Hall Councils
Hall Council Application is now open!
Complete the HCO Application to apply for the Hall Council for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. For a general timeline of the application process, review the HC Recruitment Processes.
What is Hall Council?
It’s simple: our Hall Councils are the heart of community in on-campus residence halls and the core of our organization. When the event idea you had and shared with Hall Council Officers comes to light a few weeks later and engages an entire floor or when the board game you knew would make your floor lounge better finally arrives after passing a bill for one, that’s Hall Council working at full capacity.
A Hall Council is one of 15 groups within RHA that operates within one of a few residential communities across campus. Hall Councils are responsible for planning events for their communities, providing opportunities for residents to provide input on how their Hall Council’s semesterly budget is spent, and advocating for residents. As part of our organization’s Legislative Branch, Hall Councils host weekly meetings to pass legislation through bills that affects their residents. In a typical year, our Hall Councils work with RAs and Hall Directors to plan over 10 events and activities for their communities, pass and fund over 100 bills—each providing funding for other residents and RAs to host additional events for residents—and introduce hundreds of residents to one another.
If you live on campus, you’re part of a Hall Council, and you have a vote and say in how your community functions over the next year. Do you think your floor should have a weekly ice cream social? Want the Department of Housing and Residence Life to know that your entire building supports the implementation of a new sustainability initiative in residence halls? Think that you should have a field day between neighboring residence halls to determine which building is supreme? Hall Council is the place to start doing all of those things.
How does Hall Council business work?
One of Hall Council’s main operations is to facilitate business through resident-submitted bills. If you are looking for funding for an event you want to host, an initiative you want to start, or if you are looking to make a statement on behalf of your hall, you’ll want to submit a bill! In your bill, you will include details on what your idea is, what you might want to spend money on, and how it will benefit your residential community. Ask your RA or Hall Director how bills are submitted in your community! This bill will then be reviewed and likely placed on the agenda for your next Hall Council meeting, as long as it meets bill eligibility requirements. You’ll want to attend your next Hall Council meeting to be given a chance to talk through your bill with your fellow residents and give them a chance to vote on it. Should the bill pass at the Hall Council meeting, you can then take action by hosting the event, making the purchases, etc. If you were approved to spend Hall Council money, the last step of the process is to submit your receipts to RHA so that we can reimburse you. If you are not comfortable spending your own money, reach out to your Hall Director about them using a P-card purchase. While these must be done in advance, they are an easy way to host an event without spending your own money!
While the process can look like a lot when first starting, your Hall Council Officers, RAs, and Hall Directors are more than happy to help you submit a bill to Hall Council!
Our Hall Council Officers
Hall Council Officers, or HCOs, make Hall Councils possible—they’re on the ground, in our residence halls, building community on a daily basis. Each Hall Council has at least four coordinators: a Meetings Coordinator, Communications Coordinator, Finance Coordinator, and an Events Coordinator. While each Coordinator has specific duties related to the core operations of their Hall Council and specific to their unique role, the whole Coordinating Board works together as a team to collectively enhance their community’s residential student experience. Each Hall Council will be advised by their respective Hall Director. These officers are elected annually in the fall and serve through the end of the spring semester.
SPECIAL NOTE: Each Hall Council has the autonomy to elect Building Representatives based on specialized needs within each community.
Meetings Coordinator
- Oversee all Hall Council and Coordinating Board meetings as a whole
- Oversee and encourage Hall Council bill submission for your community
- Prepare Council and Coordinating Board meeting agendas
- Supervise other Hall Council Officers to ensure smooth collaboration as a team
- Perform other duties as specified by the Coordinating Board or Hall Council
Communications Coordinator
- Communicate with residents, RAs, and professional staff about Council happenings
- Assist the Meetings Coordinator as needed
- Manage Council social media and print media
- Record and distribute minutes during Council and Coordinating Board meetings
- Attend Biweekly LC and report back on happenings to the residents and council (Legislative Council)
- Perform other duties as specified by the Coordinating Board or Hall Council
Finance Coordinator
- Manage the Council’s budget, advising the community on appropriate spending
- Communicate the status of the accounts held by the Council to the Coordinating Board and Council at all meetings
- Oversee reimbursement paperwork processing for you community, assisting residents, RAs, and others to submit accurate paperwork
- Perform other duties as specified by the Coordinating Board or Council
Events Coordinator
- Hold ultimate responsibility for all programs and events held by the Council
- Plan and coordinate, along with the Coordinating Board, events and initiatives that further the purpose of the Council
- Collaborate with other Councils and Resident Assistants for events
- Perform other duties as specified by the Coordinating Board or Council
Building Representative
- Post flyers and materials in their respective building/floor
- Send feedback from their respective floor/hall to Council meetings
- Encouraged to host a building/floor specific event or an event that sparks friendly competition between floors/buildings
- Encourage building/floor to attend Council meetings (Ex: knocking on doors)
Find Your Hall Council
Use the dropdown tabs below to find information on each of our 15 Hall Councils. Each tab includes Hall Council meeting times, locations, Hall Council Officer contact information, and building composition.
Eighth Street ▼
Eighth Street West, Eighth Street East, Eighth Street South
North Avenue ▼
North Avenue East, North Avenue West, North Avenue North, North Avenue South
Meeting Time: TBD
Meeting Location: North Avenue West Centennial Room
| Meetings Coordinator | Katelyn Kwak📧 |
| Communications Coordinator | Michelle Rhee📧 |
| Finance Coordinator | Morgan Summerlin📧 |
| Events Coordinator | Nick Elidor📧 |
| Building Rep | Dewangi Tegala📧 |
| Trinity Dibartolo📧 | |
| Madeline Greco📧 | |
| Miguel Aronategui Gonzalez📧 | |
| Advisor/HD | Elita Rushin📧 |