Office of Residence Life

 

Resident Students Association 


 

Hall Council Positions

A wonderful opportunity exists in the Residence Halls for students to become directly involved in their living environment!  These positions are elected at the beginning of each semester.  Click on the positions below for more information.

Hall President   Vice President   Treasurer  

 

Secretary    Student Congress Representative  

 

FAB Representative   Area Assessments Representatives

 

Hall Representatives    Floor Representatives  

  • An elected position.

  • Provides leadership and assistance to members of Hall Council.

  • Each Hall their own individual constitution that outlines the organization and governance of their Hall Council.  While positions may differ, the President is responsible for filling all positions listed by their constitution as well as required positions as outlined under the RSA Constitution. Some of the more common position include:

  • Vice President

  • Secretary

  • Treasurer

  • 2 RSA representatives

  • 1 or 2 Congress Representatives

  • Food Advisory Board (FAB) Representatives

  • An Area Assessment Representative

  • Floor representatives

  • RA Representatives

  • Attends meetings as scheduled with the RSA President

  • Verifies attendance of Council Reps at meetings (Presidents are not allowed to attend meetings as a proxy)

  • Keeps in contact with Residential Coordinator / Head Resident and Hall executive board 

  • Solicits appropriate assistance from RSA

  • During Hall Council Meetings, facilitates reports from RSA General Assembly, Student Congress, FAB; and on programming, finance and topics and issues that need to be voted on.


Vice-President

  • An Elected Position

  • Attends all Hall Council Meetings

  • Assists the President as needed

  • Helps with programming and publicity

  • If the hall chooses to get T-shirts, assists in ordering, money collection and the distribution of the shirts.


Treasurer

  • An Elected Position

  • Attends all hall council meetings

  • Keeps track of the hall council budget

  • Reports to the hall council about status of budget

  • Attends meetings with the RSA Treasurer

  • Completes all of the check requisitions and petty cash forms


Secretary

  • An Elected Position

  • Attends all hall council meetings

  • Takes attendance at all meetings

  • Takes down minutes at all meetings

  • Types up minutes

  • Turns the Minutes unto the RSA secretary weekly via email


Student Congress Representatives

  • Appointed/selected from within each residence hall

  • 2-positions available

  • Attends all hall council meetings

  • Attends all meetings Thursdays at 5 in Union 200

  • Takes down all information during Student Congress meetings and reports to the hall council what happened during the meetings

  • Votes in favor of what is best for your hall

  • Sits on a committee


Food Advisory Board Representative

  • Appointed/selected from within each residence hall

  • Attends all hall council meetings

  • Attends all FAB meetings

  • Reports food concerns from hall to FAB

  • Takes down all information during FAB meetings and reports to the hall council what happened during the meetings


Area Assessments Committee Representative

  • Appointed/selected from within each residence hall

  • Attends all hall council meetings

  • Brings concerns from the hall to the attention of the area assessment committee

  • Attends Area assessment meetings


Resident Students Association Representatives - General Assembly

  • Appointed/selected from within each residence hall

  • 2-positions available per Hall

  • Attends all hall council meetings

  • Attends all RSA General Assembly meetings Mondays at 9 pm in Union 200

  • Records all information during RSA meetings and reports to the hall council what happened during the meetings

  • Reports to RSA what happened in their hall meetings

  • Required to be on an RSA committee


Floor Representatives

  • Appointed/selected from within each residence hall

  • Attends all hall council meetings

  • Represents your floor at the hall meetings

  • Sits on a hall committee