Truman to Host 2025 MACURH Regional Leadership Conference

This year’s Midwest Affiliate of College & University Residence Halls (MACURH) Regional Leadership Conference will take place on Truman’s campus, Oct. 24-26. Truman’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) and National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) will lead the event with the theme “Out of This World Leadership.” 

MACURH represents residence hall associations from seven states – Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Regional Leadership Conference serves as a platform to enhance student leadership and foster community among these associations. Institutions throughout these regions will send delegates from their own RHA’s and chapters of the NRHH to attend the conference. Delegations are typically made up of an advisor, RHA president, RHA national communications coordinator and NRHH president/representative, but many delegations will also bring general delegates as well.

Delegates will be housed in Centennial Hall, with opening ceremonies taking place in the newly renovated Kirk Building Forum. Throughout the weekend, attendees will participate in a variety of activities, including educational sessions, positional socials, philanthropy activity, a swap shop and more.

Hosting the conference has been a long-term effort for Truman students, that began planning nearly a year ago. From budgeting and housing to scheduling and programming, the conference is entirely student planned and run, with input from regional and national organizations and guidance from Residence Life professional staff as committee advisors. 

“Each of us has put a tremendous amount of time and effort into making this conference a success and there’s still a lot to be done over the next month,” said Hunter King, regional conference chair. “As the conference hosts, the regional focus is really on us to pull this off. This is the first time Truman has ever hosted MACURH’s Regional Leadership Conference, so we’re also excited to be making both regional and institutional history.”

While Truman has previously hosted MACURH’s Regional Business Conference, this will be the first time the organization’s Regional Leadership Conference will take place at the University. The business conference is a smaller event centered on legislation and awards discussions, while the leadership conference is larger in scale and emphasizes education and spirit through interactive workshops. Traditionally the leadership conference is hosted at institutions much larger than Truman.

“I hope the biggest takeaway is that small schools are able to do big things like this too,” said Cecilia Stokes, campus conference chair. “Truman is one of the smallest schools in MACURH, but by taking on this project we want to inspire other small institutions to see that they can make an impact as well.”

For more information about MACURH and the Regional Leadership Conference, visit macurh.nacurh.org/2025-regional-leadership-conf.