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NRHH History
The National Residence Hall Honorary has existed for over sixty years. Because of the passion of those before us, we can thrive today.
In 1964, NACURH Inc. found itself with financial difficulties. Grants were found, but there were two requirements: a central NACURH office had to be established, and the member schools needed more services rendered. Thus, April 25, 1964 the National Residence Hall Honorary was created as an answer to the second requirement.
In the beginning, NRHH focused on the incorporation of old into new. Campuses with existing honorary organizations were contacted and coordinated into the NRHH structure.
The primary focus of each chapter became the recognition of the residence hall leaders on its campus. This helped sustain a consistent membership in on-campus organizations, as well as, on the regional and national levels within NACURH.
In 2016, our Regional NRHH Policy book was adopted. This policy book follows the guidelines of the NACURH NRHH Policy Book, while also outlining our regional NRHH policies.
During covid we lost approximately 10 chapters but are on a steady incline. We currently have 25 active NRHH chapters. Our region has the 2nd most chapters and one of the lowest ratios between institutions to NRHH chapters.
CAACURH has 458 NRHH Members out of the 2292 total members (19%). We also have 109 Candidate Members out of the total 780 in NACURH (13%).
Our regional chapters have made great strides in networking through programming with each other, sharing resources, and learning from one another.
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