medina

INCLUSION. Such a simple word, but its complexity is deceiving.

We strive toward inclusive campuses, equipped with All Gender (Gender Inclusive, Gender Neutral) restrooms and residence halls. We update our sexual assault policies and bias response protocols. We encourage RA programming focused on diversity and social justice. We survey our students to prove that we are doing all that we can to combat bigotry and increase cultural competence And yet, inclusion still eludes us.

Don’t get me wrong, inclusion cannot be distilled into a formula or wrapped neatly into a present with a bow. Many have tried to create theories or teach courses on the subject, and one would hope that they augment our understanding.

Speaking as a gender-queer, Latinx, sexual assault survivor, my breadth of identities and experiences cannot so easily be included into every conversation or environment. It often makes folks uncomfortable when I share my opinions on misogyny and the commodification of bodies (particularly of women) to be consumed by a culture addicted to violent pornography. Perhaps your current discomfort is indicative of how challenging it can be to discuss these sensitive and critical topics.

So does that mean we simply give up on inclusion? Clearly, no… it just means that we need not be disheartened by that rough conversation about white privilege that someone turned toward white guilt.

RA programs could always improve, but we can still encourage our staff members for making an effort to use inclusive language.

We can find common ground, yet know that we cannot fully understand another’s experience.

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I am often asked by new acquaintances about what I do. My answer usually consists of my supervision of hall directors, response to crises and conflicts, management of facilities or parent concerns; it may end with a nod toward higher education on the whole. But how much more profound would it be if I included some of my activism efforts within NASPA to better support LGBTQIA folks? Perhaps I should talk about how MACUHO has hosted an Inclusion Summit or actively engages professionals across the region to write blogs or articles related to their multifaceted experiences.

Would my new acquaintance shy away or be intrigued by the complexity of our field?

Let us all admit that, as a society, we have a long way to go to become more inclusive. As professionals within colleges and universities, we should light the way toward better ideas and practices, even if we fall short of our goals. A wise mentor reminds me often of the need to ‘trust the process’ of education and not always the result. Sure, we can have strategic plans and learning outcomes for training, but we would be foolish to think that every objective will be met as desired or that every staff member will finish their tenure without any mistakes.

While there are many resources out there for professionals related to equity and inclusion, here are a few that may benefit your staff: • Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI): sjti.org • Diverse Issues in Higher Education: diverseeducation.com • ACPA presentations on Diversity and Inclusion: videos.myacpa.org/ category/diversity-inclusion/page/2 • NASPA’s identity-based constituent groups: naspa.org/focus-areas/equity-and-diversity • Southern Poverty Law Center (Speak Up Training): splcenter.org/20150126/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry I implore you to take some of the time over the summer to reflect upon your own purpose and values, refreshed with the wisdom gained after years of serving your students and staff. Continue to push yourself beyond what has always been with the hope of what can be if you allow yourself the opportunity to include more people and ideas into your work. Ask yourself and your co-workers questions about how you can improve to become more inclusive, modeling the way for your department or division.

It may be beneficial to ask for a departmental discussion with outside consultation if an initiative seems more challenging than only one person can manage. You should know that you are not alone, and that there are many others willing to assist if you ask.

Best,

Brian Medina MACUHO President

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Committee Updates REC Committee Update Chairs: Johnny Kocher, West Virginia University & Nicole Clemson, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

Personal & Professional Development (PPD) Committee Chair: Gina Kiefer, Alvernia University

The last several months with the REC Committee have been exciting and eventful as we have started sending out Spring Academic Excellence Awards and accepted a bid packet for SSLI 2016.

The Academic Excellence Awards again had high participation in the region with recognition going out to 708 staff members from 38 different schools! For SSLI we had 4 amazing bid submissions and at the Summer Summit it was decided that SSLI 2016 would take place at West Virginia University! The REC Committee is also hard at work on the Annual Conference as we finalize our plans for activities to get individuals connected in MACUHO and develop a presence in the common ground room. Finally, REC Committee Co-Chair Johnny recently attended the NACURH National Conference at the University of Deleware and is bringing back some great ideas for Recognition and Connection in MACUHO. That’s all for now from us but we would like to invite anyone interested in the topics of Recognition, Education, and Connection to join our open REC Committee Conference Calls held monthly. For more information and to get involved with the REC Committee email Johnny or Nicole. See you all soon!

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Hello from the Personal Professional Development (PPD) Committee! There are a few things that we will be focusing on as we all begin preparing for another school year. We will be setting a regular meeting time for all members, which we will hopefully have published in the next edition. Be on the lookout for some more webinars and discussions that we will be facilitating and hosting in the upcoming months! If you have any ideas for topics, let me know. We will begin preparing for the case study competition which is held at the annual conference, and updating our webpage so that new members can have a better understanding of what PPD is and does. If you are passionate, sort of interested, or skilled in any of these areas I would love your help!

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Diversity Committee Update Chairs: Curtis Chan, Rutgers University-New Brunswick & Liz Tuturice, Penn State-Hazleton

Recruitment & Retention Committee Update Chairs: Max Shirey, Kutztown University & Victoria Elisca, Rutgers University-Newark

The Recruitment & Retention Committee has been working hard since our last update. One of the most exciting new updates is that the R&R Committee will have a graduate student liaison position starting this fall! We have created an application and will seek our nominees this summer. Please be on the lookout for an email from MACUHO about this great new initiative!

We have been able to finalize our application timeline for the 2016 Lisa A. Pierce VIPs and are working on the VIP schedule for the 2016 Annual Conference in Hershey, PA. If you know of any undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing Student Affairs and Housing & Residence Life, please encourage them to apply through the MACUHO website when the application opens in August. This is the application timeline: 8/15/2016 – APPLICATION OPENS

9/26/2016 – APPLICATION CLOSES 10/4/2016 – APPLICANTS ARE NOTIFIED OF ACCEPTANCE 10/7/2016 – CONFIRMATION OF ATTENDANCE DUE FROM VIPS We welcome any interested individuals to join the R&R Committee and assist us with the fun new initiatives that we have coming up!

The diversity committee was keeping busy in late spring. In order to create more dialogue and promote diversity and inclusion in our work place, we started a few initiatives. We worked together with Jovin Fernandez, New Jersey Regional Coordinator, to put together a MACUHO Inclusion Summit hosted by Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

David E. Jones was invited to be the guest speakers alongside five panelists. We are also involved in NJCORE by promoting the gender-inclusive bathroom and worked with the host committee to add pronouns on the name tag. In addition, we presented a roundtable “Involvement in Diversity and Social Justice Conversation” discussion with the support of Keywuan Caulk, Amy Miele and Sandra Gilot-West. A few blog posts were published that brought awareness in various topics of diversity. To respond to the Orlando shooting, we worked with our President Brian Medina to draft the letter to MACUHO community to show solidarity to those affected. We are planning to continually be involved in Philly Exchange and NJCORE in summer and make the Gender-Inclusive Bathroom and gender pronouns as the regular practice for all MACUHO events. Also, we will need more support for our summer plans that involves a lot of branding and sharing of resources such as diversity training.

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NACURH Meets MACUHO By: Jacklyn Gentile, University of Maryland-College Park

R-O-C-K, YOU ROCK! R-O-C-K, YOU ROCK! R-O-C-K, YOU ROCK! AS AN ADVISOR WITH A DELEGATION OF STUDENTS, LEARNING CHANTS, CHEERS, AND DANCES IS A PART OF NACURH AND BECOMES YOUR LIFE FOR A FEW MAGICAL DAYS. WEARING A TUTU ALSO HELPS! NACURH, or the National Association of College and University Residence Halls, Inc., is the national residence hall association that represents all on-campus students. There are eight regional affiliates and two corporate offices that comprise the association, (NACURH, Inc., 2016a). All of the MACUHO member states and the District of Columbia are a part of CAACURH, the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. Ohio also is a part of CAACURH, (NACURH, Inc., 2016b). The national conference, or NACURH Conference is held annually at a school that successfully completed the bidding process and was awarded the ability to host the conference. While regional and national leadership arrive days ahead of time, the conference traditionally starts on a Friday afternoon and officially ends late Sunday evening or Monday morning. It is a full weekend of programming, large gatherings, and CHEERING!

While the conference did not start until June 24 at the University of Delaware, the advising experience starts well before conference time. Advisors of conference delegations must apply and be selected at my institution. The NCC, or National Communications Coordinator, for our Residence Hall Association (RHA) selects advisors and delegates based on applications. One or two advisors, the NCC, National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) representative, RHA President, and other delegates typically attend the conference depending on resources available to send the delegation to the conference. This year, the University of Maryland, College Park brought a total of 10 people, two advisors, one NCC, one NRHH representative, an RHA President designee, and six other delegates.

Planning for the conference started in April with delegation meetings to decide on dress for each day, clothespin decorations, banner and display designs, and to review logistics for travel. As an advisor, it is important to pay attention to which areas the NCC ...continued on Page 10

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is strong, and which may require advisor assistance.

After planning travel, dress, and spirit items, it was time for summer break to begin and to anxiously await the conference! Now that the stage is set, here’s a day in the life of an NACURH delegation advisor!

It is 5:30AM. After a relatively short travel day to the conference and opening ceremonies, the morning alarm came too quickly. At the University of Delaware, gender inclusive bathrooms and single-gender bathrooms, were provided. The bathroom on my traditional floor wing is gender inclusive. I gather my items and meander to the bathroom to prepare for the day. Having never lived in a community bath settings as an undergraduate student, NACURH conferences hosted in residence halls provide insight into how our students function on a daily basis in community bathrooms. No one was in the bathroom.

It’s 5:40AM. After getting ready and preparing my presentation materials for the day, I met my NCC, NRHH rep, and RHA designee for breakfast in the dining hall at 7AM. Everyone going to NACURH Corporate Business meetings needed to attend an information session and be prepared for business. This includes dressing in at least business casual for the information session and business dress for business meetings. The other advisor started breakfast a little later with the other delegates. After breakfast, it was time to move to the business session to review NACURH, Inc. legislation from the past year, which included budgets, programming, and changes to the Bylaws and Policy Book. After spending about an hour in the business meeting, it was time to prepare for my own presentation. As a presenter for the Advisor Resource Training (ART) program through NACURH, I had the opportunity to present to my peers about advising. This year, I was assigned to present the session on Motivation and Recognition. After picking up some much needed caffeine, I proceeded to the ART program area, collected my attendance sheets, and set up my presentation.

The room was full of experienced and new advisors eager to learn how to keep our advisees motivated and engaged. At exactly 10AM, I started my presentation.

While the presentation is pre-set by the ART Program, I brought snacks and rubber duckies to recognize great contributions and people that identified with certain types of recognition. It is a way to put my stamp on a pre-packaged presentation. At 10:50AM, the session ended and it was time to email out resources to those that attended my session, check out the philanthropy dance recordings, and meet my group for lunch. I miss seeing the other delegates at this point since they are in a different lunch group and on a different schedule.

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ART Program sessions, I took the chance to relax and prepare for my presentation the following day. After a couple programming sessions, it was time to meet as a CAACURH region to review our dance and cheers before Roll Call that evening. Roll Call is when each region shows a video and performs some sort of live-action component to complement the video. Roll Call has evolved so much from a simple slide show! After practicing a few times and making sure we all had our shirts, hats, and whistles, it was time to find the shuttle to the dinner and roll call venue. It was easily a mile away, and most delegates did not want to walk that distance in the heat.

We boarded the shuttle, traveled to the venue, picked up our dinner, and enjoyed time as a whole delegation.

We discussed programming and business of the day, and how trading of spirit items such as clothes pins, duckies, and other items was going. After eating, it was time to find our seats in the designated CAACURH section. As the host region, CAACURH was right in the front. Center stage so-to-speak. Delegates and advisors alike spent the free time dancing and doing cheers before the start of Roll Call. Once Roll Call started, each region, office, and leadership boards had their own video. As the host region, we went first. To honor our everyday heroes, and in line with the theme of “Unmask the Super Leader in You”, CAACURH performed a Roll Call featuring the song “Heroes (we could be)” by Alesso, featuring Tove Lo. The song was inspiring and energetic. The other regions get a chance to show off their creative sides, and then we moved into our keynote. It is now 9:15PM. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Maura Cullen, discussed social responsibility, politics, and empowering the leaders of today and tomorrow. The students seemed to have an overall positive reaction, but some were more reserved about the message. After Maura’s powerful keynote presentation, PACURH, the Pacific Affiliate, was announced as the winner of Roll Call.

It was then time to patiently wait for shuttles to return to main campus. The students went to socials, hospitality rooms, and a variety of other events. The advisors went back for the Advisor Social hosted by OCM, or OnCampus Marketing. After waiting for a shuttle, we caught the end of the social, nabbed some snacks, and returned to our traditional hall single rooms. After a long, fun day, it was time to get ready for another long, fun day.

That is just a day in the life of a NACURH conference delegation advisor. There were many other small conversations with colleagues, friends, delegates, and shopping for conference swag. Beyond words, there is something intangible that happens at a conference.

Rejuvenation. Inspiration. Confidence. Simply being yourself. If you are interested in NACURH, CAACURH, the ART Program, or anything else, please feel free

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to contact me or check out nacurh.org, nrhh. nacurh.org, or conference.nacurh.org for more information. To see a video wrap-up of the conference, go here - https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=EaXZZjBWkzM. Get out there and enjoy the conference experience, plus you can wear a tutu if that’s your thing.

Just remember, R-O-C-K, you rock! R-O-C-K, you rock! R-O-C-K, you rock!

NACURH, Inc. (National Association of College and University Residence Hall, Inc). (2016a). About NACURH. Retrieved from http://www.nacurh.org/about NACURH, Inc. (National Association of College and University Residence Hall, Inc). (2016b). About CAACURH. Retrieved from http://www.caacurh.nacurh.org/#!about-us/c92b

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>> FEATURE STORY

MAPC: Looking Back & Planning Ahead By: David Garcia, Rutgers University - Camden

When I arrived solo at the Crowne Plaza, it was a cold March night. I checked into a room, nervously shook a few hands with potential employers, and met with a few familiar faces. However, the stakes were higher for me. I was a last minute throw-in to the fray and the only candidate to arrive from my own university. A few interviews with private and corporate companies had left me disenchanted with the business world, so I decided to stick to what I was naturally good at: Residence Life. I had 12 |

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never attended a conference, let alone one that required a battery of interviews.

Doing what lone wolves naturally do, I got to work‌ starting with observation. A gray notepad in hand, I watched every college and university that filtered into the hotel after me, jotting down leadership styles and general temperaments. For example, I observed that the folks from Stevens Institute of Technology were calm and collected, easy-going and approachable. The leadership from Penn

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State and Morgan State seemed stoic and focused. Rowan had more visibility than any other school. Every now and then, I was afforded a new acquaintance, but it was getting late and everyone was looking for rest.

I found a seat at orientation with others sporting the familiar Rutgers “R” from the Newark campus. I looked around the room at what seemed like hundreds of Resident and Community Assistants, Hall Directors, Resident Directors – all experienced para- and full time professionals – and realized that the competition was admirable. I was used to being the apex challenger at most job interviews, but here I was surrounded by limitless potential and talent. It was intimidating.

We were released with about 7 hours of rest to spare, and I knew at least 2 of those hours would be a majority of the candidates, including myself, burning the midnight oil practicing and researching each school we were gunning to work for.

The first morning started as dilemma of paperclips or staples and a frantic rush to the mailboxes.

Messages in blue and yellow slips were passed here and there to the effects of: “Yes, we would like to interview you.”

“We’ll talk another time, we’re booked now.”

“We’re sorry, you’re not the candidate we need at this time.”

I looked at a modest 3 interviews on my schedule and tried to not let my spirits sink. I was watching some candidates rotate in and out of the interview spaces like servers at a busy restaurant. It was in this down time, however, that I realized something remarkable: The more notes I took, the more I saw the positivity and support Residence

Life offered to its members. In an environment where every candidate was competition, I noticed these wonderful people exchanging information and tips to each other on what they needed to know to excel in their interviews. The recruiters themselves were real, down to earth individuals who were just as anxious about making the right choice as we were about making meaningful dialogues during our interviews. In the waiting room, we clapped and cheered our fellow Residence Lifers on as they walked in and out with hands in the air and smiles on their faces. Recruiters came out to music, presented their mascots proudly, and worked confidence into candidates by offering simple things like a chance to do the wave in the waiting room and even danced in with pompoms to lighten the mood.

By day two, I had 5 more interviews and I was filled with so much confidence and energy that I found myself writing less and laughing with everyone around me more. Fist bumps, high fives, and handshakes were offered at the mailboxes as a sign of warmth. Meals were shared in the same spaces and I could see the electricity of a community that wanted nothing more than to bring light and greatness to itself through human interaction. All the reasons I wanted to stay in the field surrounded me.

My final interview for the day was with Area Director Kaleigh and Resident Director Aisling from Salisbury University. I was charged and prepared for it after some amazing conversation with Salisbury staff in the waiting room. The process became an organic conversation, one that was both enlightening and purposeful. Their school offered a graduate program tailored to my strengths.

Their professionalism was unmatched, and we found an exciting chemistry.

Before MAPC closed, I was offered an on-campus interview on the spot.

If I had to describe MAPC in a few words, I would call it “The Most Supportive Gauntlet I’ve ever been through” (and I’m a military veteran, so that’s saying something). In my 29 years, I’ve never seen so much love for an organization than I have at this MACUHO event. In my opinion, all hiring conferences should be conducted this way. It was this environment that brought out the best in me at Rutgers – Camden, and it was only further amplified in my MAPC experience. I am afforded a peace of mind and sense of duty knowing that so many impeccable individuals are gathered for a common cause, one that relies heavily on drawing human potential through perpetual admiration and respect for one another.

I have recently accepted a job offer as a Resident Director at Salisbury University and am now enrolled in their Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution (CADR) graduate program. I never would have imagined that I would have come so far if it wasn’t for these experiences. I am eager to start, and even more so to be a possible participant or interviewer at MAPC rather than a candidate. What puzzles me now is what I can do to continue to contribute to an already exceptional conference format. However, I am confident that the start of my professional career at Salisbury is going to be worth every moment of learning and will equip me for the next round of MAPC.

“ I never would have imagined that I would have come so far if it wasn’t for these experiences.”

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STU D E NT STO RY TE LLE R S

What’s In a Name?

Did you ever wonder how the building that you work in received its name?

By: Johnny Kocher, Residence Hall Coordinator, West Virginia University

INTRODUCTION Student Storytellers is a continuing initiative from the REC Committee to provide our organization with inspirational and motivational stories from students and staff across the region.

It is our goal to provide recognition to these incredible individuals through their own words, or the words of others, and allow us all to benefit from their positive and encouraging example. Through this recognition we hope to provide education and connection so that as we all share in our stories we all become a closer MACUHO family. Please share your own stories through our online submission form located on the REC Committee Facebook and MACUHO page or by contacting a member of the REC Committee.

Johnny Kocher Residence Life Specialist , West Virginia University, REC Committee Co-Chair

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SINCE I WAS HIRED AT BENNETT TOWER AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, I HAVE STRIVEN TO GIVE IT AN IDENTITY, SOMETHING FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE PROUD OF. It began with the building's name, Thomas Bennett, the high school student from Morgantown, West Virginia who died for his country in Vietnam and earned the Medal of Honor. Tom was a unique man because he refused to carry a weapon due to his religious beliefs. However, this did not prevent him from going to Vietnam. He also refused to allow his friends to be drafted and sent overseas alone. He volunteered as a conscientious objector and became a medic to provide lifesaving assistance to other soldiers. It was while preforming these medic responsibilities that Tom was killed in Vietnam.

For his heroism and complete disregard for his own safety over those of his friends, President Nixon awarded Thomas Bennett the Congressional Medal of Honor. Tom was returned to Morgantown and buried with full military honors.

I was honored this year to meet a member of the Bennett family and receive priceless mementos that will be displayed in Bennett Tower. Future students will always remember why we at Bennett Tower are special and why we are Tower 1 at West Virginia University. No student who lives at Bennett Tower will wonder about our name.

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History was Made!

By: Johnny Kocher, Residence Hall Coordinator, West Virginia University

ON MARCH 17TH 2016, MACUHO HISTORY WAS MADE! AN INCLUSION SUMMIT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY MACUHO’S DIVERSITY COMMITTEE AND NEW JERSEY REGIONAL COORDINATOR. As members of the MACUHO leadership council, we felt there was a strong need and desire to create a safe space for our friends and colleagues in the field to come and share their experiences regarding diversity and inclusion in the work place. “Does your identity work at work?” was the topic of discussion for the 65 attendees who attended and were able to engage in the empowering dialogue that took place.

With the help of our host institution, Rutgers University-New Brunswick and our guest speaker, David E. Jones, along with five seasoned panelists, Brian Medina-Frostburg State University, Keywuan J. Caulk-Rutgers University New Brunswick, Curtis Chan-Rutgers University New Brunswick, Meghan L. Sooy-The College of New Jersey and Crystal Lopez-Caldwell University, we were able to have an unforgettable event that captured many different aspects of identity and inclusion. Through feedback, it was evident that events such as this one are greatly appreciated because it gives professionals an opportunity to openly discuss a very real and relevant topic that impacts us not just in the workplace but outside of it as well. Understanding that sometimes a lack of support for those belonging to certain marginalized groups does exist, we as an association wanted to be a catalyst and help create a stronger support system for those who need it.

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ested in learning more about other upcoming diversity initiatives, or would like to become involved with the diversity committee, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Co-Chairs of this committee (Curtis Chan and Liz Tuturice) to express your interest! If you are interested in getting more involved in the New Jersey regional offering, please contact Regional Coordinator Jovin Fernandez.

Special thanks again to all those who helped to make this event possible and more importantly, thank you to those who attended! We greatly appreciate your time and support!

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Summer Internships at Stevens Institute of Technology My Summer Internship in the Office of Residence Life at Stevens Institute of Technology By: Valentyna Yasinka, Lower Campus Summer Intern

THIS SUMMER I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM AND WORK ALONGSIDE EXPERIENCED AND DEDICATED STAFF FROM THE OFFICE OF RESIDENCE LIFE AT STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. As a rising second year graduate student in Higher Education Administration at CUNY Baruch College, I wanted to gain experience and knowledge about various functional areas of student affairs. Through this internship, I was able to accomplish that and much more. Through the summer, I had opportunity to be on call, learn how to manage crisis when it occurs and assist with various research projects.

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sionals put in voluntarily to make the annual conference successful. During the Summit, I was able to connect with professionals outside of the tristate area and learn about how each institution operates uniquely.

Throughout the internship program, we had weekly professional development meetings that included professionals from Residence Life, Student Life, Greek Life and Pre-College Programs. I enjoyed learning about student affairs areas such as Greek Life and Pre-College Programs and the important role they play on campus. I was able to gain insight into roles and positions I didn’t previously consider when entering graduate school. Steven was very supporting and gave us projects based on our interests as well. Personally, I was interested to learn more about Title IX and was given the opportunity to help Dr. Kristie Damell (Assistant Dean & Title IX Coordinator) on a campus wide bystander intervention video; I had the fun task of making an empty Hayden Hall room look like it would normally look throughout the academic year – decorated, lived-in and realistic. I was also able to do research and look into how institutions handle cases and how they keep their students safe.

I wouldn’t change anything about my experience this summer at Stevens Institute of Technology. The opportunities that were offered and the support from Stevens staff I received were irreplaceable. I am confident to say that I have a new perspective and a more well-rounded professional and student as I enter my second year of graduate schools because of this experience.

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My Summer Internship at Stevens Institute of Technology By: Victoria Walker, Summer Intern

AS A RISING SENIOR AT KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, I AM AT THIS AWKWARD MOMENT IN MY EDUCATION AND LIFE WHERE I NEED TO HAVE MY LIFE TOGETHER; I AM STILL WORKING ON THAT LIKE MOST OF US. I have enjoyed my time at Kutztown because I had the unique opportunity of creating an internship for myself in our Residence Life Department, holding two jobs at the same time, on top of that holding elected board positions, and making Dean’s List for an entire academic year.

When I was thinking about how I wanted to spend my “last” summer, the last place I thought I would end up is Hoboken, New Jersey. One day my advisor for my National Residence Hall Honorary chapter forwarded us an email about a summer Resident Director Internship position, I followed the links and researched the school and knew I had to apply.

After being interviewed by Steven Couras and then being offered the job, I was overwhelmed with a range of emotions.

I was going to be moving away from my friends/family and put into a strange city; however, I was going to be given the opportunity to make memories that will last me a lifetime.

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making some sort of a difference. I get to help answer questions for their students, learn from some of the best professionals in the field, but most importantly, I get to see myself in a role beyond student staff. I am a professional here, and as a 21 year old knowing that someone believed in me enough to give me this chance is something I will always be thankful for.

This entire experience is something that makes me thankful; something that really stands out though was when my fellow summer interns and I were invited to attend the MACUHO Summer Summit. I was surrounded by some of the strongest leaders and advocates I have ever met in my life.

What was even more amazing and awe inspiring was although I am not going into this field those sitting around the table treated me no differently than a peer. I was able to connect with people from institutions that I had not even heard of and see what it is truly like being a professional in this field of work.

Going from a student staff member to a summer internship in the field has been the best experience anyone could have asked for. This internship has taught me a lot and they are lessons that I can take with me, not only in my senior year, but life as well. I am thankful that I opened up that email my advisor sent me. I am thankful for all of those I have met at Stevens and everyone who attended the Summer Summit.

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Creating a Culture of Excellence

by Chris Ferraro, Residence Life Coordinator at Towson University Dominique Overman, Resident Assistant at Towson University

DOUGLASS HOUSE FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS AT TOWSON UNIVERSITY IN AUGUST 2011, JOINING A HOUSING PROGRAM OF OVER 5000 STUDENTS AND 16 RESIDENCE HALLS (AS OF FALL 2016). Commonly referred to as Douglass, the L-shaped residence hall houses 350 students in double occupancy rooms and has a staff of 24. Home to the Honors Housing Residential Learning Community, students from all class years reside within the community, with the majority being first and second year students within the Honors College. Throughout the course of its 5 year history, Douglass has developed a culture that embodies a family feel combined with excellence. Â As you look to plan ahead for the 2016-2017 academic year, Douglass House Staff take a look back to share successful components that can be adapted to enhance your community or team as you strive for excellence.

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Create a Shared Vision

In order to achieve success, it is important to establish with your staff, what success looks like. According to Former Major League Baseball player Yogi Berra, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” Outlining where you want to go and what you want to achieve can be done through a staff or community vision.

When creating a staff vision, there are a few elements to consider. First and foremost, consider the question “what drives your larger organization?” Understanding the environment of where your community is a part of is very important. Douglass has worked to establish a guiding principle each year. However, as our Department changed over time, so did the process for the Douglass vision. Prior to 2014, at the start of each year, the staff would work develop a vision of what they wanted the community and their service to embody. Throughout those years, the vision included concepts such as “accountability,” “support,” and “being welcoming.” Continuity came from the professional staff member putting forth a family feel and strive for excellence. The vision was drafted and created into a visual poster that was displayed at the front desk as a constant reminder for staff and students.

For the past two years our Department had enacted a guiding vision and core values that would apply to how we would engage our community. This change shifted the process for Douglass to not create a separate vision but to take the core values and discuss how Douglass would implement them in our work with students. It was important to achieve clarity for staff and students to move forward during this time period.

In either case, crucial for success in this area is ensuring that the outlook is shared. ALL staff must be involved or have a voice in the planning process in order gain positive buy in from those directly responsible for carrying it out. This can be challenging to arrange, especially depending on staff size, but can still set a positive tone for the year ahead. For Douglass, this conversation occurred during Community Center (front desk staff) training, which occurred after Resident Assistant training prior to move-in.

The Staff is the Lifeline to Success

Businessman Carlos Ghosn said, “Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of your company.” This is something that Douglass has embodied to its core every year. Maintaining constant, if not daily, emphasis on the dynamics or pulse of the staff team is essential for positive results. With the nature of the difficult yet rewarding work in the residence halls, the Douglass Staff focuses on being a family. Achieving a family involves several different elements beyond a beginning proclamation. There is constant contact among the staff,

whether it be social or informational. This allows for continual reminders of being on the team and for a fun atmosphere to be around and find support and trust in. The interactions may be formally planned, such as a staff meeting or impromptu, such as a late night trip to get food. The staff development committee helps plan social and educational activities to help the staff progress.

The group is also responsible for planning out the monthly all staff meetings.

Having this face time is essential to maintaining connections developed from summer trainings.

It can be difficult to arrange with a large team but very important to make a priority.

Pursuing a family feel among the staff has brought about amazing results throughout Douglass’s history. A connected and supportive staff family energizes the staff to fulfill their roles. Many of the RA staff set out to create such an environment in their floor community.

The liveliness of the staff has also been a magnet to recruiting a strong employee base as well. Many members in the community pursue roles with the Department.

While they do not all not end up being hired or hired to other residence halls, many of these students have used what they have learned and seen to spread the Douglass way across the entire campus. The students that do come on to serve the community in Douglass seek to continually raise the standard of performance each year. This only occurs because of the strong cohesion of the staff family.

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only effective, it is educational and leads to more growth and development. Staff or their feedback play a prominent role in decision making as well. Providing this true ownership and empowerment yields a high-level of buy-in from the team; the same team that is hired to serve the community. The results every year are remarkable.

With a tight-knit staff being formed each year, ensuring that there is appropriate closure at the end of the year is very important to help manage the emotions that come with. Such closure should shut the door on the respective year but not to the hall community at large. Encouraging staff to stay connected is very fulfilling and allows staff to continually impact future members and bring back great experience to the community. Planning reunions or targeting staff to come back to participate in leadership events has led to positive outcomes.

Overall, never forget the importance of your staff family in the residence hall and great things will follow.

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Earning success begins with utilizing success outlets.

If your campus utilizes Of the Month Awards (OTM) through the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH), encouraging the submission of OTMs nominations enables campus, and potentially regional and national recognition of happenings and members in the community. Categories range from RA of the month to educational program of the month to first year student of the month. Within Douglass, all student and professional staff are required to submit one OTM a month and work to encourage residents to submit as well. While requiring recognition can be a questionable strategy, doing so increases pride while creating an environment of recognition where students and staff will be conscious of the positive things occurring in the environment.

In addition to OTMs, encouraging staff members and leading by example as a supervisor, are ways to earn successes. Staff and community members are encouraged to nominate peers for campus awards and opportunities. On Towson’s campus, there is an annual Student Leadership Award Ceremony, where many members of the Douglass community are nominated and attended to support their peers.

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but to ensure that your community and team are always a part of the conversation. Beyond existing formal recognition, you can always to look to create methods of acknowledgment. In the past, Douglass RAs have been particularly proud of the visual presence created in the community from bulletin boards to entire hallway decorations. Something as simple as having your campus photographer come in to take professional photos to share or having your team walk to view the work that has been done adds to a positive vibe in the community.

Celebrate Success

After the hard work is completed, the grades are in, and the awards have been won, celebrating successes ensures a long-lasting culture of excellence. Recognizing successes gives students, staff, and the community fulfillment that their time invested in accomplishing goals is appreciated. Additionally, in a community where individuals congratulate one another, there is an essence of support present. The celebration and recognition encourages others to achieve their goals, enabling more excellence to be present within the community.

Within individual communities, excellence is celebrated in many ways. In Douglass, there are a total of 10 study lounges. Within each study lounge RAs have a display of academic successes.

Examples include “Brag Boards” and “Proud Mom Fridges”, where residents

can display good grades on exams and assignments, and other academic successes, such as obtaining internships.

RAs are encouraged to execute “Support Community Engagement Opportunities” where RAs attend, with residents, a program to support another resident each semester. An example includes attending a sports event where a resident is on the team and advertising that the community will be attending in support of that resident.

Within the larger community of Douglass, excellence is celebrated by displaying it in the lobby. Within the lobby we have a Shelf of Excellence. Here, OTM certificates, Building Council Awards, and even the field day champion trophy from RA Training is displayed. Having the a display in the lobby allows for residents to have conversations about the different awards and serve as reminders for goals as residents leave the building on their ways to class and work. The Douglass Staff also has a recognition committee that executes building wide recognition, such as a Douglass House Catch of the Week, a resident of the week that is determined by nominations submitted at the Community Center, and OTM tabling. Identifying areas in

your hall or office to share successes will not only allow you to group and easily see what successes you had but also to provide artifacts to the community or organizational culture for current and new community members or guests to see.

We enable the family feel to grow further from the success by also sharing the successes within the family. RAs host closing programs that review the year’s successes and highlights the excellence that was fostered within the community. At the end of the year, Douglass’s supervisor goes staff member by staff member to share with the group each staff member’s greatest successes of the year.

This furthers the family dynamic, celebrates successes, and establishes a tradition that returning staff can look forward to as they continue the community of excellence as years go on.

In closing, we hope that as you plan for the coming year that focusing in on the four areas discussed that you can enhance the culture of your residence hall or team for the year ahead and beyond!

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Walls to Halls a HUGE Success –

Seton Hill University Sheds Light on Using Older Residence Halls to Reach the Needs of Current Students By: Jenna Konyak, Seton Hill University

SETON HILL UNIVERSITY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MACUHO’S HOUSING & FACILITIES OPERATIONS (HFO) COMMITTEE, HOSTED THE MOST RECENT WALLS TO HALLS EVENT THIS PAST APRIL. The theme was "Back to the Future: Today’s Students in Yesterday’s Buildings." There were approximately 17 people in attendance that enjoyed a hearty discussion, extensive residence hall tour, and pleasant lunch together. Attendees focused their time on themes surrounding the use of old residence hall facilities and their impact on the current student.

Seton Hill University (Seton Hill) is a small, liberal arts institution rich in Catholic tradition. Seton Hill provides education for approximately 2,200 undergraduate, graduate, and adult students in science, business, and visual and performing arts. Out of the 2,200 students, approximately 830 of them live on campus. The institution grounds much of its daily activities in its traditions and connection to the Sisters of Charity, the founders of the institution. The employees strive to reach the goals of the originator, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, who is quoted saying “I would wish to fit you for that world in which you are destined to live.”

History and Tour The Walls to Halls attendees enjoyed seeing the rich history of the residence halls firsthand. Seton Hill University houses its students in buildings where the sun shines through large wooden shutters, and students rest their feet on original wooden floors. The attendees basked in the gothic feel of the buildings with intricate stained glass panels and era architecture. Furthermore, the attendees were pleased to see original bathroom and bedroom fixtures still being used!

The Office of Residence Life of Seton Hill University believes that learning about the different residence halls is most exciting through a snapshot of the university’s history regarding housing. The following information should be credited to the Seton Hill University Archives.

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Seton Hill got its start in 1882 when Mother Superior Aloysia Lowe of the Sisters of Charity purchased farmland on top of a hill in Greensburg, PA where a Mother House for the local Sisters could reside. The house was named “Seton Hill” in honor of Elizabeth Ann Seton, the founder of the Sisters of Charity.

Over the next year, Seton Hill became the location for St. Joseph Academy, a boarding school for girls. By the end of the 1880’s, St. Joseph Academy would become so popular that the Sisters outgrew the space in the original house. The first academic building, The Administration Building, was opened in 1889. The Sisters witnessed every step of the process and even cemented old newspapers, coins, and letters into the corner stones.

Maura Hall (housing approximately 80 beds in traditional doubles, triples, and quads with communal bathrooms), the first residence hall, was built in 1908. Sisters resided in these bed spaces while pursuing advanced degrees to be able to teach college level courses. Soon after, in 1914, Seton Hill Junior College opened its doors and chartered as an official college 4 years later in 1918 (Seton Hill College). The first degrees offered were in arts, music, and home economics. Seton Hill College would get its start by providing bachelor’s degrees to only women.

In 1920, Lowe Hall, the first official student residence hall, was opened. This building also holds the campus dining hall. Lowe Hall soon had a mirrored twin, Canevin Hall, 4 years later. These 2 residence halls connect in the shape of a “V”. Overall, Canevin and Lowe Hall (known as Main Complex) hold 143 student beds as single rooms with communal bathrooms on each floor.

Seton Hill College was growing in population and decided to close St Joseph’s Academy for Girls in 1947.

It was full steam ahead with the college! Seton Hill officials realized that they needed more space for which the growing student body could live, and built Havey Hall in 1958. Havey Hall was named after the first president of the college, Mother Mary Joseph Havey, and currently holds 127 first-year students in traditional double/triple rooms with communal bathrooms.

Males were first allowed to enter residence halls in 1964.

Fathers of students and other male relatives were invited to view (7-9 pm only) the Christmas decorations adorned on doorways in celebration for the upcoming season.

These new social advances continued to build the popularity of Seton Hill College and the institution opened its next residence hall, Brownlee Hall, in 1965. Brownlee Hall currently houses 183 first-year students in traditional doubles with communal bathrooms.

It would be another 20 years before Seton Hill College would accept male students in the School of Fine Arts and allow them to live on campus. The late 1980s were a great time in Seton Hill’s history because it began the institu-

tion’s journey to becoming coeducational. However, it would not be until 2002 when Seton Hill College would be granted University status by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and officially become Seton Hill University.

This was the official mark of becoming coeducational in all academic programs.

The institution’s great academic growth alerted officials to build more residence halls. The 2 newest residence halls, Farrell Hall and DeChantal Hall, were built in 2004 and 2005 respectively. Combined, these 2 residence halls house over 250 students in suite style housing.

In 2013, Seton Hill became an Apple Distinguished

Institution, equipping students with state-ofthe-art equipment (each eligible new student gets a new Macbook and iPad on move-in day). This was one of the factors the further developed the institution. Last year, the institution opened its new science building as well as its new dance and visual arts center, located in downtown Greensburg.

The new academic buildings and technological upgrades have increased student interest in Seton Hill University. Increased student interest means an increased need in student housing. Temporary plans have included partnering with the YMCA located downtown and opening guest housing to students. Seton Hill University have plans to either build new partnerships or build new residence hall(s) to accommodate the ...continued from Page 28 MACU HO

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increased interest in student housing. It will be interesting to see how the institution can combine its rich history with the ever-changing needs of students.

Themes and Discussion Various themes were discussed during Walls to Halls. While multiple characteristics were explored, some of the most prevalent themes discussed during the event included: electricity, safety and security, and furniture and amenities.

ELECTRICITY Many campuses with old buildings have found themselves struggling with electrical capacity. Walls to Halls attendees discussed the difficulty of maintaining current needs of students, such as charging multiple devises at once, or allowing microwaves and other appliances in the rooms, with the circuits from yesteryear. It is important to think outside of the box and remember these electrical shortcomings when trying to accommodate the needs and wants of students.

SAFETY & SECURITY Needless to say, older buildings did not come equipped with the safety and security of newer buildings. Attendees recognized that older buildings lack the state-of-the-art security cameras and safety measures that newer buildings come equipped with when their doors open. Discussions around suggesting setting aside budget money for camera equipment or working with Campus Security/Police to do added rounds of the buildings were had.

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FURNITURE & AMENITIES Furniture and amenities from older buildings bring their own spice to the party. For instance, residence halls built in the 1950’s/1960’s, have furniture that is built into the structure of the building. Or, residence halls most likely supply communal bathrooms. Both of these concepts are not inline with current wants of incoming students. Various attendees shared their institutions’ experiences with renovations that kept the historical integrity of the buildings but provided residents amenities like semi-private, gender neutral bathrooms and modern, adjustable bedroom furniture.

It is important on the part of residence life professionals to embrace the historical background of their housing amenities and help the students see the same pride and joy that you do.

Overall, the event was a success! The attendees spent the day learning from one another. It was a great reminder than getting together with peers provides an opportunity for support and growth. The Office of Residence Life at Seton Hill University thanks those who attended the Walls to Halls event and hopes to remain in contact as new discoveries rise out of older residence halls. If you are interested in being a part of these types of events in the future, please think about joining MACUHO’s HFO Committee by contacting the HFO Committee Chair, Jan Everett at ejm140@psu.edu.

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Plant Your Roots:

How I Learned how to Transition into a New Role By: Zeke Montgomery, Gwynedd Mercy University

I JUST RECENTLY STARTED AS A RESIDENT DIRECTOR AT GWYNEDD MERCY UNIVERSITY. BEING MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL POSITION, I KNEW THAT THE TRANSITION WOULD BE DIFFICULT. On top of that, I started at the end of the first semester. There was a huge learning curve for me, but the professional staff here made my transition almost seamless.

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planned a two week training period for me. They scheduled my days so that I would meet with each of them, administrators in other departments, and I would learn the basics of the Residence Life department. They spent time explaining the judicial process, the programming model, the office basics, and gave me time to get acclaimated in my office. I never felt rushed, and they really worked with me to see what my comfort level was early on. I shadowed the Associate Director (who also oversaw the RA staff in the building that I would oversee) for the first few staff meetings, and she met with me daily to go over different aspects of the position.

I was lucky, in that it was the end of the semester so everything was beginning to slow down and I was able to transition at my own pace. I took the time to ask questions and really get to know the department. One thing I learned through my internship (Stevens Institute of Technology) was that the most important thing you can do when newly hired is to spend the first few months learning the institution. Doing that is easier than it sounds. I came in to this position with so many ideas and so much drive, that I often had to take a step back and look at the big picture.

The first thing I realized was that I was there for the foreseeable future. The past year of my life was full of change. In the course of a few months, I had lived in two states and had four jobs. I forgot what it was like to take my time to learn about the place I was at. I grew accustomed to the feeling that I only had a short time to make my mark, and it took me a few weeks to grow into the idea that I would be at Gwynedd Mercy University for a period of time. During one of my one on one’s with my Associate Director, I discussed this feeling that I had. We talked and she told me that this was the perfect time to lay down some professional roots. You don’t just become a professional, you grow into it. I learned that it was okay to make some mistakes, as long as I reflected on them and grew from those experiences.

Gwynedd Mercy University has given me the opportunity to grow and transition into the professional world. I am able to plant my professional roots here and learn about the culture of the University and learn more about my field. Through meaningful conversations with my Director of Residence Life, Bryan Dunphy-Culp, about the field and how to become an increasingly better leader and professional, and constructive conversations with my Associate Director, Michelle Murray, about my new role as a Residence Director, I have been able to plant my professional roots and begin to grow in the professional I want to be.

“ You don’t just become a professional, you grow into it. I learned that it was okay to make some mistakes, as long as I reflected on them and grew from those experiences.”

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Catch the Craze…

Pokémon Go on College Campuses Columnist: Don Brennan, Alvernia University & MACUHO Magazine Managing Editor

I AM A POKÉMON MASTER! Or at least I think I am. As a young introverted kid, I found a hobby I would take into adulthood when I picked up my Gameboy in the late 90s and started playing Pokémon Red for the first time and selected my starter Pokémon (Charmander, obviously). It was perfect because I could immerse myself in the videogame world and close myself off from reality. Unbeknownst to me at the time, Pokémon would do exactly the opposite for me. At a time of crises in my young teen life (moving away from my hometown and starting at a new school), Pokémon became the tool to which I connected to people and made new friends.

It became a commonality to help build bridges and connect to people. A talking point to make my introverted-self feel comfortable and let down my walls for people to get to know me.

This would become a skill I would need to learn for success in life.

Today, the tool looks a little different but the goal is the same. Although I don’t walk into a professional setting and begin talking about how Infernape is the best Pokémon, new tools (i.e. Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to get Away with Murder, Once Upon a Time, Quantico, etc.) achieve the unthinkable task of letting me feel comfortable in social settings and more quickly connect to someone. I am writing about how I am a 30 year old man who still plays Pokémon, excited about the release of Pokémon Sun and Moon, because it taught me an invaluable lesson that can be applied to community building. In addition, the recent release of Pokémon Go, a global phenomenon in less than a week, has given me some ideas for reaching residents and community building.

I have been shocked over the past few weeks at what Pokémon Go has done for my residential neighborhood and greater local community. I have connected to residents I have never spoken to before. I have built stronger relationships with some of my student staff. I have felt completely comfortable walking up to a stranger and asking, “what color team are you?” I have been able to explore Reading, PA in a new way.

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How can we use this phenomenon to help serve as a catalyst to help connect our residents to the community?

1. C ONSIDER INCLUDING POKÉMON GO IN YOUR PASSIVE PROGRAMMING Hanging up a Most Wanted Pokémon each week for residents to search for and hunt will promote engagement in the campus community and local community. It could also create some connections as residents try to assist each other in capturing the Pokémon. By including elements of the game in the physical space of the building, you may make residents who play the game feel instantly welcome to the hall. I read an article that suggested including charging stations in buildings to promote connection to players. (Simple actions promote inclusion in the community).

2. P ROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING THROUGH THE GAME et some steps goals for your residents to reach.

S Over the past five days, I have been averaging about 15,000 steps per day. In a society where a Fitbit is a fashion accessory, set daily step goals with the game and challenge players. Create a bulletin board on the fitness benefits of the game.

In conclusion, I would ask that if you take anything from my rant it is that Pokémon is amazing. Actually, it would be that the most important part of building community is demonstrating effort to reach out to others and include them in the community. Small acts can lead to inclusion. Making a cognitive effort to try and meet residents where they are can go a long way. Simply showing an effort will cause your residents to feel some responsibility in connecting to the community because you showed them you cared.

3. UTILIZE COMPETITION

Although others may say competition is a bad thing, it can help to break down walls. Use the color team feature of the game to promote inclusion and teamwork between residents. It’s all in good fun and residents will be inspired through competition to build stronger relationships with their fellow hall mates.

4. PROMOTE EXPLORATION

Feeling connected to the local community can also help students feel connected to their residence hall. Give residents a map of local Pokéstops and Gyms. Offer advice on great locations for gathering items and areas to find specific Pokémon. Get your residents out to the local community and connecting beyond campus.

5. PROMOTE CAMPUS PRIDE

Have your residents take pride in their campus.

Promote involvement in the game on campus and have your residents protect local Gyms. Have your residents work together to ensure that they are leading their local Gyms. Use lures to have your residents playing the game come out and socialize/mingle.

Additional resources for using Pokémon Go on campuses are listed below: Including Pokéstops on Maps: http://campusbird.com/collegesadd-pokemon-go-interactive-campus-maps/ 10 Ways to Use Pokémon Go on Campus: https://kasandreasereno.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/10-ways-to-use-pokemon-go-oncampus/ Pokémon Themed Campus Tours: http://www.fastweb.com/college-search/articles/college-offering-pokemon-go-themed-campus-tours Security Concerns: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/07/19/college-bans-pok%C3%A9mon-go-parts-campus

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The Balance of Work & Life (Present & Post College) By: Jillian Sitjar, Georgetown University

“Dartying,” daytime partying, is a regular occurrence on college campuses. It’s almost expected. We see it in movies, TV shows, stories our older siblings tell us during vacation breaks. It happens everywhere all over the country. However, some schools experience it less than others. At my alma mater, our big “darty” was Homecoming Day. It wasn’t about the football game or the alumni returning home to campus; it was about waking up early for kegs and eggs with your best friends to drink and roam around campus to different parties. I invested in a megaphone, twice, so I could be the loudest person on Homecoming Day. I thought to myself, “Wow, I will never do this again,” then I entered the world of student affairs.

This past year as a new professional at Georgetown University, I worked as a Community Director in Residential Living.

I overlook and live in an apartment-style community with less than five hundred student residents. In many ways, I’m in college again; my neighbors are all between the ages of 19-22, drink Natty Light and Burnetts, and have a loose definition of sleep. On the other hand, I have about four more years of life experience and two degrees, giving me the upperhand. Yet at times, I feel like I’m still a student and regress back to my college days. In higher education and student affairs, we’re told to meet students where they are and see their perspective. However, what happens if this happens so often that you remain at this level?

I meet with students on a daily basis for numerous reasons: facilities issues, roommate problems, conduct hearings, etc. While each meeting varies, the formula is the same: actively listen to what the other person is saying, affirm

how they’re feeling, provide input and guidance, get feedback, make a plan, and follow up. The key ingredient is the affirming piece. When you have empathy and listen to what the student is saying and even relate to them on some level, the conversation shifts immensely. For example, this past year my community had some problems with hot water and Winter Storm Jonas postponed the delivery for the necessary piece to resolve the issue. As a result, hot water was limited during the cold month of January and I had many complaints from students and parents. Since I also lived in the community, I was able to relate with the students’ frustrations but also provide alternatives like showering at the gym or during non-peak hours.

Because I shared that same experience and was living their complaints, they listened to what I had to say and we were able to move forward together. ...continued from Page 37

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Sometimes it’s second-nature to relate with students.

After all, they’re a few years younger than some of us and we technically fall under the vague “Millennial” generation.

I blend in with my residents and often get my ID doublechecked at the gym because I am listed as staff or when I announce that I am the professional staff member when responding to an emergency scene. It becomes challenging to remember that I am not a student when college students constantly surround me. I consider myself up-to-date on what is considered “cool” and at times try to seek validation from my RA staff members. Has living oncampus as a professional staff member brought me back to college round two?

Whenever my friends visited me, they were always curious about living on a college campus. They missed the feeling of walking around and seeing people you knew, unlimited food at cafeterias, and the idea that you will never experience these college years again. They loved it and for a little bit, they also felt like they were back at college and we reenacted some of the things we did in our college years. However, once the weekend was over, their vacation into “college life” ended and they returned back to their real “adult lives,” but I was still here. I’m not sure if every new professional live-on staff member feels this way or if applies to all student affairs staff, but how does the college environment shape the way we view and think about the world? Are we more likely to engage in cliques and gossip because we mimic our students? Think about the times there have been posts on the Student Affairs Facebook Page or on Yik Yak, monkey see, monkey do. The myth of work life balance has always surrounded student affairs, but what about work, life, and our old college life?

A few weeks ago was Georgetown Day, our big “darty” of the year. I woke up early to go for a run and saw some youths decked out in Georgetown attire with Frisbees in hand. On my run to the monuments, I reflected on my growth since I was in college and the levels of discernment in decisions that I have made, both good and bad. I ate a tofu scramble (sans eggs and kegs) and put on my Georgetown University polo to begin morning rounds. There were times throughout the day where I wished I was on the other side partying and celebrating the end of the year, but I embraced that I had my fun already. It is time to pass the torch.

As I close out the end of my first year as a new professional, I will challenge myself to continue being the author of my own life, Baxter-Magolda, and not those surrounding me. While it is beneficial to connect with students and validate their experiences, make sure not to lose sight of who you are and all that you have accomplished. One of my colleagues held a megaphone in his hand while taking a quick lunch break before returning to the big rooftop party in his community. I turned to him and smiled, “I had a megaphone once.”

Painted Nails

By Brian Medina, Frostburg State University

Colorful hues, purple and red, blue and green Sunlight flickering, dancing, joyous A blend of rainbow love Expressions, identities, and intersectionality In other words, a spectrum of me So symbolic are the painted nails Am I gay? Am I a woman?

Or just an individual caught in assumptions?

My gender is fluid, hard to define Why pinpoint something so complex?

No. I am not gay, but I do love some men.

I am not a woman, but I enjoy being more feminine.

In my opinion, your stares show your ignorance.

For this world has greater diversity than you understand Not to meet quotas or to have a ‘gay friend.’

So when you comment on my nails Let’s talk color combinations, clashing or complimentary Or we could go deeper, and show you really do care

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Equity Versus Equality in Job Action By: Candace Human, Stockton University

We have all seen the cartoon with three people trying to watch a baseball game from behind a fence depicting the idea of equity versus equality. If you have not, a former colleague of mine used to share a metaphor depicting the same idea: Equality is telling a group of people that you are buying them all new shoes and then giving everyone women’s size six. Equity is giving everyone shoes as promised, but in sizes that fit them (which for me is far from a size six).

As supervisors, we are charged with responding appropriately to any variety of concerns involving our staff members. These situations can often be difficult to navigate and sometimes require job action.

Imagine a scenario where a staff member was found responsible for a Code of Conduct violation.

The supervisor may default to the idea that identical responses from past incidents are necessary for consistency.

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Is there room for personalizing job action for a high-performing staff member versus a low-performing staff member? Can job action vary if there is some extenuating circumstance relating to the behavior? Are sanctioning charts and guidelines that structure an “equal”, cookie cutter response the way to go?

An effective response to performance concerns lies somewhere in between rigid structure and lenient flexibility. Consider a hybrid model that is reflective of departmental standards and expectations, while also constructively resonating with the staff member.

As student affairs professionals, we preach the idea of educational responses and “aha moment “ conversations for our students. We work hard to salvage relationships and create opportunities between our students and their goals.

Ultimately, supervisors must determine the best response for the department and student body’s wellbeing. Often, these decisions are under the watchful eye of other staff members which adds pressure for strict equality as it relates to sanctioning. It can be a thin line between reparable and unrecoverable decisions or mistakes when it comes to our trusted staff, but well-tailored sanctioning has the power to create a resonating response.

When considering equity, some questions are relevant for both staff disciplinary decisions and standard student conduct hearings: • Is the policy known and understood by the community and individual?

• K nowing that students have a wide range of learning styles, is there a chance that this could be a learning moment in terms of the policy or procedure?

• How egregious was the lapse in judgment that took place?

• W hat implications does it have for the community, department, staff, and the individual themselves?

Always remember to listen to your staff member or student: • Listen to what they are telling you about their situation.

• Understand what factors may have resulted in their decision making.

• Determine whether there is a need for a specific lesson.

• Consider all resources to develop intentional sanctioning.

Job action decisions can be harder than standard conduct decisions because of the relationships that we build with our teams. Those personal and developmental relationships are why tailoring our responses is more effective than a no questions asked, inflexible sanctioning approach. With the mission and integrity of the department on the line, job action decisions should not be made without the consideration of our staff members’ needs and opportunities for growth.

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The Clock is Ticking: How do we remain successful when time becomes an even bigger commodity?

By Tina Tormey, Director of Residential Education The College of New Jersey

In 2005, I was fresh out of grad school (with 4 years of solid pre-master’s professional experience under my belt) when I was offered an Assistant Director position for $19,000 a year. I was expected to be in the office at least 30 hours a week, I was on duty one night per week and one full weekend every 5 weeks. During duty, I was restricted to campus, tied to a walkie-talkie and expected to do roves with the student staff. Although my title was assistant director, I also served as a residence director and coordinated our first year program. On a slow week, it was easy to rack up more than 40 hours a week, especially if you count the duty hours in accordance with the Department of Labor’s duties test.

For nearly two years, I juggled being live-in staff with a part time job at Starbucks, questioning whether I made the right career choice. My job at Starbucks provided me with an escape from campus, but was also a financial necessity as those student loan bills started rolling in.

Don’t get me wrong: I have been fortunate enough to live on campus and escape the realities of rent, unpredictable utility costs and incredible savings (in time and money) on commuting expenses. There are many newer professionals in functional areas outside of housing who have had similar salaries to me without the perks of the living accommodations—if you look at my leadership/ campus center colleagues, many of them also work crazy hours at nighttime and weekend events, ceremonies or even facilities emergencies.

The FLSA changes are undoubtedly significant and will potentially have a chilling effect on some of our operations and growth in housing and residential education programs like my own. We may have to make some very difficult (and perhaps unpopular) decisions about how we frame our work, what work we do and what offices we partner with and assist. As many of us experience, housing departments appear on the surface to be well-staffed.

We may be a larger department than our colleagues in career services, student activities, conduct, etc. With that comes great expectation that we assist. And assisting those other offices doesn’t just help the regular operations of an efficient and effective Student Affairs Division, it provides critical professional development for our younger professionals and aids them in their careers beyond their roles as hall directors. In the past four years, my staff have left me for wonderful opportunities in academic support 40 |

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services, career services, student activities, student conduct, Title IX investigation and even outside the field in human resources. In each case, these opportunities would not have happened without the committee work, special projects and task force involvement they had as entry-level professionals. They had hustle, they worked hard, and they put in many extra hours.

Now we are faced with a dilemma: what work gets done within those critical 40 hours per week and what work is worth paying for beyond those 40 hours? And for those at state institutions where your staff are part of collecting bargaining agreements and earn comp time instead, it’s almost worse: any work over 40 hours this week means extra time out of the office next week. I look at it like a piggy bank: overspending this week means tightening the strap next week. Unfortunately, just like with personal finance, overspending one week doesn’t guarantee the ability to save the following week.

The College of New Jersey does not have any answers for the FLSA changes. We are just as eager as everyone else to determine: • Do all duty hours count as work or just those actively responding to calls?

• What constitutes work? Does professional travel for conferences (especially when the employer is paying a percentage) count?

What about volunteer work that serves the campus? For example, I am not required to advise a student organization as part of my job duties, but they need an advisor, there isn’t a paid person to be their advisor and this is a special interest area of mine. Am I supposed to count those hours towards work?

• How will this impact duty processes, professional development of our newer staff and excellence in our functional areas? How will this impact exempt staff who don’t get paid overtime and may need to take on additional responsibilities?

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If you haven’t already, review the webinars ACUHO-I and other professional groups have developed to educate us and share resources related to these changes; however, also look at this as an opportunity to be nimble and avoid what Jim Collins calls the “undisciplined pursuit of more” in How the Mighty Fall. We have a tendency in student affairs to continue to increase scale, programs and services without taking things off our plate. When you grow beyond your capacity for staffing, you set yourself up for failure. In many cases, we’ve been doing that for years due to our reluctance to evaluate and remove legacies that no longer have purpose or due to adapting to new mandates, “best practices” and legal mandates without rearranging or re-evaluating the old way of doing things.

Here’s what I recommend residence life and housing departments do to figure out what will become our new normal: • CONDUCT A TIME STUDY. How is your non-exempt staff spending their time? If they’re 9 to 5-ers AND cover night and weekend responsibilities, do they really need to put in a full time work week or can they flex their schedule? Are there some staff that DO have extra time and seem underutilized? If so, that shows an opportunity to re-arrange some responsibilities.

• TAKE A SYSTEMS APPROACH AND RECONSIDER THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS. Two hour department meetings every other week and half of it is spent on updates? Not necessary and probably not efficient. Use your campuses calendaring and meeting management system to include important deadlines.

Add meeting agenda items for discussion to meeting invites so staff can prepare in advance. Have staff submit written reminders they can read as folks get settled or in between meetings. Be intentional about meeting time. This goes for student staff one-on-ones too. Are those meetings critical to effectively supervising and training your staff? Of course. Can they also be hugely beneficial to a resident assistant’s personal development? Definitely. I am forever indebted to my RDs who listened to me when I was struggling with a family issue or anxious about job searching. But I certainly didn’t need a full half hour consistently every other week. Sometimes, a 5 minute check in was more than enough—but we almost always used all of the scheduled time.

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• USE TECHNOLOGY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. Technology can be a burden (hello, email chains with a dozen back and forth messages when it would’ve been easier to have a 5 minute phone or face to face conversation!), but it can be incredibly efficient. If you haven’t already, move some of your August or even in-service training to an online format. Your institution may have course management software that allows you to do this efficiently, but, if not, you can take advantage of free web clients like Wix and Weebly to host a series of PowerPoints or training videos and use Qualtrics or Survey Monkey to host post-tests that verify your staff are learning what you need them to know. This actually may provide better outcomes than 12 to 14 hour long in-person training days.

• CREATE A STOP DOING LIST. This is tricky. We have a tendency to add on new initiatives and responsibilities, but we rarely remove the ones that are no longer working or simply aren’t as important as the new additions.

That practice is part of what’s gotten us to this state where we have staff regularly working more than a full time work week. Identify the practices that take significant time or resources, evaluate their purpose and effectiveness. Use that, plus a good understanding of the political climate to justify deleting some of these commitments from your portfolio.

• EVALUATE YOUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND YOUR STAFFING NEEDS. This relates to the stop doing list.

It requires you to think about how your positions have evolved over time. What is redirecting that evolution?

The biggest things that changed the residence director role at The College of New Jersey are changes in crisis response, support to students who are struggling and changes to our student conduct process. All are incredible changes, but the processes we created made more work for ResEd staff. In the meantime, we have had to do a little restructuring at the residence director and assistant director levesl to meet other staffing needs, which has created more pressure on the RDs, in particular.

• REMEMBER THAT WORKING MORE THAN 40 HOURS A WEEK SHOULD BE A SEASONAL OR SITUATIONAL EXPERIENCE, NOT THE NORM. People in other fields definitely do their fair share of overtime, but they’re typically not doing it on a weekly or even monthly basis. Accountants: quarterly and that lovely April 15th deadline. Finance: EOY financial cycles. Retail: holidays. Residence Life: August, first 6 weeks of the semester, and during crisis. Not year round or even all academic year.

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• ASSESS YOUR DEPARTMENTAL CALENDAR. Are there major processes that overlap with each other? If so, can you re-arrange them to develop a more balanced workload or can you be pro-active with staffing so they are working less than 40 hours in the week or two before and after a major process to better balance time commitments?

•E VALUATE DUTY RESPONSIBILITIES. Yes, we need more guidance from the Department of Labor about what hours count, but we can potentially mitigate expensive overtime costs by re-evaluating proximity to campus and what types of situations require professional staff response. We may also investigate whether it should only be residence directors serving on a duty rotation or can other residence life and even student affairs professionals serve in a crisis capacity? Changing the definition of duty responsibility ultimately could alter whether you need to count all hours on duty or just the time spent responding.

• HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN YOUR DIVISION. Doing so will give them a realistic expectation when they ask your department to help out with other initiatives, but they may also have resources or ideas that can help housing units better manage overtime hours.

• BE CREATIVE. As you evaluate the work that needs to get done, also consider what level of staff needs to do it. Can you partner with a nearby graduate program (it doesn’t need to be in higher ed) to create an internship opportunity as you reallocate work? Or can you create an undergraduate internship? A psychology major with great research experience may be able to digest your latest assessment project. A marketing major may be looking for portfolio pieces to get her first full-time job.

A graduate student in your counseling program may be able to fulfill his internship hours responding to students experiencing mental health crisis. Just be realistic and understand that legally, this is not free work; however, it may be more affordable than hiring another full time professional. Also remember that it is still your responsibility (and takes time) to effectively supervise and train them.

That said, it’s time to be disciplined, take a critical eye, innovate and actively dig into that assessment we do in order to answer these questions and solve the problem that overtime compensation presents, especially in a climate where we want to mitigate the rising cost of higher education. Changes to FLSA are undoubtedly going to create yet another challenge for our practice, but it is one that may allow us to really define what’s important to our work and what we value at our individual institutions.

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Regional Updates South East Pennsylvania (SEPA) Regional Coordinator:Michael Mullin, Temple University

PA West Update Regional Coordinator: Tiffany Hughes, West Virginia University

The PA West Region has a shared google drive folder where everyone can update their contact information. Make sure your information is correct so that you receive all of my updates. It also has a request link where professionals can request documents from others in the region to help them if they are updating a policy or procedure. The drive folder can be found at: https://drive.google.com/ open?id=0B35bJa2i8pS0SDdCYkR5VlZmZm8 I will be scheduling a few calls, before the annual conference, for the region to talk about some of the current issues going on in our field. I will be requesting topics from the region to see what we most want to discuss.

If there is something you would like to see in the region, let me know and look out for an email from me in the next month!

See you at the Annual Conference!

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Join us for Philly Exchange on Wednesday, July 27th, 2016 at Temple University! The event will take place from 9:30AM to 4PM. Philly Exchange is a one-day drive-in conference where local professionals meet to share their expertise on a variety of residence life, housing, and student affairs topics. At only $35 per registration, Philly Exchange is a professional development and networking opportunity that can’t be beat! Registration includes a continental breakfast and hot lunch, along with a day of professional development and networking.

This year’s theme is “Connecting Passion to Profession.” Learn from local professionals as they speak about the topics that they are most passionate about and address how these passions can inform your everyday work. Registration can be found on the MACUHO website.

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West Virginia Regional Update Regional Coordinators: Tracey Eggleston, Marshall University & Jessica Lanciano, Shepherd University

West Virginia’s been working hard to recruit interest and participation in our events!

We are proud to say that we have had a successful Chat and Chew about the Fair Labor Standards Act on June 27th! 4 institutions from the state participated in the call and had a good discussion about their challenges, anxieties, and strategies for tackling this next big thing for their Residence Life staffs!

In addition to the Chat and Chew, we have successfully created our Facebook page and have had some good discussions on the page, as well as the Group Discussion Board on the MACUHO website. We would love to hear from anyone-you are welcome to post photos, questions, and/or discussion points at any time!

West Virginia is very excited to announce that the 2016 Student Staff Live-in Conference (SSLI) will be hosted in the Mountain State at West Virginia University!

We are so proud of the hard work of colleagues from WVU, Marshall, Shepherd, and Marymount to bring this year’s SSLI conference to the great Mountain State-we are honored to have others experience the Mountaineer spirit and hospitality!

Mark your calendars for October 15th! More details to come soon!

Lastly, We want to take a quick moment to recognize the victims and their loved ones of the June floods. We at MACUHO want you to know that you are not alone in this. You have a home in MACUHO and we will do what we can to help you. For those in the region that wish to help, here are some excellent opportunities: https:// wvvoad.communityos.org/cms/home; http://www.philanthropywv.org/membernews/philanthropy-wv-assisting-with-flood-recovery-response/ MACU HO

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MACUHO Summer Summit 2016-Stevens Institute of Technology By: Steven Couras, Area Director & Title IX Investigator, Stevens Institute of Technology

The Office of Residence Life here at Stevens Institute of Technology kicked off the summer this year by hosting the annual MACUHO Summer Summit for the second year in a row! It was a pleasure hosting everyone here at our home in Hoboken, N.J. again and see everyone enjoy our campus and town. Luckily, the weather cooperated and was ideal for breaks, eating outdoors, walking around town after dinner and even taking excursions into New York City.

With over 70 registered Residence Life/Student Affairs professionals to attend -- ranging from senior, mid and entry-level, plus some super star graduate students -- we officially became the biggest MACUHO Summer Summit yet!

The summer summit was not only successful attendance-wise, but it also provided all of our committees and the Executive Board and Leadership Council an opportunity to prepare for another successful MACUHO year. Outside of the work and preparation for the annual conference and other initiatives, we all found time to reconnect with old friends and colleagues and network with new ones. Thank you again to our Executive Board for selecting us to host, our Office of Residence Life for their support and thank you to everyone who attended and made this event a great success.

See you at the annual MACUHO conference!

Steven Couras Area Director & Title IX Investigator Stevens Institute of Technology MACUHO Summer Summit Host MACUHO Social Media Coordinator

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Academic Excellence Awards Spring 2016 FIRST LAST GPA INSTITUTION

NINA ARANT 4 ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY

TYLER ARNOLD 4 ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY

JEREMIAH CLINCHOC 4 ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY

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ANNIE ABBOT ABOVE 3.7 CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE

GIUSEPPE GALANTUOMO 4 CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE

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VICTORIA VIGNEUX ABOVE 3.7 CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE

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TAHLIA CASEY 4 DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY

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EMMA BATCHELDER ABOVE 3.7 DICKINSON COLLEGE

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IVY GILBERT ABOVE 3.7 DICKINSON COLLEGE

JOOJO OCRAN ABOVE 3.7 DICKINSON COLLEGE

NATALIE POPE ABOVE 3.7 DICKINSON COLLEGE

MATT WENZ 4 DICKINSON COLLEGE

OBADA BOULAD ABOVE 3.7 FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

ANDREW CAPONE ABOVE 3.7 FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

LILA GREENSTONE ABOVE 3.7 FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

ALEX MAGGIO 4 FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

KATLYN ROHSLER ABOVE 3.7 FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

SARAH SHEBEL ABOVE 3.7 FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

KAITLYN STAPLETON ABOVE 3.7 FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

KRISTA BLASK ABOVE 3.7 GANNON UNIVERSITY

SCOTT CONRAD ABOVE 3.7 GANNON UNIVERSITY

GIONA DIMARCO ABOVE 3.7 GANNON UNIVERSITY

CODY FEIKLES 4 GANNON UNIVERSITY

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TIERRA JOHNSON ABOVE 3.7 GANNON UNIVERSITY

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THEODORE ROGERS ABOVE 3.7 GANNON UNIVERSITY

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ZACKARY ABU-AKEEL ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

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JOAO GABRIEL KATSUYA ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

MARY KECKEISEN ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

KATHERINE KELLEY ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

JOHN LARKINS ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

EMILY LAU ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

YONGHO LEE ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

YOUNGHO (ANDREW) LEE ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

WILLIAM LOWERY ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

DAVID LYSENKO ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

CONNOR MAYTNIER ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

PIYUSHA MITTAL ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

MADELINE MOORE ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

NATHANIEL MOULTON ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

HASAAN MUNIM ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

KEVIN MURPHY ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

SUKHJEEVAN NIJHAR ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

TIJESUNIMI ONI ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

RACHEL POST ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

DEVIKA RANJAN ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

JARYT REED ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

DAVID SAID ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

GEN SHIRAISHI 4 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

MATTHEW SIMMONS 4 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

ATREYA TADEPALLI ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

MADISON THOMAS ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

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MARK TREMOGLIE ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

ELIZABETH VARGO ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

JOSE VILLALOBOS GONZALEZ ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

SYDNEY WAWRZYNIAK 4 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

BENJAMIN WEISMAN ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

HANNAH WINGETT ABOVE 3.7 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

KATIE ACKER ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

MEGAN ANDERSON ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

STEPHANIE BACHMAN ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

OLIVIA BAILEY ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

MOLLY BROLASKI ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

VICTORIA COTTER ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

MEGAN DISHER ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

JAIMI DODSON ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

ELIZABETH FRANK ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SHYDIYAH GARDNER ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

MEGHAN GRANTZ ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

MICHAEL HOARE ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

MORGAN HOOVER ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

BREANNA HYDE ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

LUCAS MAFRICA ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

MATTHEW MCBURNEY ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

KYLE MCCOLLUM ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

JACLYN MCDERMOTT ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

ANDREA MELLOTT ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

LINUS MORALES 4 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

VICTORIA NALBONE ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

ANDREW PALMER ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

CASEY PASTERNAK ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

JULIE QUINN ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

ROBERT SCHWARTZ ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

BRADLEY SIMKO ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

KYLIE SMITH ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

MALLORY SMITH ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

TESSA TINLEY ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

EMILY WILLOW ABOVE 3.7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

RAKESH BANGARU ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

HANNAH BASHAM 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

ANNE BASS 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

ERIN BASS 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

MARY-KATE BOSTIC ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

JACOB CAMP 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

ALICIA CARPER ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

ALLISON COOK ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

KAYLA DAVIS ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

BRYCE DOLIN 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

MARY-MICHAEL EBERBAUGH ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

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CAROLINE ECKELS 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

CHROSTOPHER EDDY ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

ELIZABETH EPLING 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

HANNAH FETTY 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

RENAY FRECKLETON ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

JENNIFER GIBBS ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

VIVIAN HODGES ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

LACHEL HOUSE ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

MATTHEW JONES ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

AUSTIN MCCLANAHAN 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

ANH NGUYEN 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

JESSICA PARRISH 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

GUILHEREME PETTY ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

HEATHER PHILLIPS ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

LAUREN REASOR 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

CAITLYN SKAGGS ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

CALLIE SNODGRASS 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

MONICA STANWICK 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

JACLYN STEGEL 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

NATHANIEL STEPHENSON 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

STEPHEN SUTPHIN 4 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

KAIWON TRESVANT ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

KENDRA VAUGHN ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

BLAKE WEEKLY ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

TAYLOR WEISEND ABOVE 3.7 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

RACHEL DEAN ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

TAYLOR DONOVAN 4 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

BRYAN EPSTEIN ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

BRIANNA GOLDEN ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

JENNIFER HALLAM ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

JOSEPH JOHNSON ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

JOSH MANNING 4 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

MARK MARRONE ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

JANISTIE MEDINA 4 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

AMANDA MICHKO ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

LAUREN MUFFLEY 4 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

GREG NARDIELLO ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

ELIZABETH PERKEL ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

FRANCESCA PETRUZZELLA ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

ELIZABETH RODERICK 4 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

GRACE ROEDER ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

STEPHANIE ROONES 4 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

ERIK SMITH ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

EMMA STOWELL ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

HARRY TERMYNA 4 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

VINCENT WELCH ABOVE 3.7 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

JAILISSE ACOSTA ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

CAMILA AGOSTO 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

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VATSALA ANUJ 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

HUMBERTO ARGUETA ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

GERTRUDE ASANTE-ADDO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

MARGARET BARSCHOW ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JENNIFER BARTLETT 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

RACHEL BELSKY ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

KEVIN BENTANCUR ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

STEPHEN BLAZEJEWSKI ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

KATHYNA BONHEUR ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

KIDJIE BOYER ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

CHRISTIAN BRANCATO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

SARA CALDER ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

LIDZA CASSAMAJOR ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

DAVID CHRISTIANSEN ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

CHRISTOPHER CLEMENT ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

BRIAN COURTNEY ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

BRIAN COURTNEY ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

CHRISTOPHER CURRY ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ALEXIS DANIELS ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

DYLAN DAPRATO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

SANDY DAWOUD ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

MADELINE DELLA PESCA ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

KATHERINE DEMARCO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

SCHYLER EDWARDS ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ERICA EVANS ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

HAROLD GARCIA 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

MICHAEL GELMAN 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JULIA GIARDINO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

AUSTIN GREITZ 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

MEGAN GWOZDZ ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

CHRISTINA HAAG ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

LAUREN HABERSTROH 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

DELANEY HOFFMAN ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

LAYAL ISSA 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JADEN JACKSON ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

MASHAUNDA JOHNSON ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

MASHAUNDA JOHNSON ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

TYLER JOHNSON ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ALEXIS KARPF ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JACOB KLAVENS 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

REBECCA LABADIE ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

EMILY LEDDY ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

SARAH LIBBY ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

REBECCA LINDNER ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

CHRISTIAN LOMBARDO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

TYLER MARIE MARCHEI 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JUSTIN MATHAI 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

BRIANA MATTHEWS ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY MACU HO

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CATHERINE MCELANEY ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

CLARA MIKAEIL 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

GREGORY MILLER ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

DESMOND MORGAN ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

BAILEY OBETZ 4 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

BEA CHELSEA ORTIZ ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JUAN OUVINA ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

DANIEL PADIERNA ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JENNA PATTISON ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ANDREA PERRICELLI ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JESSICA PETINO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JESSICA PODSKOCH ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ALFREDO RAMIREZ ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

MARISSA RICKLEFS ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

HANEEN SALEH ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ANGELICA SANTIAGO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

TONIANN SEALS ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

COREY SMITH ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

LYNDA SMITH ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ALISON SORBELLO ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

STEPHANIE STANSFIELD ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

JONATHAN SUPPES ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ANJE THOMPSON ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

BRISSAE VALDES ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

MARIE VIZZOTTI ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ALLISON WHITTY ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ASIA WILDEMAN ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

TAMIAH WILSON ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

ROBERT WLECH ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

HALEY WOLFERSBERGER ABOVE 3.7 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

TAYLOR BECKMAN 4 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

ZOE BRIGGS ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

BREANNA COLVIN ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

ANTHONY DE MARTE ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

TIMOTHY DEROSA ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

EMIN EMINOF ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

AVALON ESPOSITO 4 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

JEFFREY FUNK 4 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

SEAMUS GOOD ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

REBECCA GOODMAN ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

JARRED GRABER ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

DEANNA IBRAHIM ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

ZACHARY JACKSON ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

ROBERT MADANI 4 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

REBECCA PHILLIPS ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

GENEVIEVE POST ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

KEVIN ROGERS ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

LARA ROSETO ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

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EMILY SCHROTTMAN ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

DANIELLE SLOBODIN ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

CLAIRE THORNTON 4 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

CHRISTOPHER TORRES ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

LAUREN WARNING ABOVE 3.7 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

SYDNEY WATT 4 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

LIBBY BICKEL ABOVE 3.7 NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

CHANTEL BRIGGS 4 NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

KEVIN FITZPATRICK ABOVE 3.7 NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

MICHAEL FORREST 4 NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

BRI HEINOLD ABOVE 3.7 NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

DAJA PALMER-HILL 4 NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

KELLIE WATERS 4 NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

BASMA ABUKWAIK 4 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ABIGAIL BAZILE ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DANIEL BROOKS 4 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ASAAD CHAUDHRY 4 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ARLENE DAVIS 4 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

KIMBERLY DELUCA 4 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ASHLEY FITZSIMMONS 4 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SREYA GONA ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

RUTMI GORADIA ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MENGXIN HE ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MONICA KHATTAK ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

AIDAN MCGOURTY ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TAYLOR MELCHIONNA ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

JOANNA ORDNER 4 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

LUKE PARSONS ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

JASON POPPE ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MATTHEW RIEGLER ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

NATHANIEL SOTO ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

JON SWEET ABOVE 3.7 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ESTHER APRAKU BONZIE ABOVE 3.7 NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY

ARRECKA BOUKNIGHT 4 NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY

SHELBY HIMPLER 4 NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY

BRIANNA PAULING 4 PENN STATE HAZLETON

BASHA AHLAM ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

RICHARD APRAMIAN ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

RIVERA ARIANA ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

JESSE BADER ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

ANGELA BUCK ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

AMANDA CIANNI ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

JULIA CUDDY ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

PARIKH DEVASHRI ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

DESIMONE DOUG ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

HAILEY EBUE ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

SANTOS ISABELLA ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

ELLEBRACHT KEITH ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

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NICKSON KRISTINE 4 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

SANTORO LAUREN 4 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

VOGT MICHAEL ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

SHAH PRINCEP ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

STEFANIE SHAPIRO ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

UDUMULLA THANUKA ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

PATRICK TRAVIS ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

JOSEF WEIKL ABOVE 3.7 RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ

BIRK ANDREW ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

MILLER ANDREW 4 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

BARBER BEN ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

PERLAKY CODY ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

VALENTINE DONNIE ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

STAUFFER ERIC ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

ARNOLD HANNAH ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

SEITZ JON ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

MAIONE KATELYN ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

RICHEY KENNEDY ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

DITTENHAFER-SWARTZ KYRSTIN ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

CUTLER MARISSA ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

NKOMO MAUREEN ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

NGUYEN SARAH ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

GOSHEY SAVANA 4 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

AXELSON TYLER ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

KAISER ZACH ABOVE 3.7 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

SHUPP BRITTNEY ABOVE 3.7 ROSEMONT COLLEGE

MUGUWE GRACE 4 ROSEMONT COLLEGE

BAKER TRISTAN ABOVE 3.7 ROSEMONT COLLEGE

NADA ABDELAZIZ ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - NEWARK

SILVERI CASTILLO ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - NEWARK

NAOMI GULAMA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - NEWARK

JESSICA PACHECO 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - NEWARK

STEPHANIE ACEVEDO 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

NICHOLAS ADDO ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MOTUNRAYO ADU ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MINA AFAYEE 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

NOREEN AHMED ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

PERI AKIVA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

RICHARD ALLEYNE ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

DANNA ALMEIDA 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

STEPHANIE (CHISOM) AMAEFUNA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

FRANCES AMAEFUNA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JULIANNE ARIZZO ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

EMILY AVERSA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

OLUFUNKE “JANET” AYETIGBO 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

RYAN BLAIRE 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

KIMBERLY BOSCODOSS ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

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BRIELLE BRACK 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

SARAH BRIGHT ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

RONNIE BRUMANT ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

NICOLE CHAN ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

RAGHAV CHAWLA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ALLISON CHICOMA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ALANA CHMIEL ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

TIMOTHY CHOW ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

RICHIE CHU ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JAKE COMITO ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

TIFFANY CORTESE ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

OLIVIA COUZZI 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

NICHOLAS DASS 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JILLIAN DEEGAN 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

NICOLE DILEO 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MORGAN DODDS ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

BRIAN DOS SANTOS 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JAMES DUFFY ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

AKHMAD ERNAZAROV ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MAGGY FREAD ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

BRIANNA GALADA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JENNIFER GARCIA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

HANNAH GIBBS ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

SAMANTHA GLASS ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ERIK HARSANYI ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

LINDSAY JEFFERS 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ARIELLE KAFKER ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ELIZABETH LAMORTE-WRIGHT 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

EMMANUEL LEE ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

IAN LETTIRE 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ALEX LIN ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

HSIU-FEN LIN 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JUILEE MALAVADE ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

DARIA MARTIN 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MELVIN MATHEW ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JUSTIN MATHEW ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MICHAEL MAXHAM ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

HOPE MCCRAW ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

LAUREN MCGOWAN ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ALICIA MCPHOY ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

NESSREEN MESTARI ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

SHANTELL MISSOURI ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MATTHEW MOLINARI 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MARCUS MONTGOMERY 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MARGARET MULLER ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

DARSHAN NANDHA 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ALEYA NELSON 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

CASSANDRA OGBOZOR 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

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JASON ORCIUOLO 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

LAUREN PALENA 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

SWETA PATEL ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

PRIYA PATEL ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

SHAIL PATEL ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

KAYLA PETERS ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

BRIAN PIRAPAKARAN ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ERIK RASMUSSEN ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

STEVEN REYES ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

THERESA RIORDAN 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

CHRISTINE RIVERA ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

COLIN RIZZO ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

DANIEL RODRIGUEZ ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ANDREW ROLON 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

EMILY ROSADO ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

CHRISTOPHER RUBI ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

CECILIA SALAZAR ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

KRISTINA SAMPLE ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

BROOKE SCHLEYER 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

NINA SCOTT ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ARIANA SIMON 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

SRIDHAR SRIRAM 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JONATHAN ST ANGE ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

CHRISTINE STATON 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

JOSHUA TEDESCO ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

LUISA MARI TINAPAY ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

GREGORY TOMAINI ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MONICA TORRES 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

PAIGE TOWNLEY 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ROCKY TRIFARI ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

KRISTEN TSE ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

CHRISTIAN VELEZ-VARGAS ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

OLIVIA WALLDEN ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

DEANNA WASHINGTON 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

SARA WENGROWSKI ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

AUTUMN WINTER ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

MARGARET WOODRUFF 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

EILEEN YOUNG 4 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK

ABDULLAH ABDELAZIZ ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS-CAMDEN

SAMANTHA BUCHNER ABOVE 3.7 RUTGERS-CAMDEN

DAVID GARCIA 4 RUTGERS-CAMDEN

ALYSSA MARTIN 4 RUTGERS-CAMDEN

RADHA PRABAKARAN 4 RUTGERS-CAMDEN

BRIELLE ASHFORTH ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

PATRICIA BOCCARD 4 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

MEGAN CHASE ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

DANIEL CHEMEY ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

EDWARD COLOMBO 4 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

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JUAN DE LEGARRETA ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

AUGUSTINE GLAZOV 4 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

TIMOTHY IVERSEN ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

RICHEL LARTEY 4 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

SIOBHAN MCGIRL ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

CARTER MCINTOSH ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

CHRISTINA MENDES ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

SHERILYN MORSE ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

ADAM MOWRER ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

CHLOE MULLEN-WILSON ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

ANTHONY PESCETTO ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

CHRISTINA PETRUZZELLA ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

ALLYSON RUDD ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

RUTH RYAN ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

RYAN ULRICH ABOVE 3.7 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

CATRINA ABBOTT ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

STEPHEN BARNHART 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

DIPEEKA BASTOLA 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

TAYLOR BELCASTRO ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

ANGELA BOBAK 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

MICAH CANTARAL ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

PAULA FLOREZ SALCEDO ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

EMILY FROST ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

CALEY GARHART 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

MARGARET GERTHOFFER 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

TABBITHA GORDON 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

PAIGE KOVALCHIK ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

BENJAMIN MAYRO 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

BRANDON MCNEILL 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

JACLYN O’NEILL ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

HOLLY REID 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

MADELEINE ROBBINS 4 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

NICOLETTE SANTERCANGELO ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

AMELIA SHUBERT ABOVE 3.7 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

JAMIN BRANCH 4 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

ALEXIS CRITES 4 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

AMY FREE 4 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

EMILY HAYES ABOVE 3.7 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

ALYSSA IMES ABOVE 3.7 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

CARLIE TAYLOR 4 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

HANNAH WARDELL 4 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

DIONNA BUCCI 4 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

ESTEBAN CABALLERO ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

SAMUEL COOMES ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

FRANK DEROSE ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

CATHERINE DYE ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

TAYLOR ENGDAHL ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

BRANDON ENGLE ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND MACU HO

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LAKESHIA FEREBEE ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

MAXWELL MADDEN ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

HANNAH MURPHY 4 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

HANNAH PEREZ 4 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

ALEXANDER PROCTOR ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

KATHRYN SMITH ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

STELLA YAKAM ABOVE 3.7 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

CAROLYN ADDO ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

KARLEY ANDREWS 4 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

KYRA BLACKETTER ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

JULIANNA BURNETT ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

BRITAIN CASTELLANO ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

NOAH CONNOR 4 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

RYAN DIEPOLD ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

JELINDA EASO ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

JESSICA EISENBERG ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

GERALD FOSTER 4 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

RACHEL HAYWOOD ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

CAROLINE IZZI 4 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

CJ KILPATRICK ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

SAMIYA KING 4 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

BRENNA LOUGH ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

JESSICA MAHLA 4 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

MASTRANGELI ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY LUKE

MALIK NAANAA ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

SHAROSE NOMAN ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

CORY OTT ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

COURTNEY PARTO ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

MATTHEW PATTI ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

ALEIA PLENTY ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

TYLER PRICE ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

DENEEN WATSON ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

LINDSAY WEISHAAR ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

HANNE WILBURN 4 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

AUDREY YANKAH ABOVE 3.7 STEVENSON UNIVERSITY

KEAIR CLARKE ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE

SHANTELLE FRANCIS ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE

KALILA GRAHAM ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE

MARYANNE ODINAKACHUKWU 4 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE

SERENA STUDIVANT ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE

SABRINA TOWSON ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE

ELIJAH WRIGHT ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE

PHILLIPS ADASSA 3.75 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

HEGER ALEXANDER 3.75 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

HOLZMANN ALEXIS 4 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

CORTES BRIAN 3.729 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

CLARK COLLIN 4 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

FIRKIN CORA 3.922 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

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FRIEDRICH DANA 3.867 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

FARMER DANIEL 3.75 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

SANCLEMENTE DREW 3.81 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

QUEALE ELLIOT 3.833 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

CARMACK ELYSE 3.826 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

WAGNER EMILY 4 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

FINK EMMA 4 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

REZICH ERIN 3.714 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

ACKON FELIX 4 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

SULLIVAN FRANK 3.733 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

FRANCIS GABRIELLE 3.875 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

SINGH HARJIT 3.867 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

FISHER IZZY 3.8 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

HICKMAN JASON 3.733 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

GUPTA JAYESH 4 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

THORPE JERELENE 3.727 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

LACOVARA JOSEPH 3.933 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

DIEHL JOSHUA 3.75 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

GUNDERMANN KATHLEEN 4 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

ALBANOWSKI KIMBERLY 3.745 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

SMITH KIRA 3.81 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

GASTON LAUREN 3.867 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

MAYO LILLIAN 3.813 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

RIZZO MARIA 3.733 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

BISRAM MARISA 3.917 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

HURLOCK MATTHEW 4 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

NISAR NABIL 3.809 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

MCKEON PATRICK 3.8 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

MATTA PRANEEJA 3.917 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

ACHORN ROBERT 3.8 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

TAYLOR RYAN 3.875 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

DEL VALLE SARA 3.867 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

WARKENTIN SARAH 3.75 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

PATEL SHIVAM 3.744 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

PATEL SHREY 3.875 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

CLAMPITT STEPHANIE 3.933 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

GARRISON TYLER 3.833 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

JEFFREY ADAMS ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

RAIGAN ASHMON ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

CASSANDRA COOK 4 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

KARA DUMRAUF ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

EVAN JOHNSON ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

JACOB KRUPA ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

SHAUN OCIPA ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

JAKEB RISING 4 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

REBECCA SMITH 4 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

TAYLOR STEEVES ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

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ERIN SUPPES 4 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

RYAN WILSON 4 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN

AMANDA BATEMAN 4 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENSBURG

EMILY FRYE ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENSBURG

JESSICA JASZCAR ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENSBURG

BROOKE LAWRENCE 4 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENSBURG

TYLER LOOKABAUGH ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENSBURG

TARA RITENOUR 4 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENSBURG

AMANDA SMITH ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENSBURG

KAYLA ASKEY 4 UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES

JESSICA DEBSKI ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES

JOHN GERGES 4 UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES

NATALIE RODRIGUEZ ABOVE 3.7 UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES

BRIANNA ADAMS ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

JACQUELYN ADESEYE 4 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

EMILY AMODEI ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

EMILY BECKER ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

TERELL BENNETT ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

AMBER BLUM ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

LAUREN BRILL ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

CHRISTINA BUCCI ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

AMANDA CAMPBELL ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

CAITLYN CONROY 4 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

CAMERON COOPER ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

SARA DRIGGERS ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

LISA EDWARDS 4 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

GIHAN ELASHRAM ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

KIMBERLY FARRER ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

KYLIE FOUST ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

COURTNEY GETZ ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

AMANDA GETZ ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

JESSICA HAVERKAMP ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

JORDYN JELSTROM ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

AMY KOWALICK ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

GABRIELLA LONGENBACH ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

TANISHA MAHLAWAT ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

STEVEN MASSARO ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

ELYSE MCDEVITT ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

KAITLYN MICHALEK ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

AHLEAH MILES ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

SHEALYN MILES ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

AIMEE POWELL ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

LYNDA SELEGEAN ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

CATHERINE SENIOR ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

DANIELLE SHERMAN ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

BRITTANY SMELTZ ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

OLIVIA SMITH ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

STEPHEN SPOSITO ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

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BRENNA TURNER ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

STACEY VALDEZ ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

JACQUELINE VIOLA ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

BRIANNA WEAVER ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

ALEXA ZACKOWSKI ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

EMILY ZBOROWSKI ABOVE 3.7 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

KNOPP AARON ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

GINGRICH AMANDA ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

MCCLEAF CASARA ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

TAYLOR CHRISTY ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

DEMESA DANICA ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

DEANGELIS EMILY ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

DRESCH HEATH ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

RALSTON IAN ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

HENSLEY JAYDEN ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

BARON JENNIFER ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

HIRYAK KAYLA ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

JONES KIMBERLY ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

KUZMA MICHELLE ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

HUGHES SARAH 4 WILKES UNIVERSITY

KUNKEL SETH ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

WOODS VALERIE ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

EJIOFOR VANESSA ABOVE 3.7 WILKES UNIVERSITY

TAYLOR HUNTLEY ABOVE 3.7 WILSON COLLEGE

LILY REMBOLD 4 WILSON COLLEGE

GHADA TAFESH ABOVE 3.7 WILSON COLLEGE

OLIVIA DODD 4 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

SARAH HASLEBACHER 4 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

JAOCB IVEY ABOVE 3.7 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

EMILY PHIPPS ABOVE 3.7 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

WILLIAM WAGNER ABOVE 3.7 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

LEAH ALLNUTT 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

KETSY CARABALLO-GARCIA 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

RACHEL CARLIN 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

MICHAEL DUTT 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

EMMA FRAZIER ABOVE 3.7 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

MICHAYLA GRAVES ABOVE 3.7 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

CARSON JENKINS 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

DOUGLAS MEENAN ABOVE 3.7 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

SHANNON MEGLATHERY 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

KELLY PECK ABOVE 3.7 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

KAITLYNN PICK ABOVE 3.7 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

JOEL ROBERSON 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

SHANNON VANDANIKER 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

CHANTEL VEREEN ABOVE 3.7 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

SIANI WIDMAN ABOVE 3.7 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

HEATHER WILSON 4 YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

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