Dear MACURH NCCs, It is my great pleasure as the Residence Hall Association (RHA) President to write to tell you that the RHA Executive Board of Missouri State University honorably nominates Angela Strider for the Cindy Fendrick Award for Professional Service. Angela Strider, who is better known as Angie, is overall the snap, crackle, and pop of RHA at Missouri State University. As we all know snaps are a huge part of the region, and they are also a large part of our RHA at Missouri State University. Angie shows enthusiasm when it comes to all of her duties, which includes advising the RHA Executive Board. Angie’s hours are never-ending hours, and we give her snaps to her commitment to not only Missouri State University but to the MACURH Region as well. Her commitment to the Residence Hall Association is beyond appreciated. I often find myself needing an answer and know that I can just drop by Angie’s office and have it answered even after her office hours are finished. She is willing to give us any amount of time we need to help us succeed not only as leaders but as students, too. Angela Strider crackles in her everyday commitments. What I mean is that she crackles with energy to encourage us to do our best and try new ideas. She is always willing to be our sounding board when it comes to ideas no matter how crazy and outrageous they may be. She crackles with excitement when we accomplish something amazing. Angie has the same level of excitement when we are evaluating a program as when meeting with the Director and Associate Director of Residence Life and Services. The way she presents herself is contagious and unavoidable. Angie is the pop of the organization. She is always willing to pop into a conversation whenever she is needed and provide information that she either has or is willing to find, and then educate the students on the information requested. When it comes to professionalism and Angie, I could not think of a better way to describe it than with one simple word: POP. Angie’s professionalism pops at anyone who has the honor of working with her. In closing, I would like to say Angela Strider is one of the best advisors with whom I have had the pleasure to work. I know that I would not be in the position I currently hold without her support, constant teaching, encouragement, and contagious passion for not only Residence Life and Services but to the students. I appreciate the time you are taking to read over this bid. Sincerely,

Tiffany Burrows, RHA President With support of: Austin Lawson, National Communications Coordinator Kelsey Anderson, Leadership Development Coordinator Thomas Matthews, Hall and University Enrichment Coordinator Chase Uchtman, Programming Communications Coordinator Alex Kaatz, Internal Communications Coordinator Heather McCallister, Administrative Aide Page 1

A Little About Angela Strider Angela Strider, or as referred to by those who know her best, Angie, has made connections with many people from all walks of life. Anyone who knows Angie knows this is because she is involved in so many things with so many people and she is the embodiment of professionalism. She is known for many reasons: through many avenues of communication, associations, and philanthropies. The theme of this bid is Rice Crispy Treats because Angie loves, and I mean loves, them! She is the Snap, Crackle, and Pop of our Residence Hall Association (RHA) at Missouri State University! One defining characteristic and rather outstanding gift is Angie’s ability to handle so much with grace. Angie finds time for so many things. Angie’s number of commitments and responsibilities reach far beyond what any average person would consider possible. She manages so many things with unmatched quality and care, while searching out opportunities to help others accomplish their goals and reach beyond their own expectations. Angie is one of those people who is such a pleasure to be around; one cannot help but look for opportunities to get involved with her. It is this endearing quality that gains her such strong commitment from her coworkers, friends, and advisees. You do not have to spend much time around her to feel like you are part of her team. Angie looks for opportunities to engage the minds and skills of students in a range of academic and extracurricular environments. One of her greatest gifts is the ability to see greatness in everyone and help them to express it in a way that benefits so many.

―Angie’s office is right next to mine. As a new staff member, having Angie right next to me has been greatly appreciated. I frequently show up in her office doorway a lot with questions, and Angie is always helpful and quick to answer. She takes time out of her busy schedule to help me, and I don’t think she realizes how helpful she can be. She has really helped me adjust to working here. Additionally, Angie is an extremely hard worker. I have seen her work long days, spending a lot of evening time in her office. I know Angie is very dedicated to her work and to the students. She has been a role model in showing me that dedication. I hope my staff will someday appreciate me as much as Angie’s students appreciate her.‖ – Allison Martin, Hall Director

Angie has managed many experiences in the last six years of her service as the Missouri State Coordinator of Leadership Development and Programming. She started her current professional position in 2005. She has attended 20 conferences since then and continues this tradition as the advisor to the conference delegation at MACURH 2011. Angela’s College Experience Angie obtained a Bachelors Degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry in 2003. She went on to

“Angie has got you covered!”

Page 2

complete her Masters Degree in Biology Education as of August 2011. Angie’s impact as a professional in the Department of Residence Life has not been limited to her post-graduation accomplishments. She also made an impressive mark on Missouri State University as an undergraduate and graduate student. As a student at Missouri State, she made her impact through various organizations and leadership roles on campus. In these roles, she dealt with conflict mediation, organizational leadership, and programming resource management. Listed below are the leadership roles she had as a student at Missouri State and just a few of the areas where she had an impact while in these roles: Positions:  Hall Council Executive Board Member: Assisted in implementing building-wide programs.  Resident Assistant: Created a successful community of women on her floor and worked with students through crisis intervention.  National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) President: Led the Boomer Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary and served as a mentor to fellow student leaders. She also established the current philanthropic relationship that NRHH has with The Habitat for Humanity, Springfield Chapter.  Summer Conference Assistant: Worked with the camps and conferences aspect of the department greeting visitors and helping them during their stay on campus.  Assistant Hall Director: Managed a building of RAs and advised the hall council of that building.  Habitat for Humanity Executive Board Member: Served as Publicity Chair and President. She is now a co-advisor for the organization. Recognition:  MACURH Bronze pin recipient  Wilda F. Looney Residence Life and Services Scholarship Recipient  Student Government Association Leadership Scholarship As you can see from the list above, Angie Strider’s professional impact began the moment she stepped foot on the Missouri State University campus. Her hard work and dedication as a student has led to her current professional position. Angela Today



―Having Angie as an advisor has opened my eyes to so many Angie is involved on so many fronts in both opportunities. Through her knowledge academics and extracurricular activities. and encouragement, Angie helps cultivate leaders for the future. I know Advisor for NRHH from 2005-present that she has helped shape me into the Angie has advised the National Residence Hall leader I am today and has helped me Honorary for six years. She presides over the group as discover my passion for student a resource and as a leader, and helps the organization affairs. I would be nowhere without with elections, programs, and allocating funds. As her guidance and support. I want to be NRHH advisor, she also helps evaluate members of like Angie.‖ the Executive Board and inducts new members to the organization. –Brittany Miller, 2010-2011 RHA Administrative Aide, Current NRHH President Page 3





       

RHA Advisor from 2005-present Words alone cannot describe all that Angela Strider does as RHA’s advisor. She is a constant source of help, and it is great having such an informative leader. She attends all of RHA’s General Assembly meetings and is always quick and upbeat. She answers students’ questions and provides more details when the Executive Board cannot. Angie also attends the Executive Board meetings, where she participates in conversations, motivates members, and provides historical information. Angie hosts one-on-ones with each Executive Board member every week. These one-on-ones are a special, helpful time in which the Executive Board member discusses upcoming events, problems, and academics. In addition, Angie, as the Advisor, trains the entire Executive Board for two weeks. The team is together 14 hours per day during these two weeks, and it is the Advisor’s job to train each member in his/her position, teach him/her about Residence Life, and create team cohesiveness through team builders and topic discussions. Manager of the Programming Database The Programming Database is a resource for RAs, RPAs, RHA, NRHH, and Hall Councils to track and evaluate their programs. Angie teaches the student leaders the purpose of the database, how to use it, and how to write good program evaluations. She also approves or denies certain programs. Feedback is a vital resource to Residence life and Services and to Missouri State University student leaders, as it provides foresight for future programs and improvement of traditional ones. Advisor to Habitat for Humanity MACURH 2010 Conference and Bid Team Advisor Delegation Advisor for 20 conferences Programming Resource Center Manager: 2005-present UMR-ACUHO-I Diversity Action Committee Member Welcome Week Committee Member Presenter of multiple ART and non-ART programs for advisors at conferences. Tunnel of Oppression Advisor

Angela Strider, a Player in the Region Angie has obviously dedicated many hours to serve current and former students at Missouri State University; however, her dedication to student success has not simply ended at the campus level. Angie has been a key player within MACURH for the past several years, serving as a delegation advisor, bid team advisor, and the advisor for the MACURH 2010 Conference Staff.

Page 4

Since Angie took the position of Coordinator of Leadership Development and Programming in 2005, she has served as Missouri State University’s delegation advisor for every MACURH, No Frills, and NACURH conference (except when she was the conference advisor for MACURH 2010). She has worked with every NCC to prepare him or her so the NCC could in turn prepare the conference delegations. She has attended every delegation planning meeting to share advice and ensure “NACURH 2010, UC San Diego” the delegations received every possible detail of information to prepare for a rewarding conference experience. Angie has also pushed the program presenters from Missouri State to be as prepared as possible by listening to mock presentations before each conference and offering feedback on ways to make it even stronger. She has even attended the delegation members’ program presentations during the conference to show her support—unless she was presenting an advisor program at the same time! Angie has advised a total of four RBD members who have represented Missouri State University on the regional and national levels, encouraging all of them to be ethical leaders who serve for the betterment of MACURH. Not only does Angie work to develop undergraduate students by doing the aforementioned things, she also has worked with several graduate students who served as co-advisors to help them develop additional leadership skills and learn more about NACURH and MACURH. In addition, Angie has acquired a valued historical perspective on the regional and national policies. When the 2008-2009 NRHH President inquired about changing the national policies for NRHH membership, Angie served as a guiding force to prepare the president to present legislation that changed the national policy at NACURH 2009. Several NCCs have also sought Angie’s advice to prepare legislation pieces that have changed regional policies, including online chat logistics and quorum numbers. No matter the size and experience of the conference delegations, Angie has been a strong supporter for all of the Missouri State University delegations since MACURH 2005. After MACURH 2008, several students met with Angie to inquire about bidding to host a conference. Although Angie already had a very full plate, she committed her support to do everything she could to help them fulfill their dreams. After Angie gained approval for a bid to host MACURH 2010, Angie served as the sole advisor for the bid team. On top of her other advising duties and coursework, Angie worked with the bid team chair every step of the way,

Page 5

helping him present information sessions, conducting interviews for bid team members, and selecting a bid team that would later become a conference staff. At the bid team meetings, Angie pushed the members to think about every detail from previous conferences, making a list of things to remember to do if Missouri State University did host. She encouraged the bid team to think outside of the box so the 50th MACURH conference would be an innovative one. After guiding the team during the bid writing and presentation phase, Angie watched gleefully as the bid team became a conference staff at MACURH 2009. After winning the bid, Angie became the main advisor for the conference staff and devoted even more time to help the staff. She remained a voice of historical reasoning and an advocate for the advisors, but she always believed that the conference should be student-run to allow students to enhance their leadership skills. She attended many conference staff events, including the summer planning retreats, every conference staff meeting, two-on-ones with conference staff members and the conference chair, fundraiser nights held before the budget was set, the RBD pre-retreat, and monthly meetings with the Director and Associate Director of Residence Life to support the conference chair giving updates about the conference. Looking back at her schedule in fall 2010, it is hard to imagine how she did everything for the staff on top of holding all of her advising duties of RHA, NRHH, and Habitat for Humanity. At MACURH 2010, Angie seemed to be everywhere. She drove supplies from campus to the hotel, drove the RBD to a roll call rehearsal, was a smiling face during conference registration at the hotel, participated in the conference staff roll call, coordinated a special ceremony for former regional advisor Mishelle Banas during the advisor social, set up for breakfast at the hotel, helped all staff members push through issues that arose, gave a speech at closing ceremonies, and coordinated the cleaning schedule for the union and hotel from the whirlwind weekend. After the two years of planning came to fruition, Angie hosted a final thank you dinner at her house for Jonathan Stubblefield (MACURH 2010 Conference the conference staff to gather one final time. She Chair) and Angela Strider celebrate a successful conferensured the wrap-up report was submitted on time, ence. and she has since served as a resource for other advisors and students who are interested in hosting a conference of their own. At No Frills 2011, Angie received an RBD Choice Award for her impressive efforts to make the MACURH 2010 Conference the best it could be. Looking back at her regional involvement, it was a well-deserved award for an individual who has affected so many people on her campus as a conference advisor and for the many other students who attended the MACURH 2010 Conference.

Page 6

Angela Strider, a Leader Among Leaders One of Angie’s greatest qualities is her ability to recognize other leaders and cultivate leadership skills in those individuals. Angie is involved in the training and polishing of skills for many different leaders on campus. Among the many training opportunities, Angie teaches people how to put on a program, how to communicate effectively, and the importance of understanding that one must be sensitive to others’ interpretation of what is said and not simply how it was meant. Specifically, she assists in the training of new Hall Directors and Assistant Hall Directors in pre-semester sessions designed to equip them with the tools necessary for success in their jobs. Also, she helps to bring current Hall Directors and Assistant Hall Directors up to speed on our ever-changing campus. She helps in the Resident Assistant (RA) and Residential Programming Assistant (RPA) training process that takes place for two weeks prior to the fall semester. In addition ―Angela Strider is one of the most to RA and RPA training, she finds time to prepare the inspirational people I have ever met. She incoming RHA executive board for their term as student does more than three people combined, leaders in the Missouri State residence halls. and simply does not complain about all that she does. Her very presence and disposition makes students’ desire to do Leaving Her Mark more for themselves, for their campus, and for their homes.‖ Angie has spent her entire time at Missouri State University making changes that would benefit generations —Thomas Matthews, to come. She helped to make prepaid laundry a reality on Current RHA Executive Member the Missouri State campus in 2005. She advised the implementation of a battery recycling program in 2007. In 2008, she helped to increase the student activity fees. This promoted program quality and offered more opportunities for students to get engaged on campus. One of her innovative accomplishments is the green bike program that students pioneered in 2010 under her supervision after a student attended a 2008 NACURH programming session where he learned of the idea. The green bike program provides residents a sustainable method to traverse campus efficiently. These are only a few of the ways Angie has impacted residence life for students on the Missouri State campus in her time as the Coordinator of Leadership Development and Programming. Outside of RHA, Angie has worked hard to forge relationships with other organizations on campus. The Missouri State bear is our mascot, and Angie is a true bear. She helped to shape an attendance challenge designed to encourage residents to support Missouri State athletes. This program has undergone much improvement and has been integrated into the Boomer Cup Challenge which is a program co-sponsored with the Marketing Department in Athletics. Boomer Cup is named after our spirited mascot, Boomer the Bear. She is also an advocate of Bear Wear Fridays, a day that was initiated by a past University President to get students to show their pride by wearing Bear Wear (university attire) each Friday.

Page 7

Angie’s incessant dedication and love for this campus and the people who live on it has shaped the lives of many people. She has encouraged so many people and helped them make decisions that allowed them to grow in ways they never imagined. Let us offer a round of boardroom SNAPS for the outstanding professional leadership of Angela Strider. Please thank her for her CRACKLE of energy evident in her every endeavor. Do not forget to recognize the unsurpassable quality of work—the kind that POPs out at you that is characteristic of her passionate labor. Angela Strider is, to so many, more than a professional leader, a teacher, a friend; she is an inspiration. ―Angie has never shown unwillingness to helping someone in need. She exhibits patience, wisdom, and friendliness even in times that may cause other people to quit.‖ —Heather McCallister, Current RHA Administrative Aide

―Angie is easily the best advisor I have ever had. She's passionate about what she does and this passion and enthusiasm spreads to anyone she interacts with. She makes sure that everyone she works with not only meets their requirements but exceeds them. If I had never met her, I probably wouldn't be the person that I am today. Without her advice, I probably wouldn't have changed my major, thought about other campus leadership positions, or even been involved in RHA or MACURH 2010 Conference Staff. She deserves this award so much for all of her hard work and devotion to Missouri State, MACURH, and NACURH over the past decade. I am so lucky and grateful that I had a chance to work with her for 2 and a half years.‖ –Barbara Anderson, 2009-2011 RHA Internal Communications Coordinator, MACURH 2010 Entertainment Chair

Page 8

―Angela Strider has a seemingly infinite amount of patience. Watching her advise multiple groups, and hearing the same questions asked over and over again, I always marvel at how well she makes each question seem like it’s the first time she’s heard it, while answering it in a way that gives everyone the most information she can. Her first priority is always the students and how they’re getting along in the college system.‖ —Melissa Greff, Resident Assistant

―The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.‖ – William Arthur Ward

“Angie is the type of person who is not only a great leader/ supervisor: she is a great person as well. She will help you outside of residence life. She is type of person who is carrying and concerned about your wellbeing. There is no-one else in residence life I would rather work with.” —Jared Grimsley, Resident Assistant, MACURH 2010 Finance Chair

Page 9

October 1, 2011 Dear MACURH NCCs and MACURH enthusiasts: I am thrilled to write this letter to support Angie Strider to receive the Cindy Fendrick Award for Professional Service. I understand that this award was created to not be a yearly award unless the recipient is truly deserving of this honor. I wholeheartedly believe that Angie has done more than enough to receive this award with her wide-spread, positive campus influence and with her incredible involvement within MACURH and NACURH, Inc. I have known Angie for four years, and I have always been amazed at her ability to juggle so many commitments and always have a smile on her face and kind words to say. Within the housing umbrella, Angie has served as the advisor for RHA, NRHH, nearly twenty conference delegations, and many other groups. Not only is Angie an unmatched addition for Missouri State University’s Department of Residence Life and Services, she also serves on many University committees or in advising roles to improve the campus experience. She helps plan Welcome Week to properly introduce new students to all the campus offers. She serves as an advisor for the Public Affairs Week student committee to plan a week-long series of events that correspond to the three pillars of the public affairs mission: ethical leadership, cultural competence, and community engagement. Angie has a deep passion for social justice and advises the Habitat for Humanity student group and the Tunnel of Oppression (a largescale social justice program) planning group. With her extensive leadership and advising experiences, it is commonplace for students and professional staff to not make a final decision before seeking Angie’s infinite wisdom. Most notable for me, I have witnessed first-hand Angie’s long-term dedication to both MACURH and NACURH, Inc. As a delegation advisor, Angie has been a source of historical perspective, offering advice whenever Missouri State University has submitted bids and legislation, some of which have changed national policies. She has advised a total of four Regional Board of Directors members since accepting her current professional position at Missouri State University, and she has most recently served as the main advisor for the MACURH 2010 Bid Team and Conference Staff. Angie put in countless hours pushing each of the chairs to think about how they could go above and beyond in their positions, which allowed the team to host an impactful conference that exuded customer service for all 470 delegates. Angie’s attention to detail and ability to brainstorm areas of improvement made the 50th MACURH conference a memorable one. She brought out my full potential as a leader and acted as a key resource for countless others in the region, including other advisors in the region. I am so pleased to offer a letter of support for an individual who has given me—and countless others—so much. I encourage all of you to highly consider rewarding Angie with this high honor that I believe she undoubtedly deserves. Please contact me at 636-209-0129 or [email protected] if you have any questions regarding this letter. Respectfully submitted,

Jon Stubblefield MACURH 2010 Conference Chair