Residence life and education, residential curriculum and curricular approaches, student housing, and technology.
In this episode of Roompact’s ResEdChat, Paul sits down with John Hughey from the University of Mary Washington to discuss how they are leveraging Roompact's software to aid the work of their Coordinated Care Team and their Behavioral Intervention Team.
We have a special episode this week with the return of Roompact's fearless leader, Matt! He joins Dustin to talk about the premise of "magical moments" when it comes to customer service, how Roompact seeks to create these moments, as well as how other leaders can take inspiration from this example.
We welcome Paul back as our guest this week to explore the concept of "microsurveys". He explains what they are, how they can be used, and why residential education professionals should implementing them into their departmental strategy.
One of the unique features of Roompact's software is the ability to send residents "Microsurveys." Microsurveys are short, one-question polls of your residents. These surveys can be sent via email or text message. They can be sent to the entire resident population or to specific buildings. And they can include a question that is open-ended,... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we sit down with longtime Roompact software users at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). The staff at TCNJ have been with Roompact for six years and share their journey along with some of their best practices and Roompact "pro tips." Learn about how they use data to better tell their story, assess the effectiveness of their initiatives, and aid in student retention.
Paul returns to the podcast this week to chat with host Dustin Ramsdell about the fundamentals of roommate agreements and the role they serve in managing residential student conflict. Paul also highlights how users of Roompact's software can leverage its features to be proactive in reducing conflict. Learn from him and examples from other schools about high impact practices.
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat podcast, we welcome back Paul to share some of his expert insights on how best to use text messaging in the residence life context.If you have a topic idea or want to engage in the community discussion, use the hashtag #ResEdChat.
Collecting and processing student feedback is crucial to ensuring that your department’s efforts are moving you toward your goals and serving students. Choosing the way in which this data is collected from your residents is just as important as what you do with it to take action. Below are some ways you can utilize Roompact... Continue Reading →
Roompact's Microsurveys tool is one of the more interesting and unique features available on our platform. Microsurveys allows you to send brief, one-question surveys to your residents. Residents can respond with answers that are open text, on a likert scale, or multiple choice. These surveys can also be sent via email or text message. They... Continue Reading →
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 →
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. Suitemate Agreements (or Apartment Agreements) are intended for groupings of students who share a... Continue Reading →
