Talking Stick - March/April 2014 - 6

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WELCOME HOME, ACUHO-I!
As we embark upon the recruitment and job search season, many of our colleagues in the midst of
finding new professional homes, you will be impressed with the new home of ACUHO-I. The Open
House in February was a wonderful time to see the team of individuals that made it happen come
together. This would not have been possible without the dedicated work of a phenomenal team and the
generous donations of amazing corporate friends!

The doMains
reflecT
unique skills
ThaT housing
officers
should
MasTer in
order To be
successful.

I would like to share with you a few highlights that our team of volunteers is working on
to further our services and position as an association. In December, our members passed a
new institutional member rate structure. At our Annual Conference & Exposition last June,
we shared information related to Public Private Partners (P3) and proposed a structure for
membership. We had further knowledge to attain, so a task force is working diligently and will
report on their findings in Washington, D.C., at our annual meeting. I appreciate the work of
Bonnie Solt Prunty, Dan Pedersen, Diana Robertson, Shannon Staten, Michael Coakley, Linda
Anderson, Sallie Traxler, and Sheila Meyer. On a related note, our Professional Standards
Committee has updated our ACUHO-I Professional Standards to reflect the newly adopted
Public Private Partnership principles. You will see these integrated within the next standards
workshop.

In January, the CHO Institute was held in
Atlanta, Georgia, with 61 people in attendance. The
curriculum was redesigned based on the ACUHO-I
Body of Knowledge. The domains reflect unique
skills that housing officers should master in order
to be successful. These domains are distinctive to
housing compared to the general core areas which
student affairs professionals need to be competent.
Now we have a successful model for review of all the
services and learning opportunities offered to our
members, a model that reflects a progressive approach to learning.
Our Executive Board has been focused on member
engagement. Our members are interested in serving the
association and being involved at various levels. To that end,
we are working to identify opportunities that allow members
to easily engage with ACUHO-I at their desired commitment.
Currently, we have an umbrella of workgroups that are
composed of committees, boards, networks, task forces, and
opportunities for involvement, serving as faculty, reviewers, etc.
It is our charge to review how our members are involved and to
engage our current workgroups in discussions of best practices
for involvement in the future. I look forward to our continued
work to provide meaningful engagement opportunities.
There are many initiatives that are in the process of being
developed, and I appreciate the work of our volunteers to further
ACUHO-I as a great association. I hope to see you in Baltimore
at The Placement Exchange March 13-16; please stop by the ACUHO-I booth and say hello!
Partricia A. R. Martinez
ACUHO-I President

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