3 Res Life Quick Tips for Your First Year Working in Housing
5 “Do’s” and “Don’ts” for Student Staff Training Around Intentional Conversations
Though Intentional Conversations are meant to be casual conversations between student staff and their residents, these chats still require some degree of training and preparation. While professional staff members work to create a lesson plan or Intentional Conversation guide that models the goals and desires of their residential curriculum, significant thought should also be put... Continue Reading →
3 Res Life Quick Tips for Getting Involved in ACUHO-I
Roompact's "Res Life Quick Tips" series highlights ideas and suggestions you can utilize in your residence life and education practice. Take a look through our past quick tips. ACUHO-I is an incredible organization for housing and residence life professionals. Accessible and known for high-quality content, getting involved in ACUHO-I is critical for anyone wanting to... Continue Reading →
What Student Conduct Software Solutions Are The Most Commonly Used By Roompact Campuses?
Roompact's software works in combination with your student conduct software to give you a more complete picture of your students and to provide better case management for students of concern. While your student conduct system is often your software of record for students with conduct violations and students of concern, Roompact helps by organizing your... Continue Reading →
3 Res Life Quick Tips for Putting Students at the Center of Assessment Efforts
Roompact's "Res Life Quick Tips" series highlights ideas and suggestions you can utilize in your residence life and education practice. Take a look through our past quick tips. Assessment is about improving your practice, but it is ultimately about enhancing the college experience for students. When designing your assessment efforts, don't lose sight of your... Continue Reading →
What are the Most Common HMS/SIS Integrations for Roompact Campuses?
Roompact's software works in combination with your housing management software to help you with all aspects of your housing and residence life department. While your housing management system handles the operational aspects of housing, Roompact handles the life and education happening within your residence halls. One of the key features of Roompact is its integration... Continue Reading →
Best Practices for Residence Life to Engage Residents Using Text Messaging
With COVID-19 changing the way we think of residence life, more and more schools are looking for diverse ways to build community, communicate important information, and engage residents. At Roompact, we've noticed a shift in our schools software usage to include more communications via text message. Text messaging can be an excellent tool to help... Continue Reading →
3 Res Life Quick Tips for RAs Considering a Career in Student Housing
Roompact's "Res Life Quick Tips" series highlights ideas and suggestions you can utilize in your residence life and education practice. Take a look through our past quick tips. Love being an RA? Maybe you'd like to consider working within housing and residence life as a career choice. Before you take that leap, consider these three... Continue Reading →
What is a “good” Roommate Agreement completion rate for residence life departments?
One of Roompact's most used software features is the ability to design and deploy Roommate and Suitemate Agreements to residents. Roommate agreements are documents that help facilitate a conversation with a roommate grouping to help them share expectations of living together. Good agreements allow residents to think about potential areas of conflict and how those... Continue Reading →
