- PASSIVE PROGRAMMING -

Passive programming is a very effective way to educate residents and build community. In this section, you will find many passive programming ideas, primarily bulletin boards. Be sure to check out the premade bulletin board page for files you can download, edit and print!

READ THIS FIRST: As with any program, it is important that you communicate with your supervisor to assure the bulletin board you are considering is appropriate for your community. What may have been used at one institution or on one floor may not be appropriate in your situation.

Bulletin Board Ideas:
( = Indicates a picture of the bulletin board is included)

A-Team Bulletin Board
The ABC's of the Birds and the Bees 
The ABC's of Dreams  
A Year To Remember
Award Show Mania
Birthday Tree - Beautiful Babies Bulletin Board
Black History Month Trivia Board
Board of free speech
Body Awareness Bulletin Board
"Bored Board"
Campus Organizations, Birthdays, and Resident Spotlight - Three semi permanent boards you can update throughout the year
Celebrity Island 
Challenger Shuttle Bulletin Board (Good for Jan.)
Cheers Bulletin Board
Choose Your Poison  
Classes to Take, Classes to Skip - This interactive board allows residents to share advice on classes
College is a trip  
College Movies - Use images from popular college movies to show the facts and myths about college life.
Coloring Board  
Community Center 
Congratulations, Happy Birthday & Programming Board
Diversity Bulletin Board
Diversity Collage
Express Yourself 
Finals Class Help
Get to know you bulletin board
Have a nice day bulletin Board
Have you gone A-Wall?
Harry Potter  Hogwarts School  
Haunted Places   
Health and Wellness Board
If a picture is worth a thousand words... then what would these say?
Information Highway
Interactive Emotions Bulletin Board
International Sounds 
Internet Addiction/Internet Dating  
January is National Puzzle Month!  
Let's go to the movies 
Love Is... 
Magnetic... err... Tape Poetry
Make Your Mark On Campus   
Mental Floss - This continuous interactive board can be a semester-long feature on your floor.
"Moods: and you feel..." Bulletin Board
National Pride (In response to 9/11 terror attacks)
National Soup Month (January)
Neighbor Trivia   
One Last Drink
Open Your Eyes to Islam
Interactive Paper Poetry Board
Phenomenal Women   
Picture Bulletin Board
Presidential Elections 2000 - Be informed!
President's Day Bulletin Board (February)
Putting the Pieces together   
Quote Board
Ready-Made Bulletin Boards
Riddle Me This   
Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Using images from magazines, this bulletin board highlights issues dealing with body image, including facts about eating disorders
Sharing Bulletin Board
Spring Break Ideas   
These Are The Gifts You Are Giving Yourself When You Smoke (Christmas)
True Beauty   
Uniformity is boring!
Useless Facts  
Valentine Charity BB 
Valentine's Day, Anti-Valentine's Day Bulletin Board
You Might Be a College Student If...
Ways To Show You Care Bulletin Board Amy Fanning - The Ohio State University
Ways to Say I Love You  
Weather Board - Keep your residents updated on current weather
What's In A Name  
What Do You Think Bulletin Board
What Do You Really Think Bulletin Board (Variation)
Where In the World Have You Been?  
While You Were Gone On Break   
Who do you love?  Valentine 
Who, Where and What do you Love?  
Women at Work - This is a bulletin board with matching door tags! 
Women's History Month Bulletin Board
WonderWall Bulletin Board
Zodiac/Astrology Bulletin Board

Ready Made Bulletin Boards!
Simply download them and print them out!

Misc Bulletin board info/tips:

Tips on how to make some unique letters for your board

Easy alternative when you don't have enough boards

Easy Bulletin Boards Using Calendars or Magazines!