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Marshall University Residence Hall Newsletter January 2015 Edition
What’s Going on in First Year? Welcome back to the First Year Residence Halls! We are so excited to start a new semester. Our staff is here to help you succeed, so please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. Your second semester can be overwhelming and make you feel run down, but push through and finish strong with your support team. Get involved on campus through the LLC’s, programs, and utilize Aca-
demic Mentors for anyone struggling with grades. This semester
Upcoming Events So You Want to be an RA
January 16th at 6pm FY North Lobby
Martin Luther King Day
Jan 19th University Closed
will go by fast, and we hope that by the end, you will feel that choosing Marshall for your college experience will be the “Best. Decision. Ever.”
STEPHEN J. KOPP
First Year Staff Ryan Rosevelt, RD
Scott Schatzer, Director
Heather Walker, AD
Karen Partridge, OC
Noah Larch, 1112 N
Thomas Balch, 1112 S
Kevon Clodfelter, 1156 N
Jasmine Scott, 1156 S
Gabrielle Worley, 2112 N
Chloe’ White, 2112 S
Caitlin Freeland, 2136 N
Ryan Lester, 2136 S
Chris Carter, 2156 N
Ben Heil, 2156 S
Kayla Fizer, 3112 N
Katelyn Farr, 3112 S
Conor Lannan, 3136 N
Kevin Hall, 3136 S
Hannah Moutz, 3156 N
Alex Daugherty, 3156 S
Casey Hudock, 4112 N
Nathan Wendel, 4112 S
Jessie Swiger, 4136 N
Haley Stafford, 4136 S
Cody Huffman, 4156 N
Amber Sanders, 4156 S
1951-2014 First Year Residence Halls @1stYearResHalls @1stYearResHalls
Upcoming Events
The Marshall Commons Voice
Nailed It!
Welcome back to Marshall Com- announce that the cable has been mons. We hope you all had an switched to DIRECTV. There are amazing holiday break, and a great a large amount of new channels New Year! A lot of new things came which include HBO, Showtime during the break! Commons has three new Resident Advisors! Jessica Kennedy is on the 1st floor of Gibson. She is a junior majoring in Physical Education. Isaac Evans is on the 3rd floor of Gibson. He is a junior majoring in Mechanical Commons won the Building Competition proving our staff is the best! Engineering. Vivian Hodges is on the 3rd of floor Wil- and over 40 HD channels. The new lis. She is a junior double majoring channel list is on the HRL website. in Japanese and Anthropology. You Just click the cable button under the will see them around at programs, current student tab. If there are any walking around the buildings or just questions regarding the new cable, hanging out around the residence or if you have any issues connecting halls. Tony Sampson is the new As- to the cable system, please feel free sistant Residence Director (ARD) to ask your RA! Willis and Wellman for the Commons. He is a recent also have new things in their resigraduate of Shepherd University in dence halls. Now these two buildShepherdstown, WV. He is enrolled ings have kitchens! On the first floor in the Leadership Studies graduate of each building the kitchens have program. The new members of the brand new ovens, refrigerators, and Commons are very excited to start other helpful items for your cooking meeting and helping the residents. convince. HRL hopes that the resiThe Commons staff as a whole is dences of Commons enjoy the new eager to start programs, and events space! If you have any questions, to get to know everyone better, and please ask an RA. This should be a have fun with all the residence. great new year. New exciting things The Department of Housing and have already happened and other Residence Life is very pleased to events are coming soon. -
Jan 20th at 7:30pm Gibson 1st Floor Lounge
Let’s Get FROZEN
Jan 21st at 8:00pm Haymaker 4th Floor
Warm Up Huntington
Jan 27th at 6:30pm Harless Media Room
Cheer on our Swimmers
Jan 31st at 1:00pm Natatorium
Marshall House and Res Life @MU_HRL @MarshallResLife
The Twin Towers East Times Welcome Back to Marshall University for the start of the spring semester! If you are new to the community welcome and if your are a returning resident we are glad to have you back. The Staff here at TTE is excited to get started on all the events that will be available for this new semester. We would also like to welcome two new staff members
RAs Chereign Kelsor and Ibrahim Mohammed. We are also looking for a new Vice President for Hall Council which is a great way to get involved with an org an i z at i on on campus. Be on the lookout for our fun and informative upcoming programs and we hope you have a great end of the academic year.
Upcoming Events You Makin’ Paper
Jan 22th at 8:00pm TTE Glass Lounge
The Lucky Lift
Jan 24th at 1:00pm TTE Elevators
Chips In
January 19th at 8:00pm 2nd Floor
Rootbeer Floats
Jan 27th at 8:00pm 14th Floor
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Marshall University Student Resource Center The SRC is located on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center, it is a one-stop shop for many of the you may have while at Marshall. They can help with questions about basic academic advising, financial aid services, career services, and more.
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Upcoming Events
The Holderby-Buskirk Herald
Holderby Give and Take
Holderby has been so lonely this winter break without its residents! The building RD, RA’s, and DC are delighted to have you all back and begin this exciting spring semester. We hope your break was long, rejuvenating and fun! Now it’s time to get back to working on that 4.0 GPA for the semester, remember to shoot for the highest academic excellence! In addition to that, the RA’s have been stirring up all kinds of ideas for programs and
Jan 21st at 7:00pm Holderby Lobby
Warm Up to 2015
Jan 21st at 9pm Buskirk Lobby
#RecResolutions2015
Marshall House and Res Life @MU_HRL @MarshallResLife
activities that we hope you are all looking forward to! Changes for this semester include an event calendar in the lobby that will inform you all of what is going on in hall! Other changes include upgrades to the cable, residents who are new to the building. Also Hall Council is back and better than ever. They will be bringing you the fun building wide pro-
grams, fresh ideas for the building and sweet treats for the remaining holidays. Get ready for some fun! We also have a new addition! Say Hello to Katie Barker! Katie is the new ARD to the Holderby and she is very excited to meet with you all. Katie’s great personality and progressive ARD skills will make for an awesome addition to Holderby Hall and community overall. Help make the new ARD feel at home. (Literally)
Thunder on the Stage March 2nd, 2015 7:00pm - Playhouse
The Twin Towers West Times Twin Towers West is happy to announce the some really exciting new programs and new RA’s in our building! But first…the results are in! Twin Towers West came in second place in the building competition among the residence halls with 413 points during the fall semester. The staff worked really hard to achieve this award and they are
ing staff is really excited to start the new semester and work towards making Towers West the best building on campus! West is the best! The staff will be conducting a mixer in January for students in the hall to get to know one another. This program will be a great opportunity to network with fellow residents and RA’s in a relaxed environment. Oh, and did we mention free refreshments!? RAs will also be hosting a time management program to encourage students to use their time wisely. During TTW Staff took the silver in the Building Points Competition this program, looking forward to competing again residents will be creating schedule in the spring semester. Of course charts and decorating dividers for this wouldn’t have been possible their binders, among other things. without the cooperation of the res- We all know how important Netidents in the building. Thank you! flix marathons are, so make sure Twin Towers West has also wel- to stop by and plan your downcomed three new RAs for the spring time in an effective schedule! semester. Cheyenne DeBolt is the The staff of Twin Towers West second floor RA and is a Public is really excited to see what this Relations major. Kelsey Hart is the new year and new semester will new fifth floor RA and is a Biolo- bring. Fall 2014 was a great sucgy/Pre-Med major. Zach Hoffman cess and the staff is aiming to is a History Education major and make spring 2015 an even bigis the tenth floor RA. The return- ger success. Happy New Year!
Upcoming Events Spring Semester Mixer
Jan 21st 2at 9:00pm TTW Glass Lounge
All About Ice Cream
Jan 27th at 7:30pm TTW Kitchen
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