THE ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly (GA) is made up of representatives from the different residence halls on campus as well as regular members. They advocate for an accessible and enjoyable resident experience through events such as on campus programs or being part of an RHA committee. Members are able to vote on funding requests put forward by Willamette community members to fulfill different needs in residence buildings. Past purchases have included new vacuums for each residence hall, hall swag, and event funding.
History
Willamette's RHA was founded in 2014 to replace the hall councils that had previously served as the University's residential governance system. Student interest in creating a space to hear the voices of on-campus residents led to the adoption of the parliamentary system the Association uses today. In the years since RHA's Board of Directors and General Assembly have worked to better the residential community they live in and create a stronger organization for those who will follow in their footsteps. Recently, the hall council system was reintroduced alongside RHA to create an even stronger connection between RHA and the residential community.
REPRESENTATIVES
Hall Council representatives are made of residents from any of Willamette’s resident buildings, listed below:
- Matthews Hall Council
Matthews residents are first-year students that consist of the Matthews, Belknap, Cascadia, and Terra residence halls. These halls are located east relative to Willamette's central campus.
- Baxter Hall Council
Baxter residents are first-year students that consist of the Baxter, Northwood, Southwood, and Westwood residence halls. These halls are located northeast relative to Willamette's central campus.
- Westside Hall Council
Westside residents are non-first year students that consists of the Doney, Lausanne, Lee, York, Shepard, and University Apartments residence halls. These halls are located west and southwest relative to Willamette's central campus. University Apartments is located west across the street from Willamette's central campus.
- Kaneko Hall Council
Kaneko residents are a mixture of first and non-first year students that consists of the Kaneko Commons residence halls. Kaneko is located east across the street from Willamette’s central campus and is connected to the Tokyo International University site at Willamette.