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Especially around holidays, drinking and drinking games can be a little too common. To help counter this, I've altered another program commonly known as "Sex & Candy." If you don't know what this is, but would like to, let me know and I'll put that one up if it's not ...

Description: This is a bulletin board/door deck idea: To instill a feeling of community and especially friendship between roommates that are just meeting each other (ideal for freshmen halls), post a pair of dynamic duos with the hall name, room number and occupant names on each door. Tie in the ...

Facebook style bulletin board and door decs. In addition to a creative way to allow the residents to meet one another and the RAs, you can use it to promote your floor Facebook group.

Where can I get food around campus? Description: Simply, where can I get food around campus. College kids in the res halls get sick of the cafeteria food pretty quick. I thought this was a great idea to pick places that were cheap, close to the res halls, and had delivery ...

I'm very creative when I teach law to law students, but I'm not sure there's a creative way to teach law to residents....  I'm a law professor and I specialize in student housing law (e.g., searches in halls, liability of res assts, etc.)  Yeah, I know, like all the boring ...

This bulletin board is meant to help your residents discover fun things to do around town. Although first year students would probably benefit from this the most all students might find this passive interesting. 

Gutter sundaes are exactly that - sundaes that you make in a gutter. Let me explain. Go to Lowe's, Home Depot, or  your local home improvement store. Purchase a gutter or two. You can determine the length, but I would suggest making the gutter section(s) the length of the tables you ...

To go with my bulletin board and my building theme I made hula girls for my door decorations. I traced a girl, the hair, and the skirts. Then I clue it all together. To make the little flowers I used a holl-puncher in a flower shape.  

Description: Interactive bulletin board that connects residents Instructions: Find a state (or larger) map and post it in your wing. Leave star stickers that residents can place on their home town. Other Considerations: If you have a bulletin board available...use push pins and leave small slips of paper so ...

Ice Cream Cones Great bulletin board to pair with an ice cream social. Instructions: If you don't have access to a die cut machine...buy yourself some ice cream cones and cut and cut the picture out of the box. Trace the shape onto brown paper (use brown colored pencils to make ...

(MS Word) Great way to get to know your residents' interests and needs. This is a MUST for planning programming. It can also help you connect residents with others who have similar interests. Download Interest and Needs Survey

I like doing themes within my hall and for my first semester, I decided to do a Las Vegas and casino theme and use it for my back to school theme. I did doortags with two playing cards glued together with a gold or silver paper with their names on ...

Let's be honest with ourselves... The title of a program can be the determiner if there is a bigger resident turnout. And that was what this program was designed for. As we all know, most college kids are faced with the decision of trying drugs throughout their college career and ...

As my welcome board, I put blue backing paper as an ocean. I found borders that had waves and fish printed on them. Then I drew seaweed onto green paper, cut them out, and lined them with green glitter. I dispersed them along the bottom of the board. Then I ...

Title: Let\'s Get Cooking -or- Microwave Masterpieces: You Can Cook WHAT In a Microwave? (If you don\'t have a regular kitchen available) Description: The residents get to enjoy each other\'s cooking and create a fun College Recipe Book. Depending upon whether there is a community kitchen, or there are stoves in ...