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• International Residence Hall Student Staff Recognition Day - 3rd Wed of Every February
  • Staff Recognition Ideas
    
• Black History Month Programming
  • Black History Month Trivia Board
  • Black Inventor Scavenger Hunt
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Bulletin Board (.doc - 155k MS Word File, 79k Adobe Acrobat File) An excellent bulletin board with information about one of America's heros, MLK, Jr. Includes a biographical timeline, many quotes, an picture, and other information! Great February Bulletin Board - Submitted by Tom Buchheit - Residence Life Coordinator - University of South Carolina

  • The History of Black History Month - 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
    Bulletin Board File (130k MS Word)

  • Philip Reid, Slave Caster of Freedom - This interesting story about the involvement of slaves in the building of the US capital could provide an excellent foundation for a program or a bulletin board. Submitted by Dr. Eugene Walton 
  • Calendar Collage Bulletin Board - Purchase an inexpensive calendar in January that highlights relevant information to Black History Month. Many malls or calendar shops will have half-price calendars in January and February. 
    
• Celebration of Chocolate Month
  • Sexual Chocolate - Educational program about sex, using chocolate as an advertising gimmick - Kimberly Larson, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Celebration of Chocolate Program - Janessa Reed, Baylor University
  • Sweet Lure of Chocolate - (Ready Made Bulletin Board)I recently gathered this information regarding chocolate ("The Sweet Lure of Chocolate") via The Exploratorium's web site and created a bulletin board out of it.  It is pretty detailed and fits a moderately sized board (Too much info for small boards) saved in MS Word 2000 format. Mr. Jade B University of Colorado - Resident Advisor, Baker Hall
    
• Sexual Health and AIDS Awareness Month
  • Check out the numerous educational program ideas about sexuality on ResidentAssistant.com
  • "Matters of the Heart" Bulletin Board idea - Leslie, Eastern Illinois University
    
• Valentine's Day
  • Check out the valentine's day related programming on ResidentAssistant.com
    
• Other Resources:

  For an amazingly comprehensive monthly calendar, with many more programming ideas, dates, and more, check out the Residence Life Programming Calendar Site by Laurie Tennison

  • For programming ideas Laurie has posted that are specific to February, click here.

Issues Students May Face In the Month of February 

• Hourly exams and other academic pressures approach. 
• Depending upon the weather, some people will experience cabin fever if the weather forces them to stay inside for a lengthy period of time. With the lack of organized activities to compensate for this, anti-social behavior sometimes occurs, such as excessive property damage. 
• Vocational choice anxieties set in with the onset of job interviews.
• Worry of hunting for a summer job begins. This is especially high for students who were unable to find work during the Holiday break. 
• Relationship anxieties increase as either couples begin to strengthen their ties (engagement) or experiencing weakening relationships. 
• Fall housing planning begins with trying to tentatively decide about living arrangements. March ¨ Increasing thoughts/deliberations about suicide occur from an inability to cope with the pressures of academic and social expectations.
• Academic pressures increase with the approach of mid-term exams. 
• With the pressures of the end of the semester approaching, many students start to increase their use of alcohol and drugs. This can cause them any problems, both biologically and behaviorally.
• Existential crisis for seniors - Must I leave school? Is my education worth anything? Was my major a mistake? Why go on?
• Living arrangement anxieties occur with the forcing of decisions - Should I move out? Live in the same building? Stay with the same roommate? Will a friend e left out of the plan?
• Summer job hunting will be heavy over spring break. Worry about finding a job or not finding one will cause severe anxiety.
• Trying to find money to use for spring break is a problem, especially when your peers are going to a place other than home and you are not able to join them.