Bulletin Board Ideas

Bulletin boards are a form of passive programming.
Cartoon-Best Line
Draw a large cartoon strip, but leave the last line blank. Provide a large space for residents to write in their ideas for the punchline. Everyone should have fun with this one, especially if a prize is awarded for the best line.

Contest-Monthly
Each month give a prize to the area with the most creative, decorative and timely bulletin board. The purpose is to help decorate the section and to help develop some section pride. Each room can be in charge of a month.

Coupon Exchange
Post an envelope for coupons in your lounge area. Residents put coupons of any kind that they do not need into this envelope for others to use.

Fact of the Week
Post a little known fact. This is a simple way to increase resident's knowledge in a wide variety of areas. Center the fact on the theme for the month or the week.

Graffiti Days
For a couple of days during one week, let everybody write anything they want to at a certain spot designated in the hall. Clearly label this area the Graffiti area. You can use the bulletin board or a piece of butcher paper on a door. This type of project can develop into an intra-section or inter-section competition, or it can be used by individual students to encourage their friends to drop by and leave them notes or decorate their door. It can also be used to encourage residents to vent their passions. Perhaps a dictionary of graffiti could be published by compiling the sum total of witty sayings and sketchings at the end of the year.

Home Town
Delve into the culture and history of various towns. Have individuals design a bulletin board display around items of interest from their home towns. This would provide interesting and educational material for the board displays while at the same time allowing the students involved to take pride not only in their creation but also in their home towns.

I Need, I Have
Students pin paper to the bulletin board describing things they are looking for or things they want to dispose of. This includes text books.

Makes you Go HUMMMMM
Put a thought provoking statement on the board that makes students think. You may want to leave room for comments.

Pet Show-Pictures
Since students aren't supposed to have animals in the residence halls, have a show consisting of photographs of the students' pets. There can be varied categories such as: most photogenic, most unusual, etc.

Question of the Week
A question is posted on the bulletin board, anyone who wishes is invited to reply in the space provided on the sheet. Both serious and funny replies are welcomed and can become a basis for discussion.

Roommate
Take a picture of you and your roommate and put yours and everyone else's picture on a bulletin board. This is a good way for everyone to see who's in the section.

Tips
Free advice is always a treat and people are always willing to give it. Put up a "tips" area on your bulletin board and allow residents to share ideas on any number of things so as to help one another.


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