TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A delegation from The University of Alabama Residence Hall Association won several awards at the Alabama United Residence Halls (ALURH) Conference held at the University of South Alabama earlier this month.

Stormy Miller of Duncanville, the current UA hall council president at Bryce Lawn, was selected as the Student of the Year by ALURH. This award recognizes outstanding service to the school, state and region by an individual.

UA resident assistant and Parham Hall Council historian LaQuinchata Taylor of Dolomite was elected the Alabama affiliations coordinator for 2004-2005. She assumed office at the end of the ALURH Conference.

Three UA students also received honors for presenting the Top Two Programs at the conference. Desirée Adams of Mobile and Josh Johnson of Gulfport, Miss., taught fellow conference attendees how to tango in their program entitled “Dance.” Lauren Muse of New Orleans was honored for her craft program, “Let’s Bowl!” Muse’s program taught participants how to make bowls out of rolls of raffle tickets.

UA student Krista Stringer of Creola ended her service as state director of ALURH at the conference. As part of the closing ceremony, Stringer presented a Silver Star Pin to her parents, William and Lisa Stringer, and her grandmother, Marie Myles. The pins are awarded to individuals who have provided support and direction to the officers of ALURH. The Silver Star Award is given at the state officer’s discretion and each officer only awards one pin.

For more information on RHA and how students can get involved, go to http://rha.ua.edu or call 205/348-4953. RHA is advised and supported financially in part by the UA Office of Residential Life. UA Residential Life can be reached at http://reslife.ua.edu/ or 205/348-6676.