People and organizations that do something great in residence halls are being honored.

The “Of the Month” award program is organized by the National Residence Hall Honorary(NRHH), a sister chapter of the Residence Halls Advisory Council.

“The ‘Of the Month’ program is an important method of recognition for the many leaders of Ohio State resident halls,” said Nancy Arnold, a junior in accounting and member of the selection committee for OTM awards.

Anyone can fill out a nomination form for an OTM award in the categories of advisor, community, executive board member, social program, educational program, community service program, resident assistant, student or spotlight, said Jessica Andrews, a senior in psychology and member of the selection committee.

The spotlight can be anyone who displayed outstanding effort that month – including housekeepers, maintenance people and bus drivers, said Aaron Pendergraft, a junior in political science and RHAC vice president.

Nomination forms can be obtained from all hall directors and all residence halls are encouraged to submit nominees, Andrews said.

“As the OTM is month-specific, nominations should only focus on that particular month, since that is the whole purpose of an ‘Of the Month’ award,” Andrews said.

After nominations are made each month, a selection committee comprised of NRHH members vote on the winners from each category.

The committee looks at how the nominated person or program enriched residence life and how it exemplifies excellence.

Voting is usually done by the committee during the second week of each month for the previous month’s winners, Arnold said. The selected nominees are then sent to regional competition at the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls.

The regional competition includes seven states and 40 schools.

NRHH with the help of RHAC has been organizing the awards for three years.

This year the local level of the NRHH is going through some changes.

“OSU’s NRHH chapter, the Scarlet and Grey chapter, is currently undergoing re-organization,” Andrews said.

Although the NRHH presence is not prevalent on campus right now, Ohio State is well represented at the regional level, Pendergraft said.

By spring quarter the NRHH hopes to be reorganized and available to accept applications for the 85 spots available in the organization, Pendergraft said.