RHA | Residence Hall Association

Community Outreach Executive Board Chair - Hiring!

If you are interested in gaining leadership experience, giving back to the Pacific University community, representing our institution on a regional and national level, and helping to make the residence halls the best place they can be, Residence Hall Association (RHA) may be the involvement opportunity for you. 

We are currently seeking on-campus students to serve as an RHA Executive Board member in the Current 2022-2023 academic year.

Please review the information packet on our website and learn more about us prior to filling out this application:

Information Packet - Fall 2022

application for Community Outreach Officer - Fall 2022

Application deadline is October 17th, 2022 at 9am.

In the application, we will be asking for your availability of interviews during the week of Monday, October 17th - Thursday October 20th. Decisions will be communicated around Friday, October 21st.

Events Coming Up

For the best updates and events from the RHA Team please follow our Instagram account and look out for emails, and flyers around campus. If you have any suggestions for RHA we are all ears! Fill out our Event Recommendation Form or come to our General Assembly meetings to talk to the officers directly.

  • RHA Club Carnival - The Quad, Cascade Lawn, and The Volleyball Pit - Friday, September, 23rd, 3pm-7pm.
  • Fuzzy Friends - UC Patio - October 13th, 3-6pm.
  • Haunt the Halls - TBD - October 28th.
  • De-stress Event (TBD) - TBD - TBD.

 

Action on Campus

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 government and on-campus programming. Hall government is the student government within the North Side and South Side residence halls, which are overseen and supported by RHA and their Para-professional staff advisor.

At the beginning of the year, you will have the opportunity to become a representative for your hall. These 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 each semester, which in the past have included: Haunt the Hall, Boxer Bingo, and Pacific's Got Talent, to name a few.

The Big Picture

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 Affiliate of College & University Residence Halls) a region of NACURH (National Association 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.

Get Involved

RHA meets weekly in order to plan programs or discuss current issues concerning students. They also facilitate the RHA/Hall Government General Assembly 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 general assemblies (every Tuesday at noon in the Burlingham Conference Room), fill out a sponsorship, hall improvement or policy and long term project proposal form, drop by the RHA office located in Clark 3rd floor, or contact an Executive Board officer. If you are interested in taking an active role in hall leadership, consider running for Hall Government in the fall or for an Executive Board position in the spring.

To join Hall Government and learn more, read about Hall Governments. 

 

Popular Links

RHA's Residence Hall Linens Program

RHA Constitution 

 

Forms

Program Sponsorship Form

Used for funding or support of a program you would like to put on in the residence halls or for residential students.

Supplies Request Forum

Used to take already existing RHA supplies (markers, past event prizes, etc.), you do not have to know our supplies to request things they can simply be your event plan and we can suggest things from that. This form is not a promise for supplies, it creates a chance for RHA to look over and discuss this request. Our upcoming plans with these materials can determine this outcome as well.

Photo Booth Check Out Form

Used to barrow RHA Photo Booth materials, some or all depending on need. Complete this form at least 2 weeks prior to your event. This is not a promise of these items, but a chance for RHA to look over and discuss the request.

Event Recommendation Form

Used for students to share what they would like to see on campus. Help us pick the perfect events for our residential students!

Campus and Hall Improvement Proposal Form  

Used for improvements such as new toasters or items for the residence halls or areas directly surrounding the residence halls.

Policy and Long Term Project Proposal form

Used for project proposals that are to the scale of the Gilbert/North Side hall composting or proposals for Residence Hall policy changes.

 

2022-2023 RHA Executive Board

Residence Hall Association Executive Board

  •  OPEN (President)
  • Mikayla Farrow (Vice President / NCC)
  •  OPEN (Treasurer)
  • OPEN (Community Outreach)
  • Angela Sims (Marketing Manager)
  • Megan Rice (RHA Advisor and Assistant Director of Residence Life and Student Conduct)

For more information contact RHA at: rha@pacificu.edu or message us on Instagram.