House Cup celebration brings excitement, community as year draws to a close
Brett Collins expresses his excitement for being a part of the Residence Life Team (Photos by Andrea Calamaro, CIU Student Photographer)
By Josh Ford
CIU Student Writer
College students enjoy competing for bragging rights. That’s why winning the House Cup is a big deal at Ƶ. The trophy is bestowed on the residence hall that has accumulated the most points at the end of the school year through various competitions and achievements called the House Collective.
As the school year drew to a close, all residencehalls met inShortess Chapel for The House Summit and the big announcement of the House Cup victor. Cheers erupted when the women’s residence hall named Dignitaswas announced as the winner.
“To be honest, I wasn’t expectingtheaward, but it felt great when we gotit,” said freshman Milijana Zmuric.
Also recognized were current Residence Life staff and incoming RAs and Campus Life Coordinators (CLC) for next school year.
“My experience was great this year,”Zmuricsaid. “My RA and CLC did a great job – they were responsible and they took really good care of our hall and of each girl too.”
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