Morrill Hall Acoustic Night - Duet Again!

Morrill RAs and MHRA hosted their 2nd Acoustic Night program of the year on Thursday, February 24th.  Their first Acoustic Night of this year was in the fall semester.  There were 2 Morrill Acoustic Night programs during the 2009-2010 academic year as well.  Morrill Acoustic Nights always seem to feature an impressive array of musical talent amongst the performers.  At Thursday's Acoustic Night, some residents' parents even attended the event to watch their sons and daughters perform!  Food and door prizes were available for all who attended.  Even yours truly won 2 coupons for Ober Gatlinburg!  $5 per person was charged at the door to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.  Over $200 was raised for Habitat! 

Morrill AHD Lindzy Conley, RA Kate Whitehead, and RA Sara Knoll.

Morrill RAs Thad Cole and Sarah Gregory showcasing their musical talents.  My apologies for the poor picture quality.  The room's lighting was dim to set the relaxed atmosphere. 

Morrill RA Tyrone Beach was the DJ.  Here he is drawing a name for a door prize.

Residents performing.

Residents performing.

Great publicity in the Morrill lobby!

Acoustic Night was even featured in the Tennessee Journalist!  Great job Morrill!  What an awesome program that has become a wonderful tradition in Morrill.

Morrill Hall Acoustic Night

On Thursday, November 4th, Morrill Hall hosted an Acoustic Night program to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.  Morrill Hall's Habitat Honchos, RAs Kelsey McCoy and Sarah Gregory, organized the event along with MHRA.  The event was held in the Humes West Multipurpose Room. 

There was some great advertising to lead residents to the event:

There was awesome attendance at this program!  The place was packed with residents enjoying the relaxed, mellow atmosphere and musical performances by some AMAZINGLY talented residents.  Seriously, these students have skills!

There were yummy, coffee house-esque refreshments available:

Some of the Morrill staff showcased their awesome musical talents as well:

By charging a $5 suggested donation for admission, over $300 was raised for Habitat for Humanity!  Way to go Morrill!

Morrill Hall Halloween Decorations

Morrill Hall had some AWESOME Halloween decorations displayed for their Halloween Decorating Contest.  All of the floors were great.  Here on the Wampus Cat Blog we will highlight the top 3 as selected by the Halloween Decorating Contest judges. 

3rd place went to Sarah Gregory's floor:

Amazing!

2nd place went to Kate Whitehead's floor:

Spooky and fantastic!

The 1st place winner was Bethany Houghton's floor:

Fabulous!

Wonderful job Morrill RAs and residents on your Halloween decorations!  Your decorations were so creative and elaborate! 

West Side RA of the Month for October - Kate Whitehead!

Congratulations to Morrill RA, Kate Whitehead, on being selected as the West Side RA of the Month for October!

Here's what Kate's nominator, Morrill Hall HD Sam Whalen, had to say about her:

Kate has done a tremendous job as an R.A. this year. The month of September was no different. Here are some examples.

- Flag Football Team – Kate organized a flag football team for her floor. They are named the 12th Floor Twisters. They made tie-died uniforms. They won their last game 45-0. Kate was super excited about that. Here is what Kate had to say about her flag football team: We had a flag football game on every Tuesday this month, four games in total, on September 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. Although we lost the first three games, we won the last game 45-0. The last game in particular promoted good sportsmanship, to find the balance between being excited about winning but gracious to the other team. There were 20 residents on my roster, but usually we had 12 or 13 play per game. These games encouraged floor unity, but also made sure that the girls got some exercise in the process.

- Open Door Nights – Kate has started rewarding her girls for keeping their doors open. She walks around her floor on random nights of the week and gives candy to the girls who have their door open.

- Good Grades Program – Kate has started a program to encourage her girls to have good grades. She has them write good grades that they get on a notepad outside her door. She created door tags that say “A Smart Girl Sleeps Here” Each girl gets one of these door tags after posting good grades. So far 11 girls have posted good grades

- Here is Kate’s Description of program she did: On Wednesday, September 15th, I co-hosted a program with Michael Henry on the 11th floor called "We're Wild About Friends: Speed-Friending" in order to encourage our residents to meet new people on their own floor and on the buddy floor. With the help of URHC funding, we bought 200 Buffalo Wild Wings and had a total of about 40 residents show up (roughly 20 residents from each floor). Although the program was slightly awkward at first, we provided 15 sample questions in case our residents couldn't think of topics to discuss. By the end, there was lively conversation, and many of my residents have since told me that they enjoyed the program.

Pictures of what Kate has been doing on her floor:

Congratulations, Kate! 

Here are the other awesome West Side RAs that were also nominated as RA of the Month for October:

Hess - Alexia Greene
Humes - Brook Beasley
North Carrick - Josh Lynn
Reese - Michael Brewington
South Carrick - Kristen Knight

In staff meeting, the West Side HDs and Anna discuss the nominees and select the RA of the Month. Each month, the RA of the Month is featured on the bulletin board outside the West Area Office!