Leadership

Meet our Hall Leadership Team!

4th West has one Community Coordinator (CC) and three Residential Life Assistants (RLAs) living on hall to support our residents during their time at NCSSM. Get to know a little bit about us here!

Community Coordinator

I graduated from Catawba College in 2017 with a B.A. in Communications and a double minor in Environmental Studies and Creative Writing. While in school, I was the editor-in-chief of her school newspaper and am always happy to give writing tips and edits for your students! After college, I worked in the I.T. and Environmental Education fields. Notably, I work as a contractor for the Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh for their large event days like Bugfest! 
I have also been a part of a therapeutic wilderness camping program where I was able to canoe over 200 miles of the Neuse river and backpack over 50 miles of the Uwharrie National Forest with groups of teens.
My hobbies include whittling, video games, herping, baking, and identifying what weird critters my family member saw from the grainy photo they sent me.
In August of 2022, I had the opportunity to travel to The Galapagos Islands with National Geographic!
My life-long goal is to be a part of the first colony on Mars.

Residential Life Assistants

Lucas

Hi!  My name is Lucas Hahnenberg and I’ll be one of your RLAs on 4th West this year.  I’m from Mooresville and my home high school was South Iredell.  Some of my interests include playing sports, writing, hanging out with friends, and watching television.  My academic passions include subjects such as economics, public policy, and statistics, and I am looking to pursue a career in foreign service.  I’ll be a baseball team captain this year and am heavily involved in the intramural program here at NCSSM.  I am looking forward to meeting everyone and ready for another great year on 4th West!

Joey

Hi! My name is Joey Banchik and I am excited to be one of the 4W RLAs this year. I am from Marvin, NC, which is south of Charlotte and I went to Marvin Ridge before coming to NCSSM. I love playing guitar (electric and acoustic) and I really enjoy listening to all kinds of music including rock, alternative, rap, and hip hop. I am a captain of the NCSSM Rocketry Club and so is Garrett so feel free to reach out to either of us if you have any questions. I love the outdoors so I enjoy going on walks around campus, camping, backpacking, whitewater kayaking and snowboarding. I look forward to hanging out on hall with everyone and I'm excited for this year. 4W on top!

Garrett

Hi and welcome to Fourth West! I'm Garrett Wight and I will be one of your RLAs for this year. I'm from Cornelius and attended William Amos Hough High School before attending NCSSM. I'm very passionate about engineering and design and I am a co-captain for the High Powered Rocketry Club here at NCSSM. I also love the physical sciences and am part of the Research in Chemistry program. For Fun I love Cars, Video Gaming, Flipping, Board Games, and 3D printing. I had a fantastic time on Fourth West last year, and I am very excited to make more memories this year.