Residence life and education, residential curriculum and curricular approaches, student housing, and technology.
We're pleased to welcome Ali onto the show for this week's episode! She speaks with Dustin about her journey into this work, and reflections on how best to approach the unique work of housing and residential life marketing. Ali details the importance of effective marketing as a tool to tell stories, build community, and achieve departmental goals.
For Pro Staff For Student Staff Roompact's "Quick Tips" series highlights ideas and suggestions you can put into your practice as either a professional staff or student staff member working in residence life and education. Click to read more from the series. During staff training, conferences, and at other points of the year, you may... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we speak with Quan Phan, a student affairs professional with an incredible aptitude for graphic design. Learn how Quan uses his skills to enhance the educational impact of materials he designs and learn some tips on how you can, too.
University housing and residence life departments are often complex organizations complete with everything one might expect in a big business. This includes understanding the basics of marketing and customer engagement. The ACUHO-I Standards and Core Competencies both list knowledge of marketing strategies as important skills for the housing administrator and residence life educator. Understanding marketing basics is... Continue Reading →
Higher education and student affairs professionals generally prefer the predictable. And yet, when it comes to engagement with students online, social media is the antithesis of control. For this reason, developing an effective digital engagement strategy in residence life, and in student affairs and higher education in general, requires a great degree of trust and a... Continue Reading →
