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Advice & articles 4

  • Ask the Experts

    - ASK THE EXPERTS - If you are a residence life professional and would like to help RAs and answer questions, please email me! Get an expert opinion!…

  • Oldindex

    Inspiration Book Series Inspiration for RAs Encouragement, Humor and Motivation for University Housing Staff This book is co- authored (compiled) by…

  • Printindex

    Inspiration Book Series We are currently upgrading the shopping cart on ResidentAssistant.com to provide you with more opportunities to acquire…

  • The Collegiate EmPowerment Company, Inc.

    View Cart | Checkout | Bulk Pricing 2004 Cover Version Inspiration for Resident Assistants by Anthony J. D’Angelo, Dan Oltersdorf, Amy Connolly…

Bulletin boards 10

  • 10 Study Tipsto Keepin Mind

    10Study Tipsto Keepin Mind PowerPoint, 335 KB. Download the original PPT file . The text below was extracted from it, so tables, images and layout…

  • Academic

    Word document, 13 KB. Download the original DOC file . The text below was extracted from it, so tables, images and layout may differ. Academic…

  • Cigarettesmoking

    Word document, 425 KB. Download the original DOC file . The text below was extracted from it, so tables, images and layout may differ. Cigarette…

  • Final Exam Preparation Tips

    Word document, 26 KB. Download the original DOC file . The text below was extracted from it, so tables, images and layout may differ. Final Exam…

  • Finals Class Help
  • Give Thanks Bulletin Board - Great November Board

    During the month of November, have a variety of different examples of how to give thanks. Such as making a card and on it write "make a card" in cool…

  • Have you gone A-Wall?

    Residents would post up cut out letter A's with their name and the class/exam that they got the A in. Also, there were "helpful study tips" sheets…

  • Internet Addiction Test

    Word document, 36 KB. Download the original DOC file . The text below was extracted from it, so tables, images and layout may differ. Internet…

  • Momma Said She's Proud Academic Bulletin Board

    Momma said she's proud.... Momma Said She's Proud Description : My unit created a refrigerator bulletin board for the girls to hang up their papers…

  • The ABC's of the Birds and the Bees

    Academic Success Academic Success Board 8 Page MS Word document with tips on academic success Click here for a larger…

Door tags & decs 1

Jobs & careers 1

  • Comparison Paper

    Word document, 232 KB. Download the original DOC file . The text below was extracted from it, so tables, images and layout may differ. Running Head…

Monthly calendars 3

  • December Calendar
  • October Planning Guide

    October Ideas and Resources This monthly planning guide is a supplement to the ResidentAssistant.com. For each month, you will find links to programs…

  • RA Calendar

    The calendar is an essential planning tool for a few reasons: There are always holidays and themes to program around (ie winter holidays or Women's…

Newsletters 4

  • May 2000 Newsletter

    Hello everyone! Here is this month’s ResidentAssistant.com newsletter! IN THIS ISSUE: O Book Update O Moments to remember O May Calendar O Issues and…

  • Newhouse5article

    Word document, 25 KB. Download the original DOC file . The text below was extracted from it, so tables, images and layout may differ. Getting off to…

  • Residence Life Newsletter

    Information for your Residence Life Program Hello This email contains valuable resources and information for your residence life program. If you are…

  • Sept2006Long

    This is your ResidentAssistant.com Monthly Newsletter! Please pass it along to your other staff members! To discontinue your subscription use the…

More resources 2

Program ideas 29

  • A Cold Grade

    Take two big sheets of paper and label Class, Subject, and Activity Under class the resident will put the class they are using the example from and…

  • A-Wall

    A-Wall is a program designed to acknowledge academic excellence. When a resident gets an A on a test or on a quiz, she takes an A and hangs it in the…

  • Birthday Tree - Paper-Editing Party

    Paper-Editing Party Paper-Editing Party We arranged a time for residents to come down to the lobby and enjoy pizza and other snacks while you swapped…

  • Book Club Discussions

    Choose a book per month and bring people together who have read the book to discuss it. Ask them questions about the book like why they liked it…

  • Brainteasers

    Brainteasers I went online and pulled out 15 riddles, some easy, some nearly impossible. Then I posted them all over the floor on a Sunday night. The…

  • Coffee and Creativity Residence Life Program

    A time for residents and staff to express their talents, enjoy coffee and treats, design a cultura square for our cultural quilt, relax, meet new…

  • Cookie Art Study Break

    This is a really fun idea for a late-night study break. The residents can use a whole bunch of frosting, sprinkles, fruit and candy to decorate…

  • Final Exam Scream

    To help resident cope with the stress of final exams, the Final Exam Scream gives them 5-10 minutes to make as much noise as they want. This includes…

  • finals Foods

    Name: Toni J. School: University of Wyoming (program completed at Casper College) email: Description : Finals Foods provides students opportunities…

  • Finger Painting - Good Finals Week Program!

    Finger Painting At Emmanuel College in Boston, we had an entire floor of women in the basement going crazy over finger paints. It was right before…

  • Hidden Study Tips

    I stuffed little sheets of paper into plastic Easter eggs. I then hid the eggs throughout my hall. I emailed my residents telling them that if they…

  • Intellectual

    - INTELLECTUAL PROGRAMMING - A-Wall Academic Skills Battle of the Sexes Book Club Discussions Brainteasers A Cold Grade Coffee and Creativity…

  • Know Your Computer

    Description : this program was mainly to get my freshman residents better acquainted and less intimidated by their computer. It focused on trouble…

  • Late Night Finals Breakfast
  • Memory Book

    I am in charge of a floor with about 50 freshmen girls on it. This memory book worked well with such a small number. Its basically an address and…

  • Metal Month Advertisements

    PowerPoint, 91 KB. Download the original PPT file . The text below was extracted from it, so tables, images and layout may differ. What: Building a…

  • Museum Trip

    Me and another Ra organized a trip to the Museum of Natural History in New York. We toured the Museum for three hours, the trip was successful…

  • Poetry Reading

    Description : We invited residents to come to our lounge to read poetry: theirs or just poems they felt connected to. Poetry is such a great way to…

  • Purity Test

    This is a great program that educates people without them knowing. I had a great turnout and lots of people came that aren't usually active in the…

  • Rate your professor!

    Rate Your Professor (RA Program) Description : I made "Rate Your Professor" grid sheets (with columns to name the professor, the class, positive…

  • Recognizing Academic Success

    Recoginizing Academic Success Recognizing Academic Success At the end of each semester I review the GPAs of each of my staff members to check to see…

  • Safety and Security Awareness

    This program is designed to give residents information of how to be safe on campus. What should be considered when out by oneself, etc.…

  • Smarty Patrol

    My supervisor had a program that consisted of buying a large amount of smarty candies and as the RAs did rounds and saw people studying they were…

  • Stall Academics

    To encourage my women to improve their study skills, I posted internet articles in all of the bathroom stalls. The articles dealt with studying…

  • Study Bucks

    Description : Study Bucks is a program we have been doing for a couple of semesters in a primarily freshman hall. The main goal of the program is to…

  • Study Buddies
  • Survival Sewing

    Many students don't know how to sew even a button on or mend things that aren't really big enough to take to a tailor, so this program will teach the…

  • We'll Hook You Up! - Resident Assistant .com - Programming

    This program is designed for Freshman on Campus to get involved in their new community! Bring in represenitives from all over campus and the…

  • What salesmen don't want you to know about computers

    I did this program in order to inform people of all the different places online where computer parts can be bought cheap. A lot of the residents have…

Study guides 35

Templates & forms 1

Training & in-services 1

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    Navigate this Module: Home Developing Your "WHY Statement" Setting Goals The Big Rocks! Daily Time Management - Time Calculator - Finding a Method…

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