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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Carly – University of Mary WashingtonIssa – UMass BostonGenesis – University of ConnecticutMaggie – University of Tennessee at MartinAlexa – University of IdahoMarinna – Indiana University BloomingtonMadison – Texas Tech UniversityThomas – East Texas A&M UniversitySofia – University of Texas at AustinKaylee – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignElla – University of ConnecticutBrooklynn – Arkansas Tech UnivrsityElsie – University of Mary WashingtonKira – Illinois State UniversityKavya – University of Massachusetts AmherstSurangana – Youngstown State UniversityEllie – Illinois State UniversityCrystal – Northern Illinois UniversityLogan – Oregon State UniversityCarleigh – University of Mary WashingtonOlivia – University of ConnecticutJustin – University of Texas at DallasHailee – Texas State UniversityRaisul – Texas State UniversityHallie – Northern Illinois UniversityRowan – University of PittsburghLibby – Texas State UniversityRyan – University of Massachusetts AmherstPaisley – The College of New JerseyMahalia – West Texas A&M UniversityGenesis – University of ConnecticutLorenzo – University of ConnecticutRay – Texas State UniversityDana – Illinois State UniversityTaylor – Indiana UniversityBlaise – Wake Forest UniversityArmando – Wake Forest UniversityCamila – University of California IrvineElijah – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyNya – University of MemphisJamie – Rutgers University CamdenNitish Lal – Indiana University BloomingtonMia – Texas Tech UniversityKatelin – Northern Illinois UniversityGareth – Texas State UniversityKaitlyn – University of Colorado Colorado SpringsSelina – University of ConnecticutEshita – University of ConnecticutRabiyatu – Rutgers University – CamdenMadi – Indiana University BloomingtonHadassah – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignFaith – University of Texas at AustinNoah – Texas State UniversityJulia – Central Washington UniversityCeylin – University of ConnecticutMolly – Ohio UniversityNikori – Syracuse UniversitySpencer – University of ConnecticutMaddie – University of PittsburghAadita – University of ConnecticutXenia – University of North Carolina GreensboroClaire – University of California IrvineRiad – University of ConnecticutAva – University Of Massachusetts AmherstLeonel – University of ConnecticutIfemi – University of PittsburghEmily – University of PittsburghKenneth – University of ConnecticutMadeline – Georgia TechKyra – Oregon State UniversityOwen – University of Nebraska KearneyNichelle – North Carolina A&TAmanda – Rutgers University in New BrunswickJake – University of North DakotaRiley – Oregon State UniversityZee – Texas State UniversityChrista – Northern Illinois UniversityTatiana – University of Mary WashingtonBenjamin – Illinois State UniversityJennifer – Rutgers University New BrunswickCesarina – University of ConnecticutDestiny – Georgia Institute of TechnologySunmisola – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignImani – Northern Illinois UniversitySydney – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCarmine – University of Nebraska KearneyAnya – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignOlivia – Indiana University BloomingtonCarly – Illinois State UniversityJackie – West Texas A&M UniversityBrandon – University of California BerkeleyRitika – University of ConnecticutDaryan – Texas State UniversityLana – Vanderbilt UniversityAutumn – Texas State UniversityBrian – University of Massachusetts AmherstHeather – Rutgers New BrunswickBrittney – University of Mary WashingtonAbby – The University of Texas at AustinKyah – Oregon State UniversityJ – University of North Carolina GreensboroSarah – University of PittsburghAmelie – Texas State UniversityFlorence – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAnna – University of California BerkeleyMarjorie – University of Massachusetts AmherstNia – Illinois State UniversityGabriel – Indiana University BloomingtonEllie – University of Massachusetts AmherstDiego – Youngstown State UniversityNemyaka – University of ConnecticutJerica – University of North Carolina GreensboroKatelyn – West Virginia UniversityBrittany – Texas Woman’s UniversityMarra and Wyatt – West Virginia UniversityJesus – The College of New JerseyGabriel – University of Texas at AustinImmanuel – Wake Forest UniversityJade – Indiana State UniversityRuth – UMass BostonKaylin – California State University Long BeachChigo – Wake Forest UniversityCaroline – University of ConnecticutMichalena – University of ConnecticutNatasha – University of ConnecticutSuzonna – University of ConnecticutMargeaux – University of Mary WashingtonNatalie – University of ConnecticutAshley – West Virginia University
