{"id":2255,"date":"2011-03-23T13:10:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keeneweb.org\/newsline\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2011-03-23T13:10:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:10:33","slug":"residence-halls-win-ksc-school-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/03\/23\/residence-halls-win-ksc-school-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Residence Halls Win KSC &#8220;School of the Year&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2104\" style=\"margin: 4px\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/03\/huntress-ivy.jpg\" alt=\"huntress-ivy\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" \/>A residence hall is much more than just a place to sleep\u2014KSC&#8217;s res halls offer students engaging and creative programs to keep them connected to campus life, and to their educational goals. And we&#8217;re not the only ones who think so. The <a href=\"http:\/\/neacurh.nacurh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Northeast Association of College and University Residence Halls<\/a> (NEACURH) recently named the Keene State College Residence Hall Organization &#8220;School of the Year&#8221; at NEACURH&#8217;s Mini No-Frills conference at New York University.<\/p>\n<p>The award recognizes outstanding achievements on the campus level by a residence hall organization and associated groups, as well as regional and national contributions. It is the highest honor a NEACURH member school can receive. NEACURH is the regional branch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nacurh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NACURH<\/a>. According to the NACURH website, &#8220;NACURH is considered to be the largest student run organization in the world,&#8221; bringing together over 400 schools from around the world. &#8220;NACURH promotes living on campus as an integral part of the college experience, and strives to provide resources to help member schools create the ultimate residence hall environment and experience.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Keene State is now the Northeast&#8217;s candidate for the national award, to be held at the national NACURH conference at the end of May at Western Illinois University.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of the talented students, and their advisor, whose work on the winning presentation made this possible:<\/p>\n<p>Chair:<br \/>\n<strong>Kate Lynn Chimienti<\/strong> (sophomore) RHO VP<\/p>\n<p>Editing:<br \/>\n<strong>Aly Gilhooly<\/strong> (junior) RA and Res Life Intern<br \/>\n<strong>Kirstie Leonard<\/strong> (junior)<\/p>\n<p>Contributing Writers:<br \/>\n<strong>Bryanna Brown<\/strong> (senior) RHO Secretary<br \/>\n<strong>Brandon Russell<\/strong> (senior) RHO NCC<br \/>\n<strong>Seneca Eldridge<\/strong> (sophomore) RHO Treasurer<br \/>\n<strong>Lara Briscoe<\/strong> (junior)<br \/>\n<strong>Alex Davis<\/strong> (freshman)<br \/>\n<strong>Aly Gilhooly<\/strong> (junior) RA and Res Life Intern<br \/>\n<strong>Sean O&#8217;Toole<\/strong> (junior) RHO President<br \/>\n<strong>Kate Lynn Chimienti<\/strong> (sophomore) RHO VP<\/p>\n<p>Cover Design:<br \/>\n<strong>Nikki Perry<\/strong> (junior)<\/p>\n<p>Page Design:<br \/>\n<strong>Natalie Savas<\/strong> (sophomore)<\/p>\n<p>Bid Presentation Team:<br \/>\n<strong>Bryanna Brown<\/strong> (senior) RHO Secretary<br \/>\n<strong>Sean O&#8217;Toole<\/strong> (junior) RHO President<br \/>\n<strong>Kate Lynn Chimienti<\/strong> (sophomore) RHO VP<br \/>\n<strong>Kendra Guerin<\/strong> (junior)<br \/>\n<strong>Liz Velky<\/strong> (freshman)<br \/>\n<strong>Liz Amaral<\/strong> (sophomore)<br \/>\n<strong>Brian Pember<\/strong> (senior) RA and former Res Life Intern<br \/>\n<strong>Trista Bruns<\/strong> (senior) RA and Hall Council Co-Advisor<br \/>\nAmanda Coffey (senior)<\/p>\n<p>Advisor:<br \/>\n<strong>Jana Jacobson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A big tip of the hat to them all!<!--more--><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A residence hall is much more than just a place to sleep\u2014KSC&#8217;s res halls offer students engaging and creative programs to keep them connected to campus life, and to their educational goals. And we&#8217;re not the only ones who think so. The Northeast Association of College and University Residence Halls (NEACURH) recently named the Keene &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/03\/23\/residence-halls-win-ksc-school-of-the-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Residence Halls Win KSC &#8220;School of the Year&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":2104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}