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.