Resident Assistant

My CO and I began the semester with a Willy Wonka themed floor and for the second semester changed the decorations to a Medieval/Renissance theme. The idea came about because I knew the Renissance Festival began in April or March and I wanted to plan a program around it as ...

A fun door dec to compile. Find a fake $1,000,000 template online that you can use to print in color and cut out. (Just use Google's image search.)  Print it out and replace the center image with a photo of your resident's face.  They look fabulous and are very simple ...

Description: Encourage academics on your floor! Mom's Fridge is a way to promote good grades and for people to show off a bit too. Make a large fridge on white roll paper, ( i like the old fashion simple freezer on top rounded off fridges...) and label it moms fridge. ...

My unit created a refrigerator bulletin board for the girls to hang up their papers that received good grades, just like your mother did when she was proud of you when you were little. We made magnets that applied to our school, city and just cheezy, generic ones that have ...

Mud Wrestling can be a very fun and entertaining program. Use a tarp or a large kiddie swimming pool to keep your "mud" (water and dirt mixed) contained.  Be sure to have some rules so things do not get too out of hand. Depending on how outgoing your residents are, you ...

To kick off the new semester I thought it would be fun to make a bulletin board similar to a movie theater or musical poster.  I have gotten great reviews from the residents, and it wasn't terribly difficult to make.  As you can see in the pic, I did "Now ...

Program Title: "Paint Night" or "Door Mat Program*" or "Pet Rock Program" (be creative!) Description: This program will help to build community, allow residents to interact, and give them a way to decorate their homes! Residents get together to decorate carpet squares and/or doorstops (rocks or wooden doorstops). The carpet squares ...

At the beginning of the school year, let your residents paint their own doormats. You can purchase carpet samples for next to nothing from a local carpet supplier; or you can find cheap $1 or $2 doormats at a local department store. Provide supplies such as stencils, sponges, paintbrushes, and acryllic ...

The Perfect Strangers Roommate Game is designed to help First Year Students get to know their roommate better, or for them to help figure out who would be a compatible roommate for them to live with on a college campus. I designed this program to address the key issues facing ...

This is a fun program to have as a late night because almosteveryone are in their pajamas already! This is a great alternative forresidents who do not want to go out to clubs or drink. Having this programtowards the beginning of the semester will help residents get to know otherresidents ...

Description: Presidential Election board Instructions: For my board I printed up pictures all the major canidates for the 2008 election. I cut squares of paper and put a name of each resident on my floor on one each and tacked each one on the bottom of the board. Allowing each person ...

A creative and fun way to raise funds is a Rubber Duckie Race on campus. Obviously, you need to have a stream or running water source on your campus and relatively accessible.  Decide whether you are trying to collect money, food items, personal care items, or other items to be ...

You can have a sand castle building competition amongst your residents, and you don't need to live on the beach to do so.  Sand is very cheap at local landscaping/home improvement stores. What you'll need: 1. Two or three kiddie swimming pools (to put the sand in) 2. Lots of sand 3. Some beach ...

At the beginning of a school year or a new semester, this would be a great getting-to-know-you sort of activity. Of course, you could decide to do this at any point during the year, and it would still be a great activity. Ask each of your residents to bring a Show ...

Who doesn't love slip-n-slides? Buy a slip-n-slide from your local department store and hook up a water hose outisde of your residence hall. Invite your residents outside to socialize and participate in a big Slip-N-Slide Social, complete with music, snacks, and contests. This is a great community builder and may be ...