Hall and Area Councils
The 15 hall and area councils across campus are responsible for planning and executing events for their residents. Each hall/area council is composed of students from their respective communities, and council members are elected by their peers at the beginning of each school year. Our hall councils have hosted hundreds of successful events to engage residents, from Formals to Haunted Hallways competitions and donation drives.
For more information regarding your Hall or Area council, please contact your Resident Director. You can also find their contact info in the slideshow below!
LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR COUNCIL!
Council Positions
For official position descriptions, see Article IV of the RHA Bylaws.
- Provides executive leadership for council
- Oversees all executive positions
- Presides over council meetings
- Ensures the council functions as a cohesive unit
- Serves as a liaison to council advisors and other RHA councils or committees
- Works to ensure the logistics of council events are carried out
- Oversees the efforts of all events and programs
- Mediates event-planning meetings
- Acts as the internal and external communicator of council
- Runs council social media accounts and e-mail
- Records and distributes meeting minutes
- Maintains membership records for council
- Maintains membership on the RHA Sustainability Committee of Maryland (SCOM)
- Advocates for the environmental concerns of their council and campus
- Helps to plan sustainability-related programs and initiatives for their community and the campus
- Maintains membership on the RHA Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee (DIACom)
- Collaborates with their council, resident assistants, multicultural advocates, and professional staff in the building and community to plan and implement diversity and inclusion-related events and education
- Represent their community at biweekly Senate meetings by debating and voting on legislation
- Serve on at least one Senate Committee
- Attend all council meetings and events to help coordinate efforts
- Report senate happenings back to the council