Name: Megan M.
School: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
email: [email removed]
Description:
During our first wing meeting of the year, I wanted to stress the
importance of building community in our wing. I explained to my
residents that becoming a community would involve everyone's ideas and
participation. I passed out strips of paper and markers, and
asked everyone to write their idea of a strong community on their
strips. After the meeting, I joined the strips together to make
a paper chain, and hung the chain in a central location in our wing.
It serves as a reminder of how important building a community is, and
also that everyone's input is what makes a community work.
Instructions/Things Needed:
Construction paper, cut into narrow strips
Markers
Staples
Other Considerations:
Since many residents may never have lived in a residence hall setting
before, it is important to explain the benefits of and reasons behind
building community to them before doing a program like this one.