RHA Starting Up Again and Looking for VPs to Join the Team

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Hello everyone,

The RHA is starting up again with a fresh team ready to serve residents of University of Alberta. Your new executive team includes: Kaibree Drake, President; Richard Zhao, Vice President (Public Relations), and Chris Ghesquiere, SIDERITE Coordinator.

We are still looking for capable individuals to join our team. Applications are open all year long, until the positions are filled.  We are looking for:

Vice President (Community): serve as liaison to other residence associations, chair the awards committee, and supervise the SIDERITE coordinator.

Vice President (Finance and Administration): act as treasurer, maintain budget, have signing authority on bank account, and keep track of inventory records.

Vice President (Programming): organize collaborative inter-residence events and programs.

Detailed requirements can be found in the RHA Constitution.

In order to apply please submit the following documents to uarha@uarha.ca

  • a 1 page cover letter outlining your goals for the coming year with respect to the position that you are running for
  • a (max) 2 page resume highlighting your previous experience with residence and other achievements

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For questions, please email uarha@uarha.ca .  Have a great day.

Richard Zhao, VP Public Relations

 

High demand for Lister dry floors | The Gateway

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Student demand for quiet and alcohol-free floors in Lister Centre has exceeded the number of rooms available, despite criticism from residents over the changes implemented last February.

Out of nearly 800 first-year students who confirmed their Lister applications last July, 24 per cent requested an alcohol-free floor, while 46 per cent requested a quiet floor.

The results are similar to an online poll sent out by Residence Services last December, in which 51 per cent of the 302 residents surveyed said they would live on a quiet floor, while 19 per cent indicated they would live on an alcohol-free floor.

However, the three quiet floors and two alcohol-free floors in Lister Centre can only house 40 students per floor, leaving hundreds of students without their preferred choice.

Although Lister Centre wasn’t able to accommodate the high demand this year, Director of Residence Services Dima Utgoff isn’t ruling out the potential expansion of dry or quiet floors in the future.

“We want to start small and evaluate it, because if you go too big and it doesn’t work, it’s much harder to fix it,” he said. “Certainly if there is a large demand, we’re going to want to look at how we want to expand this next year.”

 

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Aditya Rao, President of the Residence Halls Association, commended the efforts of Residence Services in conducting the survey and following through on the results. Rao hopes that the majority of students are able to obtain their preferred accommodation, and he said he would “applaud Residence Services for attempting to reach out to students in that matter.”

Concern still remains over Residence Services’ consultation with student groups, particularly communication with the Lister Hall Students’ Association (LHSA).

Rao referred to the issues as “consultative hiccups,” but he said that the RHA stands behind the individual residence associations and respects their decisions.

via High demand for Lister dry floors | The Gateway.

News Brief: Residence Halls Association | The Gateway

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After an overhaul to their structure and operations, the new Residence Halls Association plans to establish a stronger presence to the residents they represent this year.

An umbrella association that covers each campus residence’s own student association, the RHA’s executive and agenda has expanded, in the hopes that the organization will become more visible.

“We’re trying to start something new, and lay a foundation for an organization that won’t fizzle out,” President Aditya Rao said.

via News Brief: Residence Halls Association | The Gateway.