Author: Maddy

Fall 2015 Bulletin Boards

Each month, I’m tasked with coming up with new ways to display a controversial or thought-provoking topics. My favorite way to do so is through bulletin boards: a form of passive programming that encourages residents to think and communicate with each other about what they see. I tackled a number of topics over the course of the […]

Testing

I was recently approached by one of my residents about a scare they experienced in the first two weeks of their college experience. With their permission, I wrote a poem to help illustrate and decompress from the situation.    Crowded stalls slant back and forth. Crooked teeth leer hiding cavities inside. Feet tap absently on either […]

The Five Aspirations

Virginia Tech’s Aspirations for Student Learning are mentioned time and time again on my Housing and Residence Life Page, and those in the HRL community might be intimately familiar with what they may entail, the normal student might only be aware of them subconsciously. This is largely due to the way we as Resident Advisors […]