Activity Ideas
- Beverage Bar
- You could have free beverages in your room
for the residents in your section at the beginning
of the school year. This activity could help promote
interaction on the floor and serve as a get-acquainted program.
- Candlelight Dining
- A special dining area is nice for the occasion, but
certainly not necessary. Just set aside a section or a table
in your cafeteria. Arrangements should be made with the
food service personnel. This is an inexpensive way to spice
up that everyday dinner.
- Cartoons-Saturday Morning
- Have people bring donuts and milk and gather everyone
in the lounge to enjoy cartoons.
- Club-Friday Afternoon
- Have your section meet every Friday afternoon to
play cards, take tours, go shopping, or just have a
general chat session for an hour or two.
- Donut and Coffee Party
- This can be a good break for those late night study
times. During finals week set up a donut and coffee table
in the study lounge for a study break.
- Freshman First Nighter
- At the beginning of the year, have all the freshman in
section get together before classes begin. Have a staff member
who knows the campus take them out on the town. They could go
to dinner, a movie, or shopping.
- Mail-Write your Grandparents
- Or whomever ... Get a letter writing campaign going on your
floor at certain times during the year. Everyone can write a
letter to their grandmother, grandfather, mom, dad, sibling, or
whomever.
- Roommate Appreciation Day
- All residents are encouraged to be especially nice to their
roommates; they can make beds, carry books, etc.
- Secret Helper
- This is a week to do good deeds for someone whose
name you have drawn. At the end of the week a dinner can
be held and the names revealed.
- Section T-shirts
- Design a section logo or picture that can be put on a
T-shirt or sweatshirt. A group order from a manufacturer
is generally an inexpensive way to get the shirts produced.
- Suggestion Box
- Establish a suggestion box in the lobby or study
lounge. Equip it with paper and pens so students or
their guests can write their suggestions about the hall.
- Sunrise Watch
- Get interested students to watch the sunrise
and possibly take progressive pictures of the sunrise
to display.
- Textbook Exchange
- Obtain a copy of book prices and exchange rates from the
local bookstores and price the residence hall book exchange in
a competitive position. Students will have the opportunity
to save money on used texts and get more for old books. Anyone
who used the service to sell a textbook could be charged $1.00
for each book that they sell. They money collected could be
used by the section for future activities.
- True Confession Night
- Everyone would tell only true stories the whole night.
They have to be open and honest about them. Names and places
could be changed to protect persons' privacy.
- TV Party
- As a section, get together once a week to watch some popular
night time TV show. Provide snacks.