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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Jackie – West Texas A&M UniversityCarly – Illinois State UniversityGenesis – University of ConnecticutHeather – Rutgers New BrunswickJake – University of North DakotaAlexa – University of IdahoRowan – University of PittsburghOwen – University of Nebraska KearneyThomas – East Texas A&M UniversityNemyaka – University of ConnecticutGabriel – University of Texas at AustinDiego – Youngstown State UniversityNatalie – University of ConnecticutMargeaux – University of Mary WashingtonMahalia – West Texas A&M UniversityJennifer – Rutgers University New BrunswickAnna – University of California BerkeleyNoah – Texas State UniversityBlaise – Wake Forest UniversityAadita – University of ConnecticutCaroline – University of ConnecticutElla – University of ConnecticutMia – Texas Tech UniversityRay – Texas State UniversityCarmine – University of Nebraska KearneyMarinna – Indiana University BloomingtonRaisul – Texas State UniversityHailee – Texas State UniversityBrian – University of Massachusetts AmherstKenneth – University of ConnecticutLeonel – University of ConnecticutSydney – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignNikori – Syracuse UniversityBrittany – Texas Woman’s UniversityNitish Lal – Indiana University BloomingtonJade – Indiana State UniversityElsie – University of Mary WashingtonZee – Texas State UniversityRitika – University of ConnecticutBenjamin – Illinois State UniversitySpencer – University of ConnecticutEllie – University of Massachusetts AmherstChrista – Northern Illinois UniversityKyra – Oregon State UniversityImmanuel – Wake Forest UniversityKyah – Oregon State UniversityDana – Illinois State UniversityAva – University Of Massachusetts AmherstAmelie – Texas State UniversityBrittney – University of Mary WashingtonNia – Illinois State UniversityKira – Illinois State UniversityJustin – University of Texas at DallasMolly – Ohio UniversityEshita – University of ConnecticutTatiana – University of Mary WashingtonCarleigh – University of Mary WashingtonMarra and Wyatt – West Virginia UniversityRiley – Oregon State UniversityDaryan – Texas State UniversityBrooklynn – Arkansas Tech UnivrsityClaire – University of California IrvineBrandon – University of California BerkeleyLana – Vanderbilt UniversityKatelin – Northern Illinois UniversityRyan – University of Massachusetts AmherstSarah – University of PittsburghOlivia – University of ConnecticutLibby – Texas State UniversityPaisley – The College of New JerseySunmisola – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSuzonna – University of ConnecticutNatasha – University of ConnecticutAmanda – Rutgers University in New BrunswickCrystal – Northern Illinois UniversityKaylin – California State University Long BeachKatelyn – West Virginia UniversitySofia – University of Texas at AustinKavya – University of Massachusetts AmherstFaith – University of Texas at AustinAbby – The University of Texas at AustinCamila – University of California IrvineNichelle – North Carolina A&TAnya – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMarjorie – University of Massachusetts AmherstMichalena – University of ConnecticutHallie – Northern Illinois UniversityHadassah – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignOlivia – Indiana University BloomingtonNya – University of MemphisJulia – Central Washington UniversityGabriel – Indiana University BloomingtonMadeline – Georgia TechMaddie – University of PittsburghCeylin – University of ConnecticutKaylee – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDestiny – Georgia Institute of TechnologyFlorence – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyIssa – UMass BostonGareth – Texas State UniversityGenesis – University of ConnecticutKaitlyn – University of Colorado Colorado SpringsJesus – The College of New JerseyEllie – Illinois State UniversityTaylor – Indiana UniversityCarly – University of Mary WashingtonLorenzo – University of ConnecticutMadison – Texas Tech UniversityImani – Northern Illinois UniversityRabiyatu – Rutgers University – CamdenAshley – West Virginia UniversityJ – University of North Carolina GreensboroRuth – UMass BostonSelina – University of ConnecticutJamie – Rutgers University CamdenMaggie – University of Tennessee at MartinCesarina – University of ConnecticutMadi – Indiana University BloomingtonArmando – Wake Forest UniversitySurangana – Youngstown State UniversityEmily – University of PittsburghIfemi – University of PittsburghAutumn – Texas State UniversityLogan – Oregon State UniversityJerica – University of North Carolina GreensboroRiad – University of ConnecticutChigo – Wake Forest UniversityElijah – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyXenia – University of North Carolina Greensboro
