New
Job Postings
Leap
Into Freshman Year (Bulletin Board)
Coffee
and Creativity (Social/Intellectual/Cultural program)
Celebrate
Cesar Chavez (Cultural Program)
Give
Thanks Bulletin Board
Love
Is (Bulletin Board)
Floor
Feast (Social Program)
101
Ways to Say I Love You (Bulletin Board)
Get
on Board Bulletin Board (Getting Students Involved)
Making
LGBT Students Feel Welcome (Article)
Harry
Potter Sorting Bulletin Board
Be
a Star Bet Involved Bulletin Board
Building
Community Advice Article
Puzzle
Piece Door Tags
Happy
Birthday Casey (Alcohol Awareness/Education/Drunk Driving)
License
Plate Doortags (MS Word Template)
New
Res Life Specific ePostCards!
Let's
Get Cooking! or Microwave Masterpieces
(2 MS Word Flyers & a recipe document) This social program
is a way to get your residents together to share their favorite
easy-to-cook recipes. All recipes are then compiled into
a cookbook. Includes flyers and some recipes to get you
started and to help the "non-culinary" residents
who want to participate.
Birth
Control Flyer
(MS Word Doc) This is actually a flyer on the different
types of birth control, including descriptions, cost, effectiveness,
and pros & cons. Includes recommended guidelines for
sexual partners and information on forms of birth control
not recommended for young women. This information could
easily be converted to a bulletin board.
Understanding
Through JelloThis is a social program to
help residents or staff to get to know one another.
"Who's
Your RA?" Scavenger Hunt
This one is great for allowing your residents to get
to know you and getting them to work together! Perfect for
the beginning of the year or for a new RA. (includes instructions
and a clue sheet)
Trading
Stalls
Based on the hit show "trading spaces," this program
is a great community builder for anyone with a community
style bathroom. Includes a flyer and a sample rule list.
Colorful
PowerPoint Flyer
(PowerPoint) Originaly used to market a "True Colors"
personality program, this colorful flyer is eyecatching
and can be used for just about anything. It could be a great
fit for a diversity program. The only drawback is it will
take a good bit of ink from your printer!
What
the Admissions Office Never Told You Bulletin Board
(PDF or MS Word) -
Fun and interactive board with 30 funny "lessons"
you learn in college. Invites residents to add their own
"lessons." (for example, "Instant Messenger
Becomes an Addiction")
Top
10 College Movies (MS Word) This board is made up
of images from the movie posters of 10 popular college movies,
along with quotes from the various movies.
Are
You Eco Friendly Bulletin Board
(PDF & MS Word) This
board is designed to make people more aware of the environment
and how to care for it. IN
BULLETIN BOARDS
Paint
Night
Social program where residents paint their own door mats
and door stops. Includes 3 MS Word Flyers.
Fleece
Blanket Program (Social Program)
Last
Chance Water Fight (Social
Program)
Celebrate
Diversity This
board encourages diversity awareness within a community.
It allows residents to learn more about one another and
broaden their definitions of diversity.
101
Tools for Tolerance & Declaration of Tolerance Program
and Bulletin Boards Great
active/passive program package.
Share
the Love Bulletin Board This board was created for
Valentine's day as a social event for residents. Great way
to create a bulletin board and get residents involved!
Say
What Bulletin Board(PDF & MS Word) This board is a great way to spark
conversation and to educate and raise awareness of terms
and phrases that are offensive, including "that's so
gay," "bitch," and other potentially offensive
terms. IN
BULLETIN BOARDS
May
2004 Calendar
April
2004 Calendar
March
2004 Calendar
Residence
Director (position now filled)
Residence Life and Housing (Posted 11/07/03) |
Morgan
State University
Location: MD |
11/04/03
- Momma
Said She's Proud - Academic
recognition bulletin board.
11/04/03
We'll Hook You Up! - Program to encourage
volunteer activity among your residents. Includes instructions
and 2 microsoft word flyers.
11/04/03 Metal
Month - Fun and creative series of programs
that involves recycling, creating metal door decs, and a
duct tape invention contest. Includes full page flyer and
3 different 1/4 page flyers.
11/4/03 - Added
November and December Program Planning Pages to ResidentAssistant.com
.
10/27/03
New
Chat Page - Fixed Links
on Home Page
10/09/03
- Targeted Advertising. I am
now using a new advertising approach that should help to
support the site and bring you more relevant ads to the
site. Keep an eye on the text ads on the top of the pages
for items that may be of interest to you as you check out
the site.
10/08/03
- Managing
the Transition from Student Staff Member to Graduate Student
Staff Member
by Melissa Hutson
Moving from the RA position to a Graduate Hall Director
position is a transition that has many unexpected components.
Melissa outlines what to expect in this transition as well
as providing excellent tips for coping effectively with
these changes.
10/08/03
- Advice for mid-year hires added
to the FAQ under "Success
on the job"
10/8/03
- New Look for home page - I have plans to completely
restructure ResidentAssistant.com with a cleaner look, but
for now, just made some minor changes to hopefully make
the site more user friendly. Please log into the discussion
boards and give your feedback and suggestions.
10/8/03
-
Added some new job searching resources to ResLifePro.com
- Job search sites, interview questions, etc.
10/6/03 -
Breast Cancer Awareness Board - This
is a board that has been on the site, but unzipped it for
you and liked to a screenshot. Great for October (Breast
Cancer Awareness Month), this is probably one of the best
bulletin boards on the site, with great statistics, layout
and design. Subscriber Section
10/6/03 - Are you addicted
to the internet bulletin board (3 MS Word Files) This
is a bulletin board about Internet Addiction. It has information
about finding out if you are addicted to the internet or
not. Subscriber Section
10/06/03 - October
Planning Page - A
tool to assist with planning programs for the month of October.
Includes links to the October Calendar as well as suggested
programs for the month. Subscriber Section
10/6/03 - "Making
Your Way Into the Housing Profession" An
article on how to start the path from RA to Res Life Professional.
In the ACUHO-I ResidentAssistant.com Career Center.
10/6/03 - Pizza
and Condom Party & Luv Gluv Bulletin Board (bulletin
boards & sexual programming) This program and bulletin
board combo is a great active and passive programming effort
to promote safer sex.
09/03/03 - Did a LOT
of "back end updates. Fixed hundreds of broken links
and added a great new discussion board and guestbook. Check
out the discussion board at /archive/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi.
New features include email notification, smilies, and much
more.
Women's History Board
featuring First Lady Trivia. - Great interactive
bulletin board! Excellent for Women's history month, or
as part of a program series on women's issues.
Program
Submission Contest! Win a free ResidentAssistant.com Membership and a copy of Inspiration for RAs!
Ice Cream and Salsa - Fun program with a catchy
title. Offer free Salsa Dance Lessons and serve ice cream
sundaes. Includes one flyer, planning checklist, and instructions.
Karaoke
Program - "Hall Idols" or "Say What Karaoke"
or "Karaoke Jam" This program includes
flyers, a checklist, instructions,
and suggestions for implementation.
Resources:
Updated
recognition ideas and information about Recognition Day
2004
Calendars with holidays, theme months, etc
August and September Planning Guide
ACPA's
Listings of Higher Ed Grad School Programs
David
Shaw's comparison paper of 92 higher education graduate
programs.
Programming
Models and Documents from different institutions
Staff
Appreciation and Encouragement
"We
Like You Because" - A great closure activity for your
staff
Advice
Articles:
Removing
Barriers: Expanding Your Community Beyond Your
Floor - Casey Shawler
Bulletin
Boards:
Multiple
Intelligences Theory - (94k zip file - MS Word)
I have created a very extensive bulletin board that can
be used for a lobby or larger bulletin board. It is all
about Howard Garder and his Mulitple Intelligences Theory.
There are 18 Word documents all zipped. Let me know if you
have any questions. Anthony Buza
Baker College of Owosso
Final
Exam Preparation Tips - (26k -MS Word) Here is a
bulletin board I made for Final Exam Study Tips. I thought
you might want to put it on the website. (On my board, I
also included an exam schedule and dates). Nikki Smith -
Univ. of Southern Mississippi
Illusions
- (400k PowerPoint as well as an MS Word Doc) This
fun bulletin board has a number of pictures, drawings and
illustrations that will puzzle and entertain residents!
Sarah Bentil - [email removed]
School: University of Vermont
The
History of Black History Month (130k MS Word File)-
This is a bulletin board put together using information
of a website (www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html)
It tells about the histroy behind Black History Month, and
gives facts about African-Americans. A great diversity board.
~Sarah Coggeshall University Of New England
Ironing
and Interviewing - STEAM IT UP!- (MS Word File)
Look your best for that job interview! Practical tips on
how to dress for success! Elizabeth Buchanan - University
of Minnesota
I
Used To Believe - (MS Word File) Residents write
what they used to believe when they were younger. MANY examples
provided. Funny stuff, very popular with my residents. Concept
taken from www.iusedtobelieve.com Bonnie Matthews - RA The
University of Texas -- Austin
Health
and Wellness Board Joel A. - National HOSA
President - University of Utah
STD Board
(Publisher and PDF Files) Informational and Eye-Opening
Bulletin Board on STDs- Joshua
Beck Assistant Resident Director Carroll College Waukesha,
Wisconsin
Ways
To Show You Care Bulletin Board Amy
Fanning - The Ohio State University