Bulletin boards

There have been lots of times where people wonder what exactly that you do as an Resident Assistant. The truth is that there is a lot of things that we do behind the scenes. We do a lot of facilitating and programming that most people do see. One of my specialties that I feel I'm super effective at are bulletin boards. These bulletin boards are a great way for passive programming. Passive programming is a good subtle way to build the community within your area. If a RA feels that there is a prevalent problem that his or her community is facing, passive programming helps gives a point out that problems and some solutions to address it. 

Let me tell you about my area a little bit. I live in an apartment style suite. One have one overall building that leads into a hallway. Each building has two floors. The first floor suite are generally studio and 1BD/1BR apartments. The second floor suites have an upstairs/downstairs 2BD/1BD apartments. The students here are generally 2nd year students. They already have their own niche and personal circle of friends. 

For many of them, this would be the first time that they lived within apartment building. For my first bulletin board, I wanted to focus on apartment safety. As you can see, I choose to do a somewhat comical image of a  fish being fried in a pan. 

About every month, part of our job requirements is to redo the bulletin boards. I admit that I was at a lost of exactly what I wanted to do. It was until I was reminded of something. This year, Residence Life is strongly pushing for more involvement for the hall government of our apartment residence. The idea occurred to me that I should try to push for more students to join RHA (Residence Hall Association) or even Hall Government.  The unifying theme for this bulletin board was to targets the students that weren't already involve with athletics or with Greek Life. I wanted to show that there were more than just those two to get involved with on campus. 

Just in case you were wondering, our school mascot is the black bear. The idea was for the black bear to appear as though he were holding the bulletin board above his head as if a student would hold a banner or flyer above their head for attention. 

I feel that bulletin boards should have a good balance of what is acceptable and fun. They should be used to express a point and catch peoples eyes. Especially when we live in a location where doors are constantly closed, I wanted something eye catching. If the board catches the eye of the residents, the chances of the resident stopping and just reading the bulletin board are much much higher. 

I'm just really excited about the outcome. If any one has any tips for increasing the community or even stopping to comment about the board, feel free to send it to me a message or even as a comment! 

Lots of Love

Poor College Student

So its been a long time....

Especially since I started writing anything. Anything at all. So what's been up with me?

1. I'm a Resident Assistant (RA). 
2. I'm in my last year of undergraduate college.
3. I'm still trying to find a way to support myself in college. 

So looking back to elaborate.

1. I'm a Resident Assistant. 
What does that actually mean? I have always kinda equated this to being a dorm mommie. In a way, I kind of do mother everyone because it is in my personality to do so. Last year, I was a resident assistant at a girls only residence hall. This year, I was placed in the sophomore apartment area. Being with these upperclassmen is like being in a whole other ball park. The issue and problems here are much much more different, but due to a job clause, I really can't explain these things especially on the internet.

2.I'm in my last year of undergraduate college. 
To anyone, this sounds like a great accomplishment, but to me its kind of a drag. I have this big reluctance to want to end my time at college. I love it here and i'm not ready yet to even consider leaving. On the flip side, the classes here just seem to get harder and harder especially since you have classes that work to contribute to your major. Everyone seems to always asks, 'are you excited to leave?' Up til last year, I was asking the same questions. Honestly, now I also seem to hate the question because I really don't know what I want to do. Once I figure this out then we can talk about things like this again.

3. I'm still trying to find a way to support myself in college. 
I go to a private college, so the financial bill is crazy expensive. I'm a shopaholic as well. There has to be ways to support myself. Like I said above, I'm a Resident Assistant. This kinda means that I don't have to pay for my housing situation during the school year. I also work part time as a stockroom assistant in the chemistry department for minimum wage. This barely provides for grocery bills. =P I started doing surveys but its hard to see where things lead when your official occupation still says student. If anyone has suggestions let me know. I have two options to go out and do, but we'll honestly see..

• surveys 
• affiliate marketing 
• drop shipping business

Stay tuned for future posts... =) 

BILLS~~

Gettng ur bills for the new school year... 'nuff said.. its like watching ur money fly away~

DOOM OF HAMSTER~

So this year, I'm moving into my second year of college and along with that comes with room mates~ well i'm super excited about that.. HOwever~!! This weekend, my roommate decided to dropp a BOMB ON ME! o-o she's bring her dwarf hampster with her...

ERMAHGERD O_O  

To most I'm sure this isnt a big deal.. but to a girl who has never had any pets besides a fish... What do i DO?! if this was just a house and off campus.. i'm sure this would't matter, but the thing is.. we're staying on an on-campus apartment.. THEY are againist the rules! they are not allowed? Can you imagine having a room check?! Simple~ this is how it will go down!! 

okays that a much more peacefull picture than that is rly gonna happen.. ITS GOING TO BE OFF THE WALLL!! We'll hear her screams across the campus.. o-o WE gonna be fined!! o-o its a charge of 150 per person plus a possible 100 more!! o-o U little 15 dollars hampster ain't worth it!! what do i do guys? somehow in my mind .. i feel like this may end badly .. .

How i feel this hampster is gonna take control and sucker money outta me 

A store~~

So one day, I decided i was going to make something out of myself and so i opened up a store~ =)) Itd be much appreciated if you guys bought something or decided to spread my name around =) that'd would be great! http://www.cafepress.com/pandelliexd

hi

umm hi? =)) so I'm not really sure with what i'm doing.. .Sure we've all seen those bloggers that get a hundred views a day, but i'm not quite sure this will end up being one of those day.. Hopefully what you'll see here is a bunch of ramblings from a poor college student~ well a poor college student with a painful addiction to shopping.. so you may end up laughing at my misery or rejoicing in my small adventures~ I'll prolly show pictures of things that i've made drawn or bought~