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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Suzonna – University of ConnecticutGenesis – University of ConnecticutCarmine – University of Nebraska KearneyDaryan – Texas State UniversityJ – University of North Carolina GreensboroEllie – University of Massachusetts AmherstKavya – University of Massachusetts AmherstMargeaux – University of Mary WashingtonDiego – Youngstown State UniversityKenneth – University of ConnecticutJackie – West Texas A&M UniversityLana – Vanderbilt UniversityKaitlyn – University of Colorado Colorado SpringsGabriel – Indiana University BloomingtonBlaise – Wake Forest UniversityLeonel – University of ConnecticutCamila – University of California IrvineDestiny – Georgia Institute of TechnologyEshita – University of ConnecticutEmily – University of PittsburghMadison – Texas Tech UniversityMolly – Ohio UniversityCrystal – Northern Illinois UniversitySpencer – University of ConnecticutElla – University of ConnecticutEllie – Illinois State UniversityRuth – UMass BostonBrooklynn – Arkansas Tech UnivrsityCeylin – University of ConnecticutSelina – University of ConnecticutLorenzo – University of ConnecticutAmelie – Texas State UniversityCesarina – University of ConnecticutDana – Illinois State UniversityNemyaka – University of ConnecticutAnna – University of California BerkeleyHailee – Texas State UniversityNitish Lal – Indiana University BloomingtonKyah – Oregon State UniversityIfemi – University of PittsburghCarleigh – University of Mary WashingtonCarly – University of Mary WashingtonMaggie – University of Tennessee at MartinNya – University of MemphisGareth – Texas State UniversityNikori – Syracuse UniversitySarah – University of PittsburghAutumn – Texas State UniversityElsie – University of Mary WashingtonCaroline – University of ConnecticutSurangana – Youngstown State UniversityMia – Texas Tech UniversityAlexa – University of IdahoMadi – Indiana University BloomingtonTatiana – University of Mary WashingtonRabiyatu – Rutgers University – CamdenBrittney – University of Mary WashingtonPaisley – The College of New JerseyNia – Illinois State UniversityJake – University of North DakotaLogan – Oregon State UniversityHeather – Rutgers New BrunswickAnya – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignJamie – Rutgers University CamdenThomas – East Texas A&M UniversityAbby – The University of Texas at AustinIssa – UMass BostonFlorence – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyTaylor – Indiana UniversityJade – Indiana State UniversitySunmisola – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignGenesis – University of ConnecticutSofia – University of Texas at AustinGabriel – University of Texas at AustinMaddie – University of PittsburghMarjorie – University of Massachusetts AmherstHadassah – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignRiad – University of ConnecticutKatelin – Northern Illinois UniversityOlivia – University of ConnecticutKaylin – California State University Long BeachKaylee – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBrian – University of Massachusetts AmherstJennifer – Rutgers University New BrunswickRay – Texas State UniversityMichalena – University of ConnecticutOwen – University of Nebraska KearneyHallie – Northern Illinois UniversityZee – Texas State UniversityMadeline – Georgia TechArmando – Wake Forest UniversityAadita – University of ConnecticutKyra – Oregon State UniversityRowan – University of PittsburghJulia – Central Washington UniversityRaisul – Texas State UniversityJerica – University of North Carolina GreensboroAva – University Of Massachusetts AmherstCarly – Illinois State UniversityFaith – University of Texas at AustinJustin – University of Texas at DallasKatelyn – West Virginia UniversityRiley – Oregon State UniversityRyan – University of Massachusetts AmherstAshley – West Virginia UniversitySydney – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignElijah – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyKira – Illinois State UniversityJesus – The College of New JerseyBrandon – University of California BerkeleyRitika – University of ConnecticutMarinna – Indiana University BloomingtonAmanda – Rutgers University in New BrunswickImmanuel – Wake Forest UniversityMahalia – West Texas A&M UniversityNatalie – University of ConnecticutNoah – Texas State UniversityBrittany – Texas Woman’s UniversityImani – Northern Illinois UniversityChrista – Northern Illinois UniversityNatasha – University of ConnecticutClaire – University of California IrvineOlivia – Indiana University BloomingtonNichelle – North Carolina A&TXenia – University of North Carolina GreensboroBenjamin – Illinois State UniversityLibby – Texas State UniversityMarra and Wyatt – West Virginia UniversityChigo – Wake Forest University
