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 WashingtonMaggie – University of Tennessee at MartinHallie – Northern Illinois UniversityClaire – University of California IrvineKira – Illinois State UniversityImmanuel – Wake Forest UniversityBrandon – University of California BerkeleyKaylin – California State University Long BeachNemyaka – University of ConnecticutSelina – University of ConnecticutKaylee – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChigo – Wake Forest UniversityRitika – University of ConnecticutNia – Illinois State UniversityXenia – University of North Carolina GreensboroIfemi – University of PittsburghAva – University Of Massachusetts AmherstLana – Vanderbilt UniversityEllie – University of Massachusetts AmherstCeylin – University of ConnecticutJustin – University of Texas at DallasFaith – University of Texas at AustinCarleigh – University of Mary WashingtonRay – Texas State UniversityKyah – Oregon State UniversityGabriel – University of Texas at AustinRowan – University of PittsburghMarra and Wyatt – West Virginia UniversityKyra – Oregon State UniversityMahalia – West Texas A&M UniversityRaisul – Texas State UniversityOwen – University of Nebraska KearneyJake – University of North DakotaImani – Northern Illinois UniversityGenesis – University of ConnecticutRiley – Oregon State UniversityLeonel – University of ConnecticutTatiana – University of Mary WashingtonJennifer – Rutgers University New BrunswickRiad – University of ConnecticutHadassah – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignHailee – Texas State UniversityNya – University of MemphisNoah – Texas State UniversityBrian – University of Massachusetts AmherstCamila – University of California IrvineBrooklynn – Arkansas Tech UnivrsityJamie – Rutgers University CamdenNatasha – University of ConnecticutKatelyn – West Virginia UniversityLibby – Texas State UniversityGareth – Texas State UniversitySunmisola – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignTaylor – Indiana UniversityMolly – Ohio UniversityEllie – Illinois State UniversityAlexa – University of IdahoDaryan – Texas State UniversityAmelie – Texas State UniversityMadi – Indiana University BloomingtonAutumn – Texas State UniversityLogan – Oregon State UniversitySydney – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignNatalie – University of ConnecticutGabriel – Indiana University BloomingtonMia – Texas Tech UniversityGenesis – University of ConnecticutBrittney – University of Mary WashingtonAshley – West Virginia UniversityArmando – Wake Forest UniversityAnya – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDana – Illinois State UniversityJade – Indiana State UniversityMargeaux – University of Mary WashingtonNitish Lal – Indiana University BloomingtonHeather – Rutgers New BrunswickMarinna – Indiana University BloomingtonKaitlyn – University of Colorado Colorado SpringsElla – University of ConnecticutMaddie – University of PittsburghSofia – University of Texas at AustinChrista – Northern Illinois UniversityDestiny – Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbby – The University of Texas at AustinNikori – Syracuse UniversityCaroline – University of ConnecticutJesus – The College of New JerseySarah – University of PittsburghKenneth – University of ConnecticutMarjorie – University of Massachusetts AmherstCarly – Illinois State UniversityOlivia – Indiana University BloomingtonKatelin – Northern Illinois UniversityBenjamin – Illinois State UniversityRyan – University of Massachusetts AmherstEmily – University of PittsburghZee – Texas State UniversityKavya – University of Massachusetts AmherstBrittany – Texas Woman’s UniversityDiego – Youngstown State UniversityJulia – Central Washington UniversityMadison – Texas Tech UniversityEshita – University of ConnecticutIssa – UMass BostonNichelle – North Carolina A&TRuth – UMass BostonSpencer – University of ConnecticutThomas – East Texas A&M UniversitySuzonna – University of ConnecticutOlivia – University of ConnecticutLorenzo – University of ConnecticutJackie – West Texas A&M UniversityMichalena – University of ConnecticutAnna – University of California BerkeleyFlorence – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBlaise – Wake Forest UniversityAmanda – Rutgers University in New BrunswickMadeline – Georgia TechPaisley – The College of New JerseyJ – University of North Carolina GreensboroElijah – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyCesarina – University of ConnecticutAadita – University of ConnecticutJerica – University of North Carolina GreensboroSurangana – Youngstown State UniversityCarmine – University of Nebraska KearneyRabiyatu – Rutgers University – CamdenElsie – University of Mary WashingtonCrystal – Northern Illinois University
