Dana Bache is a triathlon runner and her endurance to make the halls a better place for everyone is outstanding. She balances her Resident Director (RD), NRHH Advisor, PACURH Delegation and her involvement on the UC Berkeley campus amazingly, and is an influential figure in all she does. As our NRHH advisor, she is truly instrumental in the changes we've been making this entire year in order to expand the name of NRHH. The NRHH chapter at UC Berkeley is completely rebuilding itself this semester, we have initiated changes in order to grow and better integrate NRHH into the daily vocabulary of all of Residential Living at Cal, from residents to the managing staff. Despite all of their goals, none of them would be possible without the help of our advisor - Dana Bache. In the month of October, Dana has helped the NRHH reach all of the professional staff as well as advocated on our behalf for more resources and acknowledgment within the residential living department. She always speaks up on our behalf at RD Meetings and encourages other RDs to get involved with NRHH. She is full of ideas of ways to get non- students involved: including guest OTM judges and is sure to encourage involvement with statistics. As our chapter grows, Dana's energy in representing the name of NRHH on a high level is integral to the building of our chapter. As well, Dana has stepped up to be the PACURH Delegation advisor for this upcoming conference. Over the past month, Dana has worked with our NCC to ensure that our delegation is prepared for the conference and is representing the vision of our department while preparing costumes, spirit items, programs, et cetera. For example, Dana spent three hours helping us put together a Practicing Inclusion Program submission for PACURH in order to meet the deadline. She attends every PACURH delegation meeting late on Thursday nights to be sure to accommodate the student's schedule and is always willing to chat afterward as she is an endless source of ideas and inspiration. As well, she is helping us begin to document everything that happens with our NRHH in order to prepare for UC Berkeley's first bid attempt since 2006. I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with Dana this year. She is an extremely motivating advisor, always sure to recognize the Executive Board of both NRHH and RHA as well as the general members of both organizations. It's refreshing to work with an advisor that truly believes in the goals of NRHH and who is willing to completely turn things upside in order to become a better organization. She challenges us as an Board to work harder and really push what recognition means to all levels of ResLife: we now are doing department of the month, where we as an NRHH recognize a department of Student Life who have a (sometimes-unseen) impact on residents lives, for example Housing Assignments, Dining Services, Facilities and Maintenance, Student and Professional Staff et cetera). I feel like our organization has improved so much during this past month. Now that school has started in full swing, Dana continues to push us to think broader and is always sure to have some sort of recognition for the student leaders involved. I truly appreciate the way she helps us grow and knows the perfect balance of advising, but still advocating for inclusive recognition. As well, her endurance in the race for improving ResLife is contagious and our NRHH Board feels more empowered to truly recognize with Dana leading the way.

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In light of the recent tragedies that have happened locally within the California area at Sacramento State University amongst housing residents Kristin Robinson, a Resident Assistant in Campus Village B began to re-evaluate her roles as an RA. She reflected on how she could better herself as an RA to prevent such tragedies from occurring amongst her residents. As if Kristin was not already readily available to her resident she even more so began checking in on her residents to ensure they all felt happy, safe and comfortable in their living situations. On numerous occasions I watched as Kristin would greet her residents with a huge smile and engage in friendly conversation to remain an involved RA in her floor community. She even takes the time to talk to residents as she passes by their open doors. Every other Tuesday night she holds Tuesday Night Munchies in which at least 15-20 of her residents show up to enjoy healthy snacks, play games and/or watch movies. This has allowed Kristin to really know her residents and build a community amongst the residents on her floor. One of her residents, Michael Evans, wanted to put on a video game, "Halo 3," tournament program "Spartan Showdown." She showed him the logistics of putting on a program. Upon hearing the projectors in the RAC (Resident Activity Center) did not work; Michael and Kristin had to figured out a back-up plan. They decided they would bring down televisions for residents to play in the tournament. At the end of night, residents asked Kristin to put on more video games programs. Kristin has also been chosen to represent San Jose State University at PACURH 2009 in Western Washington University. As her NCC I have watched her go above and beyond the duties of a delegate. She is always ready and willing to help her fellow delegates and she has exemplifies spirit when it comes to SJSU. This month within the residence halls Kristin put on the program "She's Rich! He's Gay" a diversity program in which there was an exercise where people will had to make their judgments about people based on what they looked like. We all make judgments but this exercise was made to help people understand why their judgments are wrong. She submitted this program for "She's Rich! He's Gay!" which was accepted as a program at PACURH. On top of being an RA in CVB, Kristin is also the Vice President of NRHH. A new form of recognitions that NRHH decided to start this year is recognizing a different group of people each month. For the month of October, NRHH recognized the San Jose State University Housing Services custodial, maintenance, and grounds staff. Upon hearing she was the lead on this event, she contact Laura Shields, UHS Facilities Service Supervisor, to coordinate a date for the staff would be available to attend. Once a day was decided, Kristin created invitations to invite all the staff to the event. The custodial, maintenance, and grounds staff works hard everyday and yet many residents to do not give them much appreciation. Kristin wanted to create a slideshow to show them appreciation. She asked all the residents advisors to provide a quote or a statement about the staff to put in the slideshow. She made sure each staff member was recognized. At the end of the event, all the custodial, maintenance, and grounds staff was very appreciative for the event Kristin put together. For the month of October, Kristin Robinson deserves this award for all her hard work.

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Origin of Program:
This program was part of a new division-wide initiative this year. Each residential area was tasked with developing a "late night" program during Welcome Week (Weds, Thurs, Fri before fall classes), following the campus-wide activities provided by URSC (University Residential Student Community). The idea was to provide an alternative to partying and/or leaving campus to go to Greek Row, as this year no non-Greek students were to be present on the Row before 8/23. The North Area student population is almost 100% first year students, and is traditionally very Greek-heavy, with about 80% of residents joining Greek organizations in their first year. Therefore, they are very busy with their organizational responsibilities, and it has been difficult in past years to get residents to come out for large-scale programs, especially at night. The Residence Coordinators and RA staff teams of the three North Area residential colleges worked together to develop the North in the Dark program the night after move-in, following the URSC-sponsored "Dive-in Movie" event.
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Please give a short description of the program:
North in the Dark on 8/20/09 was the first in a new series of late night programs put on by the North Area Assistant Director, Residence Coordinators, and RA staff teams for the approximately 800 residents of the Area. The event included a large-scale glow in the dark game of capture-the-flag, giant fluorescent Twister, board games, food, music, and dancing in the dark from 11pm-2am the night after freshman move-in!
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Goals of the program:
The program included a large game of capture-the-flag, with each team delineated by glowing necklaces of a different color. The "flags" were glowing/flashing frisbees, and boundaries were also marked by glowing cones. Staff wore a special colored glow necklace, so that residents could easily identify them. The game was played on McCarthy Quad, a huge grass area in the middle of campus, just next to the North Area residence halls. Music was played, and tables with giant submarine sandwiches, sodas, and cookies were provided. There were also opportunities for residents to participate in alternative activities if they did not desire to be as active. Blankets were laid down with board games such as Catchphrase and Taboo, and a staff member supervised and encouraged residents to join. In another area, a giant "Neon Twister" game was played. Staff had created the twister board by painting a large tarp with fluorescent paint, and residents had a great time twisting and turning and falling down! The event ran from 11pm-2am, well past most traditional programs, and over 500 residents attended, some from other areas of campus! As the capture-the-flag game wore down after about 90 minutes, an impromptu dance party broke out over by the music, and lasted for the remainder of the program time.
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Positive and lasting effects of the program:
Due to the success of North in the Dark, the staff teams have decided to continue this event, making North in the Dark into a series which will include 2-3 late night programs per semester. The hope is that North in the Dark will become on of the North Area'\s signature programs, and will receive funding from URSC and other campus organizations in support of the great work the staff teams do to provide this program. North in the Dark will also serve as a model for other residential areas on campus, as it was the first program of its kind in response to the new division-wide programming initiative.
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Short evaluation of the program:
The staff was very pleased at the huge turn-out, especially for a new program model that had never been attempted at USC. We felt that the event was especially successful when one of the RAs on duty reported that after breaking up a party, the residents asked "well, then what else are we supposed to do?" to which the RA encouraged the group to go outside and join the fun at North in the Dark. The entire group ended up out on the field, participating in a safe, healthy, and positive experience in lieu of inappropriate behavior. Other residents reported enjoying the program, and appreciated the diversity of activities provided. The three staff teams worked very well together in planning and implementing the program. Committees were formed for food, small games and music, capture-the-flag planning, and advertising. Each committee worked hard to coordinate with the University and arrange for the field rental, working with food vendors, etc, in order to make this event a success!
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How could this program be adapted to other campuses?
This program could definitely be adapted to other campuses. The idea of holding a late night program is an excellent idea, especially in communities that have typically struggled with finding alternatives to underage drinking parties and non-University sanctioned events. The addition of the glowing materials with the activities was an attractive component that drew a number of residents who may not have otherwise attended. Other campuses could provide different games or activities using glow sticks, glow in the dark paint, Christmas lights, etc to create the same effect.
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