SUNY Geneseo
Inter-Residence Council
Presented By :
Eric M. Blask
&
Brock A. Buffum
What Is IRC?
• Voice of residential community
• Programming body
• Leadership training
Mission Statement
The State University of New York College at
Geneseo Inter-Residence Council, as the largest oncampus organization, is committed to providing a
positive, approachable, and effective forum for all
students. The Inter-Residence Council strives to be
the aware and involved voice of Geneseo’s
residential community and seeks to develop a
broader intellectual, social, and cultural on-campus
environment. From this foundation, the InterResidence Council trains and develops the next
generation of student leaders.
History Lesson
• Residence Hall Association (RHA)
• National Association of College and
University Residence Halls (NACURH)
– Divided regionally into 8 Regions
– Geneseo belongs to:
NorthEast Affiliate of College and University
Residence Halls (NEACURH)
Residence Hall Associations
• Usually divisions of Residence Life
• Many varieties of systems
• Geneseo unique
• Student Association
• Standing Committee
• Director of Inter-Residence Affairs is IRC Chair
• Integrally linked by mission and purpose with
Residence Life and Division of Student Life
NACURH & NEACURH
Nationally – NACURH
• 8 Regions throughout
USA and Canada
• Large forum for
networking and ideas
• Provides RHA’s with
unity and strength
• Annual conference
Regionally – NEACURH
• Intimate networking
with schools close by
• List serve full of ideas
• Upward mobility to
Regional Board of
Director positions
• Bi-annual conferences
What does IRC take home…
From NACURH & NEACURH
• Programs and Leadership Development
– Learn from attending presentations
– Experience from presenting programs
• Networking
– Invaluable help information from other schools
• Recognition
– Annual awards (Regionally and Nationally)
Structure of IRC
Director of Inter-Residence Affairs
(DIRA)
IRC Chair by virtue of position
Election is Campus Wide
Advisor
Member or Residence Life Staff
Executive Board
Oversee organizational details
Elected by General Assembly in
April of previous year
General Assembly
Allocate funds for hall programs
Elected by Hall
IRC Executive Board
Student Association
Director of Inter-Residence Affairs
IRC Chair by virtue of position
Election is Campus Wide
Vice Chair
Coordinate Training Programs
Campus Relations Coordinator
Facilitate Campus Round Table
Treasurer
Financial Business
Secretary
Agendas, Minutes, & Records
National Communications
Coordinators (NCC's)
Connecet IRC with
region and nation
Programming Chair
Coordinate IRC Programming
Leadership Development
• Two day training at beginning of semester
• Continuous training:
– During IRC meetings
– Campus Round Table
Semesterly Training
• Attended by IRC members and RC members
• Modeled after NEACURH conferences
– Programming sessions
– Halls work together to build community
• SALT award
Continuous Training
• Campus Round Table
– Hall Presidents Trained by CRC
– Presidents take training back to entire hall
• During IRC Meetings
– Bi-monthly training moments
• Ten minute training moments
• Usually done by outside organizations:
– Geneseo Organization for Leadership Development
– National Residence Hall Honorary
– Student Organizations
Programming
• IRC programs
• IRC co-sponsored programs
• IRC funded hall programs
IRC Programs
• Wide range of students reached
• Looking to diversify target groups
• Example programs:
–Nintendo
–Rocky horror
–Shopping trip
–Siblings weekend
–Sports game trip
IRC Co-sponsored Programs
• Other organizations
come to IRC for:
– Man power
– Publicity
– Funding
• Examples:
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MidKnight Madness
MidKnight Breakfast
Condom Casino
FYE Events
IRC Hall Funded Programs
(Many in conjunction with RA floor programming)
• Come for partial funding
for a hall programs
• Little IRC involvement
outside of funding and
suggestions
• Approximately 60-70
programs a year
• Wide variety:
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Pots-n-Paints
Paintball
Mother’s Day Crafts
Floor dinners
Horse Back Riding
Picnics
IRC and Residence Councils
• Umbrella Organization
– Facilitate RC Elections
– Oversee training of RC
– Partially fund many programs
• Campus Round Table (CRT)
– Bi-weekly meetings of hall presidents
– Overseen by the Campus Relations Coordinator
– Fun, informative, planning
IRC Meetings
• Forum for discussion
and ideas
– Readily available
source for student
opinion
– Open discussion to
address concerns of
students
– Announcements about
campus events
• Funding
– Readings to provide
RCs with funding
– 2 Readings for request
over $75
– Debated and voted
upon by General
Assembly
Finances
• Student Association
(student fee money)
• Majority for
programming
• Unique funding:
– most RHA budgets
from college directly or
from Residence Life
How this ties into the College
• Student Association
• Residence Life
• Administration
Student Association
• Our parent organization and source of
funding
• Direct link to administration
Residence Life
• Programming body
• Funding source for Residence Councils and
RA’s through the Residence Councils
• Available source for student opinion
– RA involvement in student teaching
– Furniture in Residence Halls
Administration
• Direct link to student
opinion (Residence
Hall issues)
– Residence Hall
Renovations
– Computers in
Residence Halls
– Faculty in Residence
Report
• Indirectly linked
through the Student
Association on all
issues affecting whole
campus
– Possible laptop
program
– Snow Removal
– Campus Auxiliary
Service rule changes
For more information visit
http://www.geneseo.edu/~gencc
or email sairc@geneseo.edu