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Every year we send a delegation of approximately 20 students and advisors to conferences at the state, regional, and national level. The first day of the conference we do a “roll call” which is a dance or a skit developed by each school that is presented to all the schools and judged by a group of advisors. Last year UIC won best roll call on the regional level. During these conferences, students attend many different programs that they can bring back to UIC and put on for their floor and peers. Not only are they able to attend these programs, but if chosen, they are able to present a program. Every person who attends a program fills out an evaluation and they are all submitted to a board, which then chooses the “Top 10” programs. This is a very prestigious award only given to ten presenters out of about 150.

While the delegates are attending programs the elected Communications Coordinators are in business. During this time, the CC’s listen to bids for different awards and vote on them. At the end of each conference there is an award ceremony and catered dinner where all the winners are announced. Also, when at these conferences, the host school organizes fun activities like a dance for all the delegates to have fun and get to know each other better.

The Illinois Residence Hall Association, IRHA, conference is a statewide conference hosting about 15 schools from Illinois, including University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, Loyola University at Chicago, among others. This year IRHA will be held at North Central College in Naperville from March 5th – 7th.

The Great Lakes Affiliates of College and University Residence Halls, GLACURH, is our regional conference that hosts about 30 schools from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ontario, and Wisconsin. This year we will be traveling to Central Michigan University from November 13th – 15th to attend this amazing conference and meet up with other schools in our region.

Finally, the National Affiliation of College and University Residence Halls, NACURH, is the national conference that hosts over 400 schools from around the country as well as Canada, Mexico, Australia and Qatar. Last year NACURH was held at the University of Arizona in Tucson. This year we will be going to University of California at San Diego. During this conference bids won at the regional level are presented here and are voted upon to win on a national level.

Last year UIC won the “Most Spirited” delegation at GLACURH and the GLACURH region won it at NACURH. This year we hope to do it again! Be apart of a delegation and have a once in a lifetime opportunity. If interested in attending one of these conferences, you can apply by emailing us at uic.ncc@gmail.com.

We are looking forward to a great year with you!