Housing and Residence Life: Community & Engagement | Competencies & Learning | Care & Case Management | Assessment
Abstract Oftentimes, RAs will resist a new process or complain about how a problem is solved, but asking for their input does not always lead to a positive solution. This session will show supervisors how to use design thinking with their RAs to solve problems and create processes. Outcomes Participants will be able to define... Continue Reading →
IT'S BACK! Roompact is holding its ninth annual door dec contest! This contest is open to student staff (RAs, CAs, etc.) at schools who currently use Roompact's software on their campus. Create a door dec with the name โRoompactโ on it and email it to us at contests@roompact.com from your institutional email address (*.edu) with... Continue Reading →
Summer training for student staff members is usually jam-packed with learning policies, absorbing information, and acting out real-life crisis scenarios. Although all of this is incredibly important for being a trained student staff member, we often forget that there are many ways student staff members can and should learn to incorporate fun into their roles.... Continue Reading →
Abstract It's easy to copy and paste RA Training from year to year or from other institutions, but what does YOUR campus need? This session will bring practitioners together to discuss approaches to planning RA training whether you are starting from scratch or looking to improve upon the foundations you have in place. With reflective... Continue Reading →
How many residence life trainings have you been to? 10? 15? Do you see your staff spending more time on their laptops and phones, rather than engaging? I started to feel that over the past few years. Yes, staff still know how to do their jobs once they have sat through boring training, but how... Continue Reading →
Abstract "Being a live-in professional means youโre always onโnavigating resident crises, supervising student staff, building community, and somehow trying to have a life of your own. Itโs easy to slip into survival mode or feel like you have to โperformโ leadership instead of actually feeling like yourself in the role. Using The 15 Commitments of... Continue Reading →
Abstract High engagement, low stakes, and improvisation are at the core of this new game-based learning approach to staff training. Originally designed for Graduate and Full-Time Incident Response training, Duty & Dragons uses game mechanics from Role-Playing Table-Top Games (RPTTG) to provide an innovative and effective approach to practicing real-world scenarios, conflict navigation, and other... Continue Reading →
We Couldn't Do It Without You We've released a ton of software features in the past few months and all of your feedback has been invaluable. Thank you for help and understanding as we work through these updates. With your help, these beta releases will be ready to go by the fall! We developed a... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Picture it, Summertimes. Perhaps youโre overseeing a project that couldnโt get done during the academic year or maybe youโre coordinating summer student housing or working with camps and conferences. Thereโs something about summer though that feels much more relaxed for many of us working in residence life. That is until July creeps up on us... Continue Reading →
Among professionals and student staff alike, there are few times as painstaking and perhaps controversial as returning staff training. Generally, responses can come back to โI learned this last year (or the year before),โ โI could be doing other things right now,โ and โthis is too longโ among returning staff. The reality is that annual... Continue Reading →
Abstract Residential Education teams create powerful experiences, yet we often struggle to assess and communicate our impact in ways that influence decisions. In a time of tighter budgets and increased scrutiny, showing clear value has become essential. This session explores how building a culture of assessment, supported by intentional data visualization, can highlight outcomes, strengthen... Continue Reading →
In this special episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we have a rebroadcast from one of our more recent webinars. We started our monthly webinar series back in October of 2025 and if you are a Roompact member, you can participate in these live. For non-Roompact members, we make the recording available after the fact on our website. In this webinar weโll go over the 3C Framework for Residence Life Practice. It takes from all of the models to help you distill down whatโs important for your residents and whatโs on campus. As a framework, itโs flexible and draws from best practices across the field.
During ACUHO-I's Residence Education Conference (and the Business Operations, and Housing Facilities Conferences) we'll be holding a social! Date: Tuesday, October 27th, 2026 Time: 5pm-7pm Location: On The ROX The social will have some free adult (and non-adult) beverages and nibbly bites. It's right across the street from the Hyatt Regency, next to the Sheraton.... Continue Reading →
We're excited to join you in Orlando this year near the house of the mouse. Join us for our social... Date: Monday, June 22nd, 2026 Our social starts just after the first full day of the ACUHO-I conference, after the regional receptions. Check out the ACUHO-I ACE schedule here. Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm Come any time for... Continue Reading →
Weโd like to introduce the Roompact Blogging Cohorts for the upcoming year! Roompact hires bloggers to further increase our contributions to the field through the free dissemination of ideas and knowledge. Every year we refresh our blog cohort with new writers. Earlier this spring, we did a search for part-time bloggers, professionals who liked to... Continue Reading →
Abstract Attending a national conference can be a transformative experience for graduate students and new professionals, if approached with intention and strategy. This session provides a supportive framework to help emerging professionals make the most of their conference opportunities. Participants will learn practical tips for planning and organizing their schedules, leveraging volunteer roles, and engaging... Continue Reading →
by Citklali Ibarra-Hernandez As a mid-level residence life professional, there are so many times when I find myself thinking or talking to colleagues about how different this generation of students is from the students at the beginning of my career. One of the greatest tools in my toolbelt for working with different generations of students... Continue Reading →
