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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Immanuel – Wake Forest UniversityNia – Illinois State UniversityMia – Texas Tech UniversityHeather – Rutgers New BrunswickEllie – University of Massachusetts AmherstLibby – Texas State UniversityRiley – Oregon State UniversityEmily – University of PittsburghLorenzo – University of ConnecticutHallie – Northern Illinois UniversityCrystal – Northern Illinois UniversityPaisley – The College of New JerseyIfemi – University of PittsburghJamie – Rutgers University CamdenSpencer – University of ConnecticutClaire – University of California IrvineLeonel – University of ConnecticutSunmisola – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignEllie – Illinois State UniversityZee – Texas State UniversityKyah – Oregon State UniversitySelina – University of ConnecticutSuzonna – University of ConnecticutFaith – University of Texas at AustinBrandon – University of California BerkeleyNichelle – North Carolina A&TSydney – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMadeline – Georgia TechNitish Lal – Indiana University BloomingtonIssa – UMass BostonNemyaka – University of ConnecticutJ – University of North Carolina GreensboroJackie – West Texas A&M UniversityBenjamin – Illinois State UniversityAmanda – Rutgers University in New BrunswickChigo – Wake Forest UniversityMadison – Texas Tech UniversityCeylin – University of ConnecticutElijah – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyKaitlyn – University of Colorado Colorado SpringsJake – University of North DakotaDestiny – Georgia Institute of TechnologyMarra and Wyatt – West Virginia UniversityMolly – Ohio UniversityRabiyatu – Rutgers University – CamdenJade – Indiana State UniversityJennifer – Rutgers University New BrunswickDaryan – Texas State UniversityCarleigh – University of Mary WashingtonGareth – Texas State UniversityChrista – Northern Illinois UniversityRay – Texas State UniversityGabriel – University of Texas at AustinThomas – East Texas A&M UniversityAnya – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMarinna – Indiana University BloomingtonHadassah – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignKaylin – California State University Long BeachSurangana – Youngstown State UniversityMarjorie – University of Massachusetts AmherstJerica – University of North Carolina GreensboroMargeaux – University of Mary WashingtonLana – Vanderbilt UniversityAadita – University of ConnecticutJesus – The College of New JerseyCarly – University of Mary WashingtonLogan – Oregon State UniversityNoah – Texas State UniversityNya – University of MemphisKatelyn – West Virginia UniversityBlaise – Wake Forest UniversityAshley – West Virginia UniversityBrooklynn – Arkansas Tech UnivrsityAnna – University of California BerkeleyKira – Illinois State UniversityDana – Illinois State UniversityJulia – Central Washington UniversityAbby – The University of Texas at AustinAlexa – University of IdahoArmando – Wake Forest UniversityTaylor – Indiana UniversityRyan – University of Massachusetts AmherstMaggie – University of Tennessee at MartinImani – Northern Illinois UniversityCarmine – University of Nebraska KearneyGabriel – Indiana University BloomingtonMaddie – University of PittsburghKyra – Oregon State UniversityKenneth – University of ConnecticutElla – University of ConnecticutMahalia – West Texas A&M UniversityBrittney – University of Mary WashingtonRitika – University of ConnecticutSofia – University of Texas at AustinRaisul – Texas State UniversityBrittany – Texas Woman’s UniversityFlorence – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyOwen – University of Nebraska KearneyBrian – University of Massachusetts AmherstTatiana – University of Mary WashingtonMadi – Indiana University BloomingtonCarly – Illinois State UniversityEshita – University of ConnecticutElsie – University of Mary WashingtonSarah – University of PittsburghXenia – University of North Carolina GreensboroNikori – Syracuse UniversityAva – University Of Massachusetts AmherstOlivia – Indiana University BloomingtonKaylee – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJustin – University of Texas at DallasDiego – Youngstown State UniversityOlivia – University of ConnecticutAutumn – Texas State UniversityMichalena – University of ConnecticutNatalie – University of ConnecticutKatelin – Northern Illinois UniversityRowan – University of PittsburghHailee – Texas State UniversityCesarina – University of ConnecticutNatasha – University of ConnecticutKavya – University of Massachusetts AmherstAmelie – Texas State UniversityCamila – University of California IrvineCaroline – University of ConnecticutGenesis – University of ConnecticutRuth – UMass BostonGenesis – University of ConnecticutRiad – University of Connecticut
