Residence life and education, residential curriculum and curricular approaches, student housing, and technology.
Resident Advisors (RAs) have the unique task of creating community with the residents of the residence halls. This task of creating community is a big undertaking, which requires care, kindness, attentiveness, and is the responsibility of each member of the community. Collectively, the students living in our residence halls create a community atmosphere. Creating community... Continue Reading →
Springing Forward... We're well into 2024 and are looking ahead to the closing of the halls and the starting of summer. We've got a TON of new content for you as well as some exciting Insight report updates that we think you will find particularly useful. Read on to find out what you may have... Continue Reading →
Getting involved in a professional association has a number of benefits. Luckily for professionals working in residence life and college student housing, there are a number of ways to get involved. The Association of College and University Housing Officers - International (ACUHO-I) represents professionals on the national level, but there are also regional associations that... Continue Reading →
We’d like to introduce you to our ACUHO-I intern for 2023, Kassidy Giles! Kassidy is helping us out with the development of a professional development curriculum for student staff. She brings a wealth of experience and talent to the team. We're excited to have her. Seferine Baez Pronouns: She/Her/They Hometown: Bronx, NY Alma Mater: Fitchburg State... Continue Reading →
Roompact's bulletin board competition is now closed and we're ready to announce the winners. We received 131 entires (!), so picking ten was incredibly difficult. Some boards did an excellent job at educating residents, while others were just beautiful! We tried to select a diverse group of winners that reflected the diversity of the submissions... Continue Reading →
We’d like to introduce the Roompact Blogging Cohort 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 cohort with new writers. Earlier this spring, we did a search for part-time bloggers, professionals who liked to... Continue Reading →
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RD position and role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Younna Gooden, Residence Life Professional Resident Directors, Residential Life Coordinators, Hall Directors, Community Coordinators, what are we to our institutions? Most consider us a catch all, to... Continue Reading →
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RD position and role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Terrance "T.J." Singleton, Residence Life Professional Called by many names… the RD, the HD, the AD if the institution is small enough. A unique position with a... Continue Reading →
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RD position and role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Zachary Wiberg, Residence Life Professional In the time spent in my previous role as a Resident Director at a mid-size semi-rural public institution and from discussing the... Continue Reading →
Guest Post by John Lantz, Residence Life Professional So you are a new Hall Director and are just starting the job, so now what? Being a Hall Director is a thrill but also can come with a lot of stress if you let it consume you. With over 11 years of experience in the world... Continue Reading →
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RD position and role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Jesse Heath, Residence Life Professional We live in a tumultuous time for higher education. To kick off the decade was the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which... Continue Reading →
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RD position and role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Jeremy Miller, Residence Life Professional What is the future role of the professional called “RD”. When I look at the landscape of opportunity in front of people... Continue Reading →
Guest Post by Alex Baker, Student Affairs Professional In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, creating inclusive environments is not just a moral imperative but also a modern necessity. Inclusivity is not just a concept for policymakers and senior leadership; it's a practice that can and should be implemented at every level. This article aims... Continue Reading →
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RD position and role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Hannah Elliott, Residence Life Professional There are plenty of higher-level administrators who began their careers in Higher Education within the idealistic culture of being an impactful student leader... Continue Reading →
Roompact is pleased to announce its fifth annual user's conference scheduled for this fall on Wednesday, October 9th, 2023 between 12:00pm and 2:00pm at the Westin O'Hare Airport. 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 does the future of AI-based technology hold? We're doing a little experiment, specifically with the AI chat-bot, ChatGPT. This post is part of a series where we ask ChatGPT interesting, unusual, or just plain fun questions related to residence life and college student housing. All answers were generated by the AI. At the end... Continue Reading →
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RD position and role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Erin Brown, Residence Life Professional As the RD role continues to grow, both in the number of residents overseen and the number of bullet points in our job... Continue Reading →
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, "What is the future of the RD position and role?" Read More From The Series Guest Post by Bonny Sucherman, Residence Life Professional Picture this: a job where you can roll out of bed (in your swanky $0 rent apartment) 10 minutes before work because you... Continue Reading →
