Residence life and education, residential curriculum and curricular approaches, student housing, and technology.
Roompact is pleased to announce its fourth annual user's conference scheduled for this fall on Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 between 12:30pm and 2:30pm at the Renaissance Baltimore Harbor Place Hotel. Our abbreviated "mini conference" this year will feature Roompact updates, a showcase session on specialized use cases of our software, and the opportunity to interact... Continue Reading →
We're excited to release the fourth edition of our eBook on residential curriculum and curricular approaches, written by Dr. Paul Gordon Brown and sponsored by Roompact. The content is expanded from the third edition and now includes more visuals and worksheets. As before, it remains freely available for you to download and use. Whether you're... Continue Reading →
As a facilitator of residential curriculum and curricular approach workshops, one of the challenges I have is how to explain the process in a way that makes sense to attendees. One of the reasons this is challenging, is that curricular approaches introduce a number of new terms and use those terms in very specific ways.... Continue Reading →
Roompact's "Res Life Quick Tips" series highlights ideas and suggestions you can utilize in your residence life and education practice. Take a look through our past quick tips. And like that, the summer is over. Students and student staff will be back in the residence halls within a blink of an eye, ready to take... Continue Reading →
This post is one in a series about integrating Restorative Practices into a model for residential learning. Start with the introduction as a primer and explore posts on other strategies you can utilize with a restorative lens.| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Fair Process My first exposure to the Curricular... Continue Reading →
Collecting and processing student feedback is crucial to ensuring that your department’s efforts are moving you toward your goals and serving students. Choosing the way in which this data is collected from your residents is just as important as what you do with it to take action. Below are some ways you can utilize Roompact... Continue Reading →
This is a five part series based on best practices for supervisors. Each of these principles on their own can achieve great leadership, but all five will ensure it.We have all had that one boss that we’ve loved. The one that seemed to truly care about you, the person, as much as they cared about... Continue Reading →
Get Ready for Staff Training and Move In! Hello Friends! It’s hard to believe it's time to start preparing for move in! To help get you ready, we've compiled a number of updates for you in this quarter's Roompact Recap. We've also created a checklist for you of common tasks to accomplish to ensure you're ready to go on... Continue Reading →
“Belonging is the feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity for a member of a certain group. It is when an individual can bring their authentic self to work. When employees feel like they don’t belong at work, their performance and their personal lives suffer.” Cornell University Take... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Roompact’s ResEdChat, we talk with our ACUHO-I Summer 2022 Intern, Patricia Harvel. We discuss how Patricia learned about the ACUHO-I internship process, what she did to prepare her application and profile, and what the interview process was like. If you’re a current grad or undergrad, or a supervisor of an intern,... Continue Reading →
This post is one in a series about integrating Restorative Practices into a model for residential learning. Start with the introduction as a primer and explore posts on other strategies you can utilize with a restorative lens.| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Fair Process It’s probably the first active strategy... Continue Reading →
