Roompact’s bulletin board competition is now closed and we’re ready to announce the winners. We received over 130 entires (!), so picking ten was incredibly difficult. Some boards did an excellent job at educating residents, while others were just beautiful! We tried to select a diverse group of winners that reflected the diversity of the submissions themselves.
Thank you to all who entered! Your ideas are now a resource for future RAs to use for inspiration.
Access our resource page for more ideas and examples of staff-created door decs and bulletin boards.
“With the new year rolling in, I know that residents are going to set new goals. So, I took this chance to teach how to really make those goals stick.”
Cassidy
University of Connecticut
“This board represents identity. I decided to go with a paint palette and multiple colors as it represents diversity and all walks of life. I used a cricut to make the “Identity” in the title. I hand painted plates for the paint palette and lamented the giant paintbrush that is attached to the green on the palette. I did a double border as well.”
Matthew
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
“Our theme is South Park, and the board is designed in layers so we can remove the snow and winter gear as the semester progresses into spring. The characters are modeled to look like me and the other RA on our floor.”
Abigail
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“The theme of this board was mental health/self-care and I chose to focus on the self-care aspect. Each bug aligns with a bug from Animal Crossing and they flip up to reveal resources/information regarding various self-care methods.”
Andie
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Angelica
Rollins College
“I did a Five Nights at Freddy’s theme to go along with our dimensions of wellness theme for the month, and made reference to our hall name (Elizabeth)!”
Connor
Texas State University
“The bulletin board displays resources for our campus Rec Center. My residents are always there so I wanted to showcase resources they may not know about. My floor is also jungle themed so this bulletin board was the perfect addition to my floor.”
Bianca
University of Connecticut
“My submission for the bulletin board contest is my board for Hispanic Heritage Month. For the design of my board, I wanted to incorporate bright colors and traditional elements of Hispanic culture, such as the paper flowers found on the woman’s dress. To create the dress, I individually made each flower using tissue paper and glued them to the woman to create the dress. Around the board, I wanted to include more flowers, music notes, and slides with information about Hispanic culture.”
Ethan
Indiana State University
“My bulletin board is themed around How to Train Your Dragon and focuses on helping my residents develop their strengths. I asked each resident to share what they believe their strengths are, then I connected those strengths to campus organizations that can help them grow even further. I also included steps to guide them on their journey of improvement. The overall concept of the board is a map showing that we’re all navigating our own path toward self-improvement.”
Charley
University of Tennessee Martin
My bulletin board topic is succeed! I created a bulletin board that would pop out to residents that also has tips on how to succeed and keep pushing through until the end of the semester. The design is homemade paper flowers.
Other Awesome Entries
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Paisley – The College of New JerseyXenia – University of North Carolina GreensboroHallie – Northern Illinois UniversityKyra – Oregon State UniversityKyah – Oregon State UniversityCesarina – University of ConnecticutChrista – Northern Illinois UniversityCarmine – University of Nebraska KearneyMarinna – Indiana University BloomingtonSarah – University of PittsburghAshley – West Virginia UniversityOwen – University of Nebraska KearneyLibby – Texas State UniversityAbby – The University of Texas at AustinBrittany – Texas Woman’s UniversityGabriel – University of Texas at AustinBrian – University of Massachusetts AmherstImani – Northern Illinois UniversityNitish Lal – Indiana University BloomingtonImmanuel – Wake Forest UniversityGareth – Texas State UniversityMaddie – University of PittsburghClaire – University of California IrvineSelina – University of ConnecticutIfemi – University of PittsburghJake – University of North DakotaMaggie – University of Tennessee at MartinChigo – Wake Forest UniversityRitika – University of ConnecticutSydney – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSuzonna – University of ConnecticutSpencer – University of ConnecticutJade – Indiana State UniversityHeather – Rutgers New BrunswickKaylin – California State University Long BeachThomas – East Texas A&M UniversityMichalena – University of ConnecticutNikori – Syracuse UniversityNichelle – North Carolina A&TOlivia – Indiana University BloomingtonNemyaka – University of ConnecticutLogan – Oregon State UniversityNia – Illinois State UniversityAnna – University of California BerkeleyCarly – Illinois State UniversityNatalie – University of ConnecticutCrystal – Northern Illinois UniversityIssa – UMass BostonHadassah – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMia – Texas Tech UniversityCarleigh – University of Mary WashingtonRiad – University of ConnecticutMarra and Wyatt – West Virginia UniversityAva – University Of Massachusetts AmherstZee – Texas State UniversityAutumn – Texas State UniversityRowan – University of PittsburghDestiny – Georgia Institute of TechnologyBlaise – Wake Forest UniversityDaryan – Texas State UniversityMarjorie – University of Massachusetts AmherstDiego – Youngstown State UniversityMadeline – Georgia TechJackie – West Texas A&M UniversityBrittney – University of Mary WashingtonKenneth – University of ConnecticutAnya – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignEmily – University of PittsburghJ – University of North Carolina GreensboroAmanda – Rutgers University in New BrunswickAadita – University of ConnecticutFlorence – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyRyan – University of Massachusetts AmherstCarly – University of Mary WashingtonLana – Vanderbilt UniversityElsie – University of Mary WashingtonRabiyatu – Rutgers University – CamdenGenesis – University of ConnecticutJesus – The College of New JerseyBrooklynn – Arkansas Tech UnivrsityNya – University of MemphisDana – Illinois State UniversityKaylee – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignKira – Illinois State UniversitySunmisola – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSurangana – Youngstown State UniversityRaisul – Texas State UniversityArmando – Wake Forest UniversityJustin – University of Texas at DallasNatasha – University of ConnecticutJerica – University of North Carolina GreensboroEllie – Illinois State UniversityMargeaux – University of Mary WashingtonJennifer – Rutgers University New BrunswickCamila – University of California IrvineMolly – Ohio UniversityCaroline – University of ConnecticutElla – University of ConnecticutHailee – Texas State UniversityMadison – Texas Tech UniversityFaith – University of Texas at AustinNoah – Texas State UniversityLorenzo – University of ConnecticutEshita – University of ConnecticutTaylor – Indiana UniversityRay – Texas State UniversityJulia – Central Washington UniversityBenjamin – Illinois State UniversityRiley – Oregon State UniversityEllie – University of Massachusetts AmherstAlexa – University of IdahoGabriel – Indiana University BloomingtonSofia – University of Texas at AustinCeylin – University of ConnecticutElijah – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyTatiana – University of Mary WashingtonKatelin – Northern Illinois UniversityOlivia – University of ConnecticutMahalia – West Texas A&M UniversityRuth – UMass BostonMadi – Indiana University BloomingtonAmelie – Texas State UniversityGenesis – University of ConnecticutLeonel – University of ConnecticutKaitlyn – University of Colorado Colorado SpringsKavya – University of Massachusetts AmherstBrandon – University of California BerkeleyJamie – Rutgers University CamdenKatelyn – West Virginia University
