Residence life and education, residential curriculum and curricular approaches, student housing, and technology.
We previously released Series 1, and Series 2 of our Student Affairs Trading Card business cards and now it’s time for series 3! This edition pays tribute typologies--a subset of student development theory that categorizes personalities and aptitudes according to different types. Our new cards draw from concepts found in Carl Jung’s Psychological Types (1921) and the Briggs... Continue Reading →
When I was a bit younger, I was interested in creating the "Next Big Thing." I wanted to create a consumer-facing web application, convince investors to pour in millions of dollars, acquire a massive number of users, and then sell the company 5 years later. I wanted to start a "startup." Then my eyes opened to... Continue Reading →
Many of our clients wonder about our logo and its origin story. In this post Roompact’s CEO and Founder, Matt Unger, provides some background on how it came to be. After deciding on Roompact’s name, choosing a logo was the natural next step. One of the questions I get asked the most in regards to... Continue Reading →
So what's it like to work at Roompact? Working at a young, rapidly growing higher ed tech company is exciting. It's also both a lot of fun and a lot of work. We wanted to share a bit about our office and our work experience to give you insights into what's happening "behind the screen"... Continue Reading →
This year, our team thought we'd start a tradition called the "State of Roompact Address." As President of Roompact, it's my privilege to guide you through a look back on 2016 and a look forward to 2017. Looking Back At the beginning of the year, Christian Charukiewicz stepped into the role of Chief Technology Officer... Continue Reading →
At Roompact, we're dedicated to supporting and contributing to the research and professional development of the residence life professionals and college student educators that we serve. That is why we are super proud to announce that our very own Director of Curriculum, Training, and Research, Dr. Paul Gordon Brown, has been selected as a Diamond Honoree by... Continue Reading →
I came of age in residence life alongside digital technology and the World Wide Web. My first professional position was as a First Year Advisor in the Office of Residence Life and New Student Programs at Miami University 2002. At that time, our department was on the cutting edge. We had our own in-house-developed web... Continue Reading →
Before Roompact evolved into the comprehensive residential education software you know today, it began its life focusing solely on digital roommate agreements. Matt, our CEO and founder, recalls the story of how Roompact got its name... The idea for creating online roommate agreement software came to me in June of 2013, but the company needed... Continue Reading →
We previously released Series 1 of our Student Affairs Trading Card business cards and it's time for a second series. In honor of Roompact's partnership with the ACPA Institute on the Curricular Approach (formerly RCI), we've designed business cards that pay homage to the original ten essential elements of a residential curriculum. That's right! These... Continue Reading →
Education without the School: A Summer with Roompact I thought I finally had it. I thought I finally knew what I wanted to do with my life. For four years I was set on going to graduate school, and if I managed my finances properly, even pursuing a PhD. That’s before I came to the... Continue Reading →
At Roompact, much like the institutions of higher education we serve, we see ourselves as a learning organization. As a part of our commitment to learning, we had the pleasure of having two interns work with us over the summer. Joey Malinowski and Artur Sak worked with our software engineering team to help develop many... Continue Reading →
At Roompact, we like to have fun with our work. We also thrive on trying new and creative things. As our team has been expanding (and because one of our team members recently completed his PhD!) we decided it was time for a business card refresh, but we wanted to do something different. With this in... Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs famously referred to Apple's work as being at the intersection of liberal arts and technology. At Roompact, we view our work similarly. Every day we collaborate with educators looking to enhance the residential experience of college and university students worldwide through the use of technology. When the Roompact team recently got together for our mid-year retreat,... Continue Reading →
We're excited. We're really excited. Roompact is officially "on duty." After a lot of hard work, we're ready to re-launch our blog presence. Our hope is that this blog will serve as a professional development resource for our colleagues in residence life and housing. We believe that, as partners in enhancing residential student learning, it is our... Continue Reading →
