National Residence Hall Honorary

About Us: The National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) is the premiere honorary supported by the leading international organization advocating for the interests and welfare of residence hall students, while also providing opportunities for their personal growth and development. NRHH is a leadership-based honorary comprised of exemplary residential students who value recognition, leadership and service.

Values/Pillars

The Purpose of the Mary Gallivan Chapter of the University at Buffalo shall be a leadership-based honorary comprised of exemplary residential students who value recognition and service. The values of the Mary Gallivan Chapter are as follows:

Leadership: Members will strive to be role models to other students on campus and provide programming to better serve Residential Life at the University at Buffalo.

Community Service: Active members of the chapter shall participate in one Community Service Program per academic semester as a representative of the chapter.

Recognition: Provide recognition for students living on campus at the University at Buffalo who have made outstanding contributions to the Residence Life System and life within Campus Living.

Motto

Leadership. Service. Recognition

Get Involved

Apply to become a member. Attend a NRHH program. Come to our monthly general body meetings.

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Membership

Students must have lived on campus for a minimum of at least one academic term, as defined by the institution.

A Candidate Member seeking induction must be a student of the college or university with which the chapter is affiliated.
Students pursuing undergraduate, graduate, or professional degrees are eligible for induction.
At the time of induction, the inductee must be a student possessing at least a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalency.
Candidate members must be living in institutionally owned or contracted housing and has lived in institutionally owned or contracted housing for at least one academic term (semester).
Candidate members must have made positive contribution to the residence hall system through engagement with the values of service and recognition.
Candidate members must attend two (2) general body meetings, one (1) service event, and write one (1) OTM.
These requirements can be completed over any timeframe that is equal to or longer than one (1) month.
A Candidate Member must become an On-Campus Member before transferring to Off-Campus Membership.
Once the candidate member has met all NACURH and chapter requirements, they will be eligible for induction.

The Candidate Member is a pre-membership status in which the student has shown interest through intent to become a member of the Mary Gallivan Chapter of NRHH.

The Candidate Member must submit a formal intent of pre-membership to the chapter.
The Mary Gallivan Chapter must confirm status of pre-membership to the candidate member.
The Mary Gallivan Chapter must educate the candidate on the following topics before the candidate can be inducted:
1. NRHH History
2. Of the Month Awards (OTMs)
3. Membership Qualifications
4. Membership Selection Process

An on-campus member of the Mary Gallivan Chapter of NRHH is one that has been inducted into the Chapter and is currently living in on-campus housing.

To maintain on-campus membership, the on-campus must do the following each semester.
- Attend at least 50% of the meetings and events. In the event a member is unable to attend a scheduled meeting, he or she must inform the Vice President of Communication as soon as possible.
- Sit on and fulfill the requirements of an active participant, as dictated by the Chair of the committee, on at least one committee.
- Submit at least one OTM nomination per month.
- Participate in at least one community service event per semester.
- On-campus members must be living in institutionally owned or contracted housing.
- Temporary leaves from on-campus housing such as, but not limited to, co- ops, internships, or study abroad, will not affect the individual’s active status of NRHH.
  - In the case of a temporary leave, the NRHH member should notify the Chapter president in writing detailing the reason for and duration of the temporary leave.
  - On-campus members must continue to make a positive contribution to the residence hall system through engagement with the values of service and recognition.

An off-campus member of the Mary Gallivan Chapter is a member that does not live in institutionally owned or contracted housing but meets the chapter and NACURH membership qualifications. Off-Campus members must meet the following requirements to maintain their membership.

The off-campus member must be a student of the college or university with which the chapter is affiliated.
The off- campus member must maintain at least a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale or its equivalency.
Off-campus members must continue to make a positive contribution to their community through engagement with the values of service and recognition.
The Mary Gallivan Chapter will have up to 8% of the chapter’s membership cap as off-campus members who will have the same voting rights as an on-campus member.
Off-campus members have the ability to serve on campus-level executive boards.
Off-campus members with voting rights will count toward the membership cap of the Mary Gallivan Chapter of NRHH, but off- campus members who participate with no voting rights will not count towards the membership cap.
An off-campus member must submit a NACURH written pledge of accountability approved by the president and advisor(s) of the Mary Gallivan Chapter of NRHH.
Members wishing to apply for off-campus membership must have previously been active, on-campus members in the Mary Gallivan Chapter.

A lifelong member is a member of NRHH that is no longer affiliated with the University at Buffalo as a student due to either graduation or a discontinuation of education.

A current staff and/or faculty at the University at Buffalo is eligible for lifelong membership, if previously a member.
Anyone who leaves the Mary Gallivan chapter and the University at Buffalo in institutional good standing and meets the chapter’s requirements for membership for life would become a lifelong member.
By becoming a lifelong member, members must uphold the lifelong commitment to the NRHH values of service and recognition.
Lifelong members are eligible to participate in chapter-specific and NACURH activities at the discretion of NACURH and the chapter.

Meet the E-board

Alison Lovelace

President

Kiara Wisinewski

Vice President of Service

Image of NRHH Vice President of Recognition Amelia.

Madison Richards

Vice President of Communications

Sujal Bhakare

Vice President of Finance

Melanie Demera

Vice President of Recognition

Atharva Badgjar

Vice President of Membership

Recognition

The "Of the Month" Award or OTM is a service of the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) intended to recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals, groups, and programs of on-campus living communities of colleges and universities nation-wide. Any person affiliated with the on-campus living community may submit or be nominated for an OTM.

Every OTM should be month-specific and illustrate how the nominee went above and beyond expectations during the month of nomination. Campus winners are selected each month by the UB NRHH chapter and are submitted to the regional level, where they may be considered for regional and national recognition.

Have you recognized someone lately? If not, OTMs are the perfect way to do just that! Listed below are the different types of OTMs that someone or something can be nominated for along with their criteria.

Submit your nomination(s) for an OTM.