Mission
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø University Residence Hall Association is a student led organization committed to the continual enrichment of residents' lives.
Residents will be empowered by RHA to develop leaders by working with on-campus resources and to advocate for matters concerning their residential experience, including but not limited to campus sustainability, safety, and well-being.
RHA will provide experiential learning through programming with the intention of developing the whole person to encourage growth as a community and promises to make all events inclusive to welcome and appreciate the diverse student body and to serve the common good.
The General Assembly
The General Assembly (GA) meets every week, each block is chaired by the president, and is made up of six members from each Block Council. At each meeting, these representatives and the RHA Executive Board discuss and vote on matters concerning Housing and Residence Life.
GA Meets: Thursdays at 6:15-7:15 pm, in the HUB!
If you are looking for more information about RHA, check the other sections listed. If none of these sections can answer your questions or your question deals with a specific area, please feel free to email members of the executive board.
RHA Executive Board Application for 25-26
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Office Hours
Office hours for each role are located in the section below, all office hours are held on the second floor of Crosby, in the Housing and Residence Life office, so feel free to stop by and ask us any questions or say hi!
Executive Officers
President
Amber Panks
apanks@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
National Residence Hall Honorary
Alex Hanigan
ahanigan2@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Director of Administration and Finance
Sofia Ruelas
sruelas@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Director of Programming
Hannah French
National Communications Coordinator
Jack Kashork
jkashork@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Director of Advocacy
TJ Aguma
jaguma@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Director of Sustainability
Estefany Baca Vazquez
ebacavazquez@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Director of Leadership Development
Maelyn Carlisle
mcarlisle@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Advisor
Jacquelyn Gaither
gaitherj@gonzaga.edu
Committees
There are committees within RHA that serve as an opportunity for members of each block council to come together and voice concerns to each other or administrators on how to improve the on-campus living experience at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.
Budget and Administrative Committee
The Budget Advisory Committee, chaired by the Director of Administration and Finance and the finance managers from each block council, reviews and discusses all funding requests to assure RHA guidelines are observed by the requests. It also recommends to the General Assembly an amount to be allocated to a program. For more information, contact Sofia: sruelas@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Advocacy Committee
The Advocacy and Sustainability Committee, Co-chaired by the Director of Advocacy and the Director of Sustainability, is responsible for collecting advice and/or concerns about dining services, on-campus housing, and other matters regarding 91³Ô¹ÏÍø's advocacy and sustainability from each Block Council. This committee is dedicated to empowering students in advocating for better, more inclusive living spaces. For more information, TJ and/or Estefany at: jaguma@zagmail.gonzaga.edu; ebacavazquez@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Sustainability Committee
The Sustainability Committee, chaired by the Director of Sustainability, is responsible for collecting advice and concerns about dining services, on-campus housing, and other matters regarding 91³Ô¹ÏÍø's sustainability from each Block Council. This committee is dedicated to encouraging and educating students on how to live more sustainably.
For more information contact Deidra Guzman at : dguzman@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Programming and Marketing Committee
The Programming Committee, chaired by the Director of Programming, is responsible for coordinating and publicizing RHA functions as well as working with outside organizations when necessary for programming. This committee is made up of the programmers from each hall council. For more information, contact Hannah: hfrench@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Block Council President Committee
The Block Council President Committee, chaired by the Director of Leadership Development, is responsible for approving constitutional revises. This committee is made up of the presidents from each hall council. For more information contact Maelyn: mcarlisle@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Recognition Committee
The Recognition Committee, chaired by the Director of National Residence Hall Honorary, shall consist of the NRHH Chairs from each block. The committee shall be responsible for reviewing the OTM submissions and selecting an OTM Winner each month. For more information, contact Alex: ahanigan2@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
Block Council
At 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, all of the Residence Halls are divided up into blocks by areas. Each block has a Block Council, and Block Council comes together to make the Residence Hall Association at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø. Individually, each block council is made up of a group of students who have volunteered to plan events and social activities for the residents on their block and to serve as a voice between their block and RHA.