Residence life and education, residential curriculum and curricular approaches, student housing, and technology.
IT'S BACK! Are your door decs the fairest of them all? It’s time for them to get a little artistic appreciation! Roompact is holding its fifth annual door dec contest! Here’s how it goes. This contest is open to schools who currently use Roompact's software on their campus. Create a door dec with the name... Continue Reading →
Congrats on the new position! Along with starting a new job - even if it’s at your same institution - comes with all those “adulting” things like retirement, health benefits, registering a vehicle, etc. and it can be an IYKYK situation sometimes. As a long-time recruiter and onboarder, here are some things I make sure... 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 →
“Are you sure you’re in the correct field?” “Have you thought about going into diversity work?” “Be careful before you end up on an island!” “Wow, that is really powerful, maybe we should leave that to the experts in multicultural affairs!” “You look so professional when your hair is straightened.” “You should work at an... 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 | The roommate agreement has become... Continue Reading →
We’ve heard the attributions of another year covered in the cloak of COVID-19’s shadow–arresting the development of our residents, limiting academic engagement and success, and continuing to exhaust the efforts of our residential life staff members. Though there have been many types of efforts at recognizing these vital staff within a university, I offer an... Continue Reading →
We’d like to introduce you to our ACUHO-I intern for 2022, Patricia Harvel! Patricia is helping us out in a number of campus facing roles–from helping with our efforts to be a better B-Corp to developing resources of use to residence life professionals. We love the ideas and enthusiasm she brings to our team. Patricia Harvel... Continue Reading →
This post serves as the first in a series about integrating Restorative Practices into a model for residential learning. Other posts in this series include more detailed strategies centering on specific restorative tools. However, restorative practices are less about what you do than how you do it, so before integrating any individual strategy, I’d recommend... Continue Reading →
As a residence life professional I can attest to the need for a little rest and rejuvenation every once in a while. Especially after our busy seasons like RA training, move-in, move-out, RA selection, housing selection... then add in roommate conflicts, on-call nights, staff meetings, one-on-ones… ok, maybe we need a lot of rest and... Continue Reading →
