Residence life and education, residential curriculum and curricular approaches, student housing, and technology.
Spring has Sprung! As the end of the year comes into view, we hope you've found time to practice some self care! Our Spring newsletter is FULL of new updates and happenings. Read on to find out more about what we're up to... Every year, Roompact gives 1% of its revenue to student affairs related non-profits. This year... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
For Pro Staff For Student Staff Roompact's "Quick Tips" series highlights ideas and suggestions you can put into your practice as either a professional staff or student staff member working in residence life and education. Click to read more from the series. Bed bugs are a common nuisance that can infest even the cleanest and... Continue Reading →
I wasn’t supposed to live on campus originally. I had checked a box when I applied to the state institution 15 minutes down the road from my parents as a senior in high school. That checkmark could have very well shaped the next two decades of my life. Little did I know that by checking... Continue Reading →
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 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 week, we're pleased to introduce our 2023 ACUHO-I Summer Intern, Kassidy Giles, to the Roompact community! She just started working with us and we wanted to take a moment to give her the chance to share a bit about her background, the ACUHO-I process, and what she'll be working on this summer.
As we say goodbye to Ted Lasso, we thought it only appropriate we revisit some quotes from the show. There's a reason why this show is so popular, particularly among student affairs and residence life folk, it speaks to our authentic hopes and wishes for our students and the values we try to uphold in... Continue Reading →
One of the essential elements of a curricular approach is to have a regular review process in place. Peer review is one of the best ways of building buy-in for your curriculum and improving its effectiveness. Divisions and departments will approach the peer-review process differently. Some may choose to set aside a "review day" a... Continue Reading →
This is part of a multi-part series on utilizing principles and techniques from arts-based research practices and applying them to the residents life setting. Explore more parts in the series:Introduction and Strategies | Community Building In the previous segment of this series, Arts-Based Research (ABR) was demystified. Definitions, readings, and examples were provided to help... Continue Reading →
This post is part of a three-part series on starting a supervisory relationship in residence life. Following a chronological timeline, this series is broken up into three parts:The Beginning: Staff Performance Begins with YouThe Middle: A ResLife Supervisor's Guide: Managing Performance Through InquiryThe End (coming soon) In the previous segment, we explored how setting a... Continue Reading →
Having a "vendor fair" is a feature of the the ACUHO-I annual conference and at the various regional conferences (NEACUHO, AIMHO, UMR-ACUHO, SEAHO, WACUHO, MACUHO, GLACUHO, SWACUHO, and NWACUHO). If you're a first time attendee to these conferences, you may not be sure how to approach these fairs and how to interact with vendors. Don't... 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 →
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, Host Crystal lay speaks with Chana Bailey and Norton Mitchell of UC Berkeley about how residence life and housing staff can partner and build relationships with custodial and facilities staff. Learn more about their unique roles on campus and how to build trust to reach mutual goals.
At Roompact, we like to give back to the profession and the professionals working in it by highlighting voices and experiences from across the field. This summer we're opening up the opportunity for current 2023 ACUHO-I Summer Housing Interns to share their experiences in the program. It is our hope that these reflections will help... Continue Reading →
Across the country a week or two before all students return to campus, we see housing student leaders come back early to prepare and train for the upcoming year. This often involves team building, crisis management, facetime with campus resource leaders, and hopefully some time carved out for hall preparations. After the whirlwind of the... Continue Reading →
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 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 →
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, Dustin chats with Susan about making residence halls more accessible to more students and the impact this has on student satisfaction, persistence, and success.
Bulletin boards have been a fixture of most residence life departments for decades. Creating fun, engaging, and educational bulletin boards is a common requirement for resident assistants and student staff. But since the advent of the internet, smart phones, and all of the other ways we can now engage residents, do bulletin boards still have... Continue Reading →
