Resident Assistant

Boxing can provide your residents with a safe, fun way to release stress.  You'll want to make sure your residents hear from someone knowledgeable on the topic of boxing. It's important to make sure your residents know the basics so they do not hurt themselves or someone else. Safety is top ...

Description:         Perhaps you've heard of making 1,000 origami cranes and getting a wish?           A couple of years ago, a member of our college community everyone was quite fond of got in an accident and was in the hospital for a ...

 This board covers some common college new years resolutions: Get in Shape, Get Organized, Bring up GPA, Lose Weight, Get Out of Debt.  The bubbles offer suggestions on how to accomplish each goal.    new_year

This was submitted via the discussion board by angelalegna when school started and my girls moved in, i had them fill out this survey to see what kind of this things they liked.. you can try it with your residents if you want, I\'m attaching it.. Download File: all_about_me_survey_residents (DOC)

For My Door dec for my Floor I did Asian takeout Boxes we purchased takeout boxes, chopsticks, stencils and stickers.

This program takes a creative approach at making your residents more aware of the struggles that individuals with handicaps face on a regular basis. Take your residents to a local bowling alley (make sure to make lane reservations in advance) and split them into a few groups. Have each person draw ...

Well, over J-Term at our school, we don’t have many students in the dorm but I wanted to create something simple that could occupy our bulletin board and kind of set the mood for the semester. I wanted to do a Casino night this semester so I did a casino ...

If you don't have a lot of time/money but a few helping hands, this doortag idea is for you. Residents may also help to complete the tags, already getting them involved with floor stuff. These tags add a lot of color to your floor, and every resident's tag is unique!

After your residents receive their first semester grades, ask your supervisor if s/he can supply you with your residents' names who made the Dean's List (or whatever your "honor roll" list is called). Publicly recognize them on a bulletin board for being a part of the group of students who ...

To meet our requirements of performing an environmentally focused program I created Design on a Dime (the name is borrowed, of course) that brought students together to make dorm room decorations from reused items.  I bought fabric from Goodwill, washed it, and sewed 3 sides together, leaving one open for residents ...

Provided information on Disability Awareness for residents. For an example, click the disability_awareness link.

Description: This bulletin board originated as an idea of mine to make a snowman bulletin board for January. My problem was the fact that I had no way to cut out big circles for the body of the snowman. That led me to the idea of making a very large ...

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 ...

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.

One of my RAs created large fish bowls and fish for each of her resident's doors.  Then, as her first program, they decorated their respective fish bowls.  A great way to pair your door decs with your first community developoment program.