Aug. 27 will be a big day for the University of Idaho’s resident student housing.
Several positions representing residence halls are up for grabs, including president, vice president, programming chair and assembly representative.
The executive elections will be held based on the students’ residence hall:
The Theophilus Tower’s election is at 8 p.m. on the Tower Lawn.
Wallace Residence Center’s election is at 8 p.m. in faculty’s basement.
The Living and Learning Centers’ is at 8 p.m. in the Trout Room.
McConnell’s election is at 7:30 p.m. on the first floor.
Voting will take place over text message.
The president is responsible for running meetings, creating agendas, putting together some recognition projects and making sure the community assembly works together, according to Jaxon Dean, executive director of the Residence Hall Association.
The vice president handles money, takes minutes at meetings, distributes funds accordingly, and decides money per floor, Dean said.
He said the programming chair puts on programs commonly seen in the residence halls like Tower Trick-or-Treat in addition to putting on events for their residence hall.
The assembly representative works as a liaison with the general assembly, which Dean said is “the overarching structure of the community assembly.”
For individual communities, such as the fifth floor of Tower, the resident assistant will decide when elections for community representative will be, Dean said.
Community representatives will participate in meetings with other community representatives, as well as be in charge of setting up events and allocating funds for their community.
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Therapy dogs are coming back for another semester at UI
Once again, therapy dogs are returning to campus.
Jeneba Hoene, the alcohol and other drugs coordinator for Vandal Health Education, said the dogs will be on campus Aug. 29 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the ASUI Student Lounge in the Idaho Commons.
Hoene said bringing in the therapy dogs is beneficial to both the students and dogs. The students get a low commitment way to destress and the dogs get more service training.
Hoene said Vandal Health Education will bring the dogs quite a few more times throughout the fall semester. The next three times they’ll be on campus, she said, are on Sept. 17, Oct. 4 and Oct. 28.
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Open-house event provides chance to engage with the Women’s Center
The Women’s Center is hosting an open house Aug. 29 from noon to 2 p.m.
The open house’s official name is “Get the Scoop” because there will be free ice cream sundaes for students.
Lysa Salsbury, director of the Women’s Center, said the organization uses this opportunity to welcome students and show them around.
Salsbury said the event is meant to be laid back, allowing students to come ask questions or check the space out.
Jackie Sedano, program coordinator for the Women’s Center, said it’s a relaxed program for students to be able to meet the staff and get to know the Women’s Center’s space, where it is located and what resources they offer students.
Sedano said if students do not have time during the open house, they can stop by when they do.
Sedano said there is always someone in the Women’s Center between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and students are always welcome to stop by with questions.
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