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OTM Awards

“OTM” stands for an “Of The Month” award, given monthly to residents and staff members. OTMs are written about people, organizations or programs that have made a positive impact on the housing community during a given month.

Each month, all nominees for OTM awards and their writers will be invited to the NRHH Recognition Banquet held on a rotation to each side of campus.

Any resident can submit an OTM, you do not have to be an NRHH member! Encourage your fellow residents to get involved!

To submit an OTM, go to http://otms.nrhh.org/ — you may sign up for an account, or submit by clicking on the “General Category” or “Program Category” under the title, “Submit OTMs”.

Five Tips for Writing a Winning OTM:

5. Aspire to max out the OTM word count of 600 by painting a clear picture of the event, individual, or group of individuals in which you are writing about.

4. Define acronyms; they are not always universal! The only acronyms you should use are NRHH, GLACURH, NACURH, and RHA.

3. Make sure you are using the correct category for your nominee.

2. Presentation is key! Using quotes will add a little extra pizzazz, but proofread the OTM to make sure you are clearly saying what you want to say. Look out for bad grammar and spelling errors!

1. Make sure your nomination is month specific! It is very important to highlight the outstanding things the nominee did, and how, in the month of nomination.

OTM Awards