Residence Housing Association
Pacific University’s Residence Housing Association, more commonly known around campus as RHA, is the student government that oversees life in Pacific’s residence halls & apartments. You as a student are automatically a part of RHA by living on campus in either Walter, Clark, or McCormick Hall, or Vandervelden Apartments. RHA is run by an executive board of seven students and an advisor, who work to provide a voice for you in the campus community and serve as a connection between you and Pacific’s administration.
Though RHA works with many aspects of campus life, as a student you will most likely see us in action through our work with your hall council and on-campus programming. Hall Council is the student government within each residence hall, which is overseen and supported by RHA. At the beginning of the year, you will have the opportunity to become and/or elect a representative for your hall. Those representatives’ main responsibility is to help build community through programming, policy change, and representation of residents. However, RHA’s biggest function in the halls is to provide programming to the residents who live there. We put on several programs a semester, including Hall-O-Safe and Pacific Idol. Other recent programs have included the diversity awareness program Tunnel of Oppression, the fall Boxer Bash, and the semi-formal Boxer Ball.
RHA not only works to stay connected to other groups on campus, but also works to stay connected to other schools in our region as well as the rest of the country. Pacific University's RHA is a member of PACURH (Pacific Affiliation of College & University Residence Halls) a region of NACURH (National Affiliation of College & University Residence Halls). By making these connections, we are better able to keep up with what is happening at other schools and bring those ideas and experiences back to Pacific.
RHA meets weekly in order to plan programs or discuss current issues concerning students. They also facilitate the RHA/Hall Council General Meeting on in order to keep everyone updated on what is happening around campus, especially in the Residence Halls. If you have any ideas for programs we could put on or issues you feel need to be addressed, feel free to come by our weekly open forums, drop by the RHA office located in the lower level of the UC, or contact an Executive Board officer. If you are interested in taking an active role in hall leadership, consider running for hall council in the fall or for an Executive Board position in the spring.
Events and Activities Coordinator - Derek Naegeli
Financial Coordinator - Michelle Lawrence
Leadership Development Coordinator - David Maile
National Communications Coordinator - Rachel Kirk-Epstein
Policies and Procedures Coordinator - Jonathan Mather
President - Elizabeth Payton
Public Relations Coordinator - Bayley Gelt
Advisor - Kathy Gordon
Chair - Kellen Kashiwa
Co-Chair - Akbar Saidov
National Communications Coordinator - Brad Forkner
"Of the Month" Coordinator - Amber Benton
RHA Representative - Emily Willard
Secretary - Lily Robles
Treasurer - Vacant
Active but not currently holding a position - Lindsey Costley, Jared Nakama, Whitney Snipes