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Check out the amazing ideas for building a positive community with exceptional door tags, bulletin boards, and programs!

Bulletin Boards

Sliding into a new year
By Jon Licandro, RA, Submitted by Michael Janofsky, Resident Director, Marist College

Shake thing up in 2013
By Alexis Christian, RA, Submitted by Michael Janofsky, Resident Director, Marist College

Rape Culture
Laura Dunson, Resident Assistant, Baldwin Wallace University, Cleveland, OH

New Year Traditions from Around the World
Kammy Kuang, East Tennessee State University

2013 Movies to Watch
Kammy Kuang, East Tennessee State University

Little Mermaid Bulletin Board
Tia Starr, Student/Resident Adviser for Hart College, Murray State University

In and Out Board
Tia Starr, Student/Resident Adviser for Hart College, Murray State University

Domestic Violence Board
Info from PAVE.net, Submitted by Joselyn Wanjau, Clark University Alumna

Hello Kitty Bulletin Board
Tia Starr, Resident Adviser for Hart College, Murray State University


Door Decoration Ideas

Hello Kitty Door Decorations
Tia Starr, Resident Adviser for Hart College, Murray State University

Pokeballs Door Decorations
Michael Vanterkolk, Defiance College


Partying with Programming

Black vs. Ghetto: A Perspective on University Programming from an African American Student Attending a Predominantly White University
By Kyle Boon, Resident Director for Co-Curricular Education at Santa Cruz Village, California State University, Channel Islands

Programming for the Difficult Topics
By Dennis McIver, Community Development Assistant, Office of Residential Life, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Programming Ideas for Women’s History Month
By Cathy Raynis, Director of Residential Life, Iona College (now Cathy Raynis Meeker, ResLife.net)

Diversity Programming with Pizzazz
By Shawn McQuillan, Resident Assistant, Eastern Connecticut State University

Celebrating Women’s History Month…Did you know? Interesting facts about women and issues impacting women
Submitted by ResLife.net

Earth Day!
Submitted by Jenn Thorpe, Director of Residence Life, Chestnut Hill College


Monthly Memorabilia

Use these calendars to guide the programming and updating of bulletin boards for the fall semester!

March 2013
April 2013
May 2013
June 2013

Submit Great Ideas for 2013 Now!

Please take photos of your bulletin boards, door tags, programs, office areas and share them with Reslife.net to guide others! Submit your great ideas to us by emailing them to: info@reslife.net


Tools of the Trade

Let’s Relieve Some Stress the Fun Way!
By Aaron J. Hart, Assistant Community Coordinator, Arizona State University

Sexual Assault and Acquaintance Rape: Understanding the Issue
Information provided by the Sexual Assault, Counseling and Education (SACE) program, the Tuttleman Counseling Services, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Conflict Resolution through Mediation
By Michael Sledge, University Residences Judicial Officer, Western Washington University

How to Facilitate a Meeting
By Sarah Smoldon, Resident Director, Western Washington University


Helpful Resources

The Roommate Resource, a subscription service of Reslife.net, provides information for RAs to mediate roommate conflicts. It also provides information about healthy roommate relationships and conflict mediation processes for students and parents. This resource could help RAs and supervisors to manage effective mediations.

If this resource could be helpful, please click here to learn more and talk to your supervisor.