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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Jesus – The College of New JerseyAlexa – University of IdahoBlaise – Wake Forest UniversityDestiny – Georgia Institute of TechnologyRiley – Oregon State UniversityMia – Texas Tech UniversityFaith – University of Texas at AustinFlorence – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyGabriel – University of Texas at AustinSydney – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignRabiyatu – Rutgers University – CamdenJ – University of North Carolina GreensboroCarleigh – University of Mary WashingtonSarah – University of PittsburghLeonel – University of ConnecticutCarly – Illinois State UniversityCeylin – University of ConnecticutDiego – Youngstown State UniversityKenneth – University of ConnecticutLogan – Oregon State UniversityOlivia – Indiana University BloomingtonNya – University of MemphisSofia – University of Texas at AustinRyan – University of Massachusetts AmherstCesarina – University of ConnecticutRowan – University of PittsburghCaroline – University of ConnecticutEllie – University of Massachusetts AmherstDaryan – Texas State UniversityHadassah – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSuzonna – University of ConnecticutCarly – University of Mary WashingtonNoah – Texas State UniversityHallie – Northern Illinois UniversityAnya – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAutumn – Texas State UniversityJulia – Central Washington UniversityEshita – University of ConnecticutKaylee – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThomas – East Texas A&M UniversityKatelin – Northern Illinois UniversityKatelyn – West Virginia UniversityKaitlyn – University of Colorado Colorado SpringsSpencer – University of ConnecticutOlivia – University of ConnecticutKavya – University of Massachusetts AmherstMarra and Wyatt – West Virginia UniversityNikori – Syracuse UniversityChigo – Wake Forest UniversityNichelle – North Carolina A&TBrooklynn – Arkansas Tech UnivrsityKira – Illinois State UniversityHailee – Texas State UniversityBenjamin – Illinois State UniversityBrandon – University of California BerkeleyGareth – Texas State UniversityNatasha – University of ConnecticutRuth – UMass BostonBrittney – University of Mary WashingtonSunmisola – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignClaire – University of California IrvineElsie – University of Mary WashingtonKaylin – California State University Long BeachIssa – UMass BostonLorenzo – University of ConnecticutAva – University Of Massachusetts AmherstJade – Indiana State UniversityRaisul – Texas State UniversityMaggie – University of Tennessee at MartinNia – Illinois State UniversityRiad – University of ConnecticutChrista – Northern Illinois UniversityJamie – Rutgers University CamdenElla – University of ConnecticutMadeline – Georgia TechImani – Northern Illinois UniversityLibby – Texas State UniversityMadison – Texas Tech UniversityAnna – University of California BerkeleyXenia – University of North Carolina GreensboroJustin – University of Texas at DallasAbby – The University of Texas at AustinTatiana – University of Mary WashingtonRitika – University of ConnecticutArmando – Wake Forest UniversityCrystal – Northern Illinois UniversityElijah – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyIfemi – University of PittsburghTaylor – Indiana UniversityKyah – Oregon State UniversityJackie – West Texas A&M UniversityGabriel – Indiana University BloomingtonEmily – University of PittsburghNatalie – University of ConnecticutDana – Illinois State UniversityBrian – University of Massachusetts AmherstCarmine – University of Nebraska KearneyAmelie – Texas State UniversitySurangana – Youngstown State UniversityKyra – Oregon State UniversityMarjorie – University of Massachusetts AmherstBrittany – Texas Woman’s UniversityJake – University of North DakotaNitish Lal – Indiana University BloomingtonMarinna – Indiana University BloomingtonMaddie – University of PittsburghGenesis – University of ConnecticutAshley – West Virginia UniversityGenesis – University of ConnecticutMahalia – West Texas A&M UniversityJerica – University of North Carolina GreensboroJennifer – Rutgers University New BrunswickAmanda – Rutgers University in New BrunswickMichalena – University of ConnecticutMolly – Ohio UniversityPaisley – The College of New JerseyRay – Texas State UniversityLana – Vanderbilt UniversitySelina – University of ConnecticutZee – Texas State UniversityNemyaka – University of ConnecticutMadi – Indiana University BloomingtonImmanuel – Wake Forest UniversityOwen – University of Nebraska KearneyCamila – University of California IrvineEllie – Illinois State UniversityMargeaux – University of Mary WashingtonHeather – Rutgers New BrunswickAadita – University of Connecticut
