Much like everyone in the field, we're exploring new ways to do our work and new methods for reaching those we work for. At Roompact, we're experimenting with video and specifically how we can use a VLOG format (Video-Blog) to help engage and educate our audience. It seemed only fitting that for our first foray... Continue Reading →
NEW Fourth Edition of “Developing a Co-Curricular Learning Model” for Student Affairs and Residence Life!
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 →
🦠 Sample Questions You Can Use In Your Roommate Agreements During COVID-19
Many colleges and universities across higher education use Roompact to facilitate their roommate and suitemate agreement process. Roompact Agreements includes customizable templates, the automatic distribution of agreements to specific resident groups, and agreement records that can be accessed and revised by both staff and students alike. Many institutions will customize their agreement templates in Roomapct's... Continue Reading →
3 Res Life Quick Tips for Gaining RA Buy-In for a Residential Curriculum
Roompact's "Res Life Quick Tips" series highlights ideas and suggestions you can utilize in your residence life and equation practice. Take a look through our past quick tips. Transitioning to a curricular approach represents a cultural shift. A department can have well-articulated goals, outcomes, and educational plans, but a residential curriculum will never be successful... Continue Reading →
Roompact Explores Becoming a Certified “B-Corp” Social-Benefit Corporation
Since Roompact was founded, we've always tried to be a different kind of company. A company that takes care of its employees, its campus partners, and is responsible to people and planet. We also work with college and universities, and more specifically student affairs divisions and residence life departments, that expect this of us. We... Continue Reading →
Roompact is searching for its FIRST EVER ACUHO-I Summer Intern for 2021!
Roompact is STOKED to be offering an ACUHO-I Summer internship for the first time. It represents a unique opportunity for the right graduate student. You can experience what a "higher education adjacent" career path might look like, you can interact with many different campuses (not just one!), and you'll have a lot of freedom to... Continue Reading →
⭐️ ResLife Horoscopes: January 2021
These horoscopes are for entertainment purposes only... and are... hopefully... entertaining. Capricorn December 22 - January 20 Things are looking up this month! You successfully made it through the past term and you now have a better handle on what this academic year will look like. It's a crazy time for everyone, and although you... Continue Reading →
Roompact is Hiring! Will you be our new Full Stack Software Engineer?
Roompact is a dynamic place to work and we’re growing! Specifically, we’re looking to hire a new software engineer to join our team. Below you will find a more formal position description, but more informally, we’re looking for dynamic individuals who are relationship builders and self-starters. If you have higher education experience, that's a big... Continue Reading →
ResLife Office Set-Ups: Sarah Schoonover, Resident Director, University of North Dakota
Where do you use Roompact? I am beyond grateful to be able to utilize Roompact in my apartment style residence hall office here in beautiful North Dakota. You can catch me in my office daily working on projects and serving our residence hall students in any way that I can. What is your office set-up?... Continue Reading →
ResLife Office Set-Ups: Ian Miller, Director, Central Washington University
Where do you use Roompact? I use Roompact in my on-campus office located in the Residence Life Office at Central Washington University. I find the Internet connection is more stable and faster than my office at home. What is your office set-up? Minimalism at its best! I recently upgraded monitors to have not only 2... Continue Reading →