Sunday, May 17, 2009

2009 VACURH Conference


2009 VACURH Conference
"All The Places We'll Go!"
The University Of Virginia's College at Wise

The executive board  would like to thank the students and staff at UVA Wise for hosting the 2009 VACURH Conference.  The conference was engaging, fun and educational and all the events occurred as scheduled despite the lack of preparation time.   UVA Wise, in particular Angie Lemke, Laruen Cary, Jekeyma Robinson and James Tiffany, decided in the fall of 2008, when no other school would step up, to host the 2009 VACURH Conference.  Thank you again for all of your time spent planning and facilitating this year's conference.  
















VACURH of the Year Awards

Advisor of the Year: Darcy Johnson (William and Mary)

First Year Experience: James Tiffany (UVA-Wise)

NCC of the Year: Danielle Woiteshek (UVA-Wise)

Program of the Year: Campus Tie-Dye (CNU)

School of the Year: UVA-Wise

Student of the Year: Leah Arthur (UVA-Wise)

Congratulations to all of this year's winners.



State Board Members

Director: Thomas Kelly (CNU)

Assistant Director of Affiliation: Alex Brown (VT)

Assistant Director of Recognition: Aaron Youmans (CNU)

Assitant Director of Finance and Administration: Clint Tipton (UVA-Wise)

Assistant Director of Technology: Garrette Bullock (Radford)

















2009 Conference Spirt Winners

Best Roll Call: Virginia Tech

Best Banner: Radford

Best Display: Christopher Newport

Most Philanthropic: Virginia Tech

Most Overall Spirted: Virginia Tech
















Top 6 Programs (in no particular order):
  • "Oh the Things You Think" by Stephanie Shell of UVA-Wise
  • "Bang Ups & Hang Ups Can Happen to You" By Lynanne Hodges, Laquana Young, Alex Brown & Jennifer Ortolani of Virginia Tech
  • "Will You Succeed? You Will Indeed (98 and 3/4% Guaranteed)" by Lynanne Hodges and crew of Virginia Tech
  • "Eat as the World Eats" By Jekeyma Robinson and Leah Arthur of UVA-Wise
  • "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Diversity on Campus" by James Tiffany, Bruce Blansett and K-La Peak of UVA-Wise
  • "On to the Tower of Power!" by Dr. Jewell Worldy of UVA-Wish 

We look forward to seeing you at next year's conference at Emory and Henry College!

Aaron Youmans
AD of Recognition
 

Recognition Committee Member

Recognition Committee Member

This new position was created during the 2009 VACURH Conference at UVA Wise. The VACURH executive board and representatives from each affiliated school amended the constitution to ensure equal representation on the FoX Award Recognition Committee.  According to the bylaws, each affiliated school shall appoint a representative to sit on the committee.  Please select one full-time undergraduate student who would review and vote on FoX Nominations.  This person does not need to be a member of any specific Residence Life Association but should have an interest in recognizing individuals and programs that have contributed to the development of Virginia’s colleges and universities.  This person should also be a rising Sophomore, Junior or Senior, so they may serve this fall. 

Please send the student's name and email to both Angie and myself.

Angie's email is angela.lemke@uvawise.edu  and my email is aaron.youmans.07@gmail.com        

Format For Sending Nominations

Focus on Excellence (FoX) Awards: Sending Nominations

1. Email all nominations to: foxawards.vacurh@gmail.com and angela.lemke@uvawise.edu


2. Label email: FoX Awards (the month and year),( your college or university)

Example: Fox Awards February 2009, Christopher Newport University

  Fox Awards November 2009, The University of Virginias College at Wise


3. All nominations should be submitted by attachment as a Word (Office) or Word 97-2003 document. Please try and attach all nominations to one email, if this is not possible send multiply emails (still use word attachments).


4. Word documents should be labeled: (abbreviation of your college or university) FoX (general or program form), (abbreviation of the month and year) ,( category)

Example: RU Fox general form, Feb 09, Spotlight

    VT Fox Program Form, Apr 09, Educational Program