Welcome to 1st Hunt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to 1^st Hunt The Hall of Explorers.

I am so excited about everyone moving in on Saturday. We are going to have a great year.  The RLAs and I are in the process of getting the hall all set for move in this week.   My name is Michael Newbauer- I play multiple roles at the school. I am the Director of Residential Education and Housing, teach and the 1^st Hunt SLI. I have been working at S & M since 2001. I lived on 2^nd Hill for 7 years before moving over to 1^st Hunt. I am so thankful for the amazing young men that I have had the honor to work with these past 12 years. I know this year is going to be extra special.   We have four RLAs that will be working with your sons this year. Gabe Shepherd, Kevin Parham, Zack Polizzi, HT Slaughter. You can see what they wrote about themselves on the hall blog.

Just a couple of Reminders Move in is on Saturday 9-11:30am.

Have your son bring a White T-shirt for the dance that will happen the following weekend. Also, they need to dress up for Convocation on Tuesday. They will need to wear dress shirt, tie/bow tie, dress pants and dress shoes.  This is a great night to see the whole school community come together to celebrate the upcoming year.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at Newbauer@ncssm.edu. I will be in and out of training for the rest of the week. 

Please take a look at our hall blog. We will update it on a regular pictures with updates and hall pictures. It is a great way to stay connected with your son.

 http://ncssm1sthunt.blogspot.com/

Sincerely

Michael W Newbauer

First Hunt RLAs for 2013-2014

(From left to right; Chatham, Zack, and Karl)

Hello current and future 1st Hunters!

I'm Zack Polizzi and I'm super excited to be one of your RLA's next year. Kevin Parham and I will be your programming RLA's, so we'll be working on thinking up and planning all kinds of fun things to do together next year. If you have any ideas of an awesome hall program, let one of us know - we'd love to have some input from you all. I live in a triple with my roommates Karl and Chatham, and I plan to live with them again next year. I love building stuff, so you'll probably see random projects strewn across our room now and then. I love to dive, and I will be captain of the diving team next year. Over the summer I'll be doing Research in Physics here at NCSSM, and then going to Singapore for the Singapore International Science Competition. In my free time I'll be life-guarding back at home. Next year is going to be awesome, and I'm so excited to be a part of it!

Hello everybody!

I am HT Slaughter and I am going to be one of the RLAs on First Hunt next year.  Some of my duties will include keeping the hall clean and running the hall blog.  I currently live in Oxford, but I grew up in Durham.  I greatly enjoy the outdoors, hiking (as can be seen from my picture), and spending a nice day (or any day) on the beach.  I currently live in a triple in the annex and next year I will live in room 130 in the annex.  Next year I will be running the lighting systems in the theater and serving on the theater’s Drama Board.  I know that First Hunt is going to be a great hall next year.  I am looking forward to all of the hall programs and great times that everyone is sure to have next year. 

Your First Hunt RLA,

HT Slaughter

Hey guys! 

My name is Kevin Parham and I am really excited to be a First Hunt Programming RLA next year!  Next year I will be living in Hunt Main, Room 114.  I know it will be a great year and I am really looking forward to all of the fun times we will have together.  I have lived in Durham, NC my entire life and I have two older brothers that I love spending time with.  I am really big into swimming and running, and I am a member of both the SMath swimming and track teams.  I also love outdoor activities such as hiking, rock climbing, and camping.  This summer I am going to be a swim coach for my neighborhood swim team and I am going backpacking in New Mexico for two weeks.  I can’t wait until I get to move onto First Hunt next year as an RLA and become a part of the best hall on campus!

See you all soon!

Kevin Parham

Hey Everyone! 

My name is Gabe Shepherd and I am super excited to be a First Hunt RLA for this coming year! I can’t wait to meet and thoroughly get to know everyone that will be on our hall next year. I have lived in Durham and Washington, NC all of my life and have 5 younger sisters and 1 younger brother, all of whom I love being with. For my entire life, I have swum year-round, and now that I go to NCSSM, I swim for the Duke Aquatics swim team. Besides swimming, I love doing almost anything that involves physical activity. This summer I am traveling Europe by myself for a month and staying with friends that I have met over the past few years. Besides Europe, I will also be spending my summer in Annapolis, MD at the United States Naval Academy Summer Seminar where I will be living like a cadet for a week and a half. I can’t wait for move in day when I will be able to really get to know all the current people on hall and all the new members who will be joining the BEST HALL on campus. My hope is that everyone else is as excited for next year as I am, and I can’t wait to become a RLA on First Hunt!

End of the year Senior Lunch

Today, the First Hunt seniors went out to Chili's for the end of the year senior senior meal! We all had an awesome time bonding over great food, great memories, and the X-games! Pictures soon to come!

Pool Party (and Mother's Day)

This past Sunday, Mother's Day (Happy Late Mother's Day to all of our First Hunt Moms), 1st Hunt had its final Pool Party at the Phillips' house. Jeff's family is so generous and gracious for letting us come and swim and for cooking for us, we thank you form the bottom of our hearts! We had a great time and great weather to just hang out and bond with the hall! Some pictures are below and the rest can be found on the slideshow!

The Final Athlete of the Week

To all the members of the First Hunt Family out there, I'd like to present to you the final athlete of the week for First Hunt 2012-2013, Mr. Dayton "Dan-twon" Ellwanger! Dayton has been so patient and has finally been selected for this great hall honor. Congrats Dayton!

Hall Food

Chatham Ellwanger provided us with a vegetarian Hall Food this past week for our last official hall food of the year! We had an assortment of cheese and vegetable pizzas that were sure to not disappoint. Thank you so much Chatham for providing this meal for us!

Hall Food!

For hall food this week, we had Domino's Pizza! The pizza was awesome but the highlight of the night had to have been the "Just Dance" session afterwards where I must say, Burton and I may have outdanced all the competition!