This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Brett Connors, Professional Staff Member Three years later, campuses have begun to return to the “normal” operations we blissfully took for granted in January and February 2020, before the COVID-19... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? Times Have Changed
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Susan Robison, Professional Staff Member Our students have had the world flipped on its side in the last three years. They went from being able to see their friends... Continue Reading →
Introducing the Roompact Blog Team 2023
We'd like to introduce the Roompact Blogging Team for the upcoming year! Roompact hires bloggers to further increase our contributions to the field through the free dissemination of ideas and knowledge. Every year we refresh our blog team with a new cohort of writers. Earlier this spring, we did a search for part-time bloggers, professionals... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? A Sixth Sense
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Natasha Monteith, Professional Staff Member The roommate mediation at 3AM. Duty ringtones that send shivers down your spine. Pizza parties with movies and maybe a dance party. In 10... Continue Reading →
Celebrating our 365th blog post… Our TOP TEN posts of all time
We've hit a milestone! In the year of Roompact's 10th anniversary, we are publishing our 365th blog post. That's one post for every day of the year. At Roompact, we always say that the best giveaway we can "hand out" to residence life and housing professionals is not a new pen, or a fancy trendy... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? Our Pay Disparities Need To Change
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Michelle Kinney, Professional Staff Member As we look at the future of the Resident Assistant role across college campuses around the nation, we must first understand that the disparity... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? We Are Not Those People Anymore
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Sonora Hernandez, Professional Staff Member In the words of television star, the illustrious Moira Rose, “We are not those people anymore, John.” We are afraid of change. In a... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? – What if…
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Justin Mason, Professional, Georgetown University The RA role as we know it has been a staple for residential living for over a few decades. Since the 1960’s, college students... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? What is The Future of Student Affairs?!?!
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Julianne Schrader, Professional Staff Member Thinking about the future of the Resident Assistant (RA) role is more than just thinking about the future of the Resident Assistant role! What... Continue Reading →
Register for the 5th Annual Roompact Users Conference (October 25, 2023; Long Beach, CA)
Roompact is pleased to announce its fifth annual user's conference scheduled for this fall on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 between 12:30pm and 2:30pm at the Hilton Long Beach. Our "mini conference" this year will feature Roompact updates, a showcase session on specialized use cases of our software, and the opportunity to interact with Roompact teammates... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? It’s Time To Break Up The Role
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by DJ Stroud, Professional Staff Member Resident Assistant. Resident Advisor. Community Mentor. Just like the entry-level professional roles in our field, the job titles for our live-in student staff members... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? An “Other Duties As Assigned” Crisis
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Christopher Alan, Professional Staff Member In the past few years, scholars and practitioners have increasingly observed that the role of Resident Assistants has dramatically expanded over time. We are... Continue Reading →
ResLife Pro-D in a Bag: Transitioning From A Program Model To A Residential Curriculum (1 hour)
The Roompact "ResLife Pro-D in a Bag" series provides all the details you'll need to create a professional development opportunity for your staff around a given topic. Each facilitation guide outlines free and open source videos to watch, articles to read, quizzes and inventories to complete, and suggested questions for discussion and activities. You can... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? The Lingering Effects of COVID-19
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Sam Ferrigno, Professional Staff Member, UMBC In years past, the RA role has been an indispensable touchpoint for residential college students as they navigate the policies and procedures of... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? – Four Trends for the Future
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Gustavo Tiffer Resident Assistants are important first line contacts with the residents in our building. They are vital to our work. But what will be important to the RA... Continue Reading →
Save The Date: Roompact’s Tenth Birthday Meet Up at ACUHO-I 2023
We're turning 10! And we want to celebrate with you. Join us for a party at this year's ACUHO-I Annual Conference. Date: Monday, June 26th, 2023 This occurs just before/during the ACUHO-I conference, after the pre-conferences end. Check out the ACUHO-I ACE schedule here. Time: 4-7pm Meetup Social We'll do a light presentation from 4:30-5pm... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? – To Know Thyself…
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Jason Alt There was a time when “in loco parentis” was a guiding theme in higher education. But, in the 1960s, students protested seeking more freedom and less oversight.... Continue Reading →
What is The Future of RAs? – Is The RA Role a Square Peg in a Round Hole?
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RA role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Justin Mason, Professional, Georgetown University Do you remember waiting in the doctor’s office as a kid? Can you recall any of the toys they typically had out to keep... Continue Reading →