Residence life and education, residential curriculum and curricular approaches, student housing, and technology.
We’ve heard the attributions of another year covered in the cloak of COVID-19’s shadow–arresting the development of our residents, limiting academic engagement and success, and continuing to exhaust the efforts of our residential life staff members. Though there have been many types of efforts at recognizing these vital staff within a university, I offer an... Continue Reading →
Roompact was blessed with three amazing interns this summer who helped out with our sales and marketing team. Some of them will also be returning this fall as well. Learn a little bit more about them and their summer experiences. Jake Van Wyk Major: Business Administration in Marketing and Sales MinorInstitution: University of MissouriHometown: Naperville,... Continue Reading →
Megan has been with Roompact from Day 1. She walked up and down the streets of Chicago with Matt, brainstorming how to build the company. She also represented Roompact at our first conference, GLACUHO 2014! Over the years, Megan has taken care of many of the unglamorous aspects of building and maintaining a business. Today,... Continue Reading →
Student Affairs offices, particularly those within residence life and education, typically see a steady turn over of professionals year-to-year. When building and maintaining a curriculum, it can sometimes be a challenge to onboard new staff members who (1) may not be familiar with the model at all or (2) are not familiar with your institution's... Continue Reading →
In my 5 years of working with residential curriculum, there have been many successes and many failures. This is perfectly natural when developing a residential curriculum—you continuously review your strategies each year and adapt and refine your work over time. However, year after year, it seemed that buy-in was something that consistently came up as... Continue Reading →
At Roompact, we're dedicated to supporting and contributing to the research and professional development of the residence life professionals and college student educators that we serve. That is why we are super proud to announce that our very own Director of Curriculum, Training, and Research, Dr. Paul Gordon Brown, has been selected as a Diamond Honoree by... Continue Reading →
Education without the School: A Summer with Roompact I thought I finally had it. I thought I finally knew what I wanted to do with my life. For four years I was set on going to graduate school, and if I managed my finances properly, even pursuing a PhD. That’s before I came to the... Continue Reading →
At Roompact, much like the institutions of higher education we serve, we see ourselves as a learning organization. As a part of our commitment to learning, we had the pleasure of having two interns work with us over the summer. Joey Malinowski and Artur Sak worked with our software engineering team to help develop many... Continue Reading →
