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Ways to bring groups together
| Social |
- Sponsor Hall Movie Night
- Put together an intramural team
- Have dinner as a floor
- Play the Roommate Game
- Sponsor Hall Secret Buddies
- Have a video game tournament
- Throw a birthday party for your residents each month
- Have a Super Bowl Party
- Provide “getting to know you” activities
- Have a game night
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| Spiritual & Moral |
- Give your residents an opportunity to join a faith-sharing group
together
- Sponsor a discussion on world religions
- Invite an Augustinian priest to talk to your residents
- Participate in community service
- Sponsor a hall mass or hall liturgy
- Invite members of various religions and religious beliefs to
join a panel discussion
- Provide your residents with an opportunity to go on a retreat
together
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| Multicultural Education |
- Attend a Villanova Theater production
- Go to any number of theaters, museums, or other cultural venues
in Philadelphia
- Schedule a date for the Diversity Peer Educators to have a
program on your floor
- Have an informational program on harassment
- Sponsor a workshop on conflict resolution
- Have a workshop on the various “ism’s”
- Lead a discussion on privilege and class
- Watch a cultural movie and have a discussion afterwards.
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| Awareness Education |
- Schedule a program with the Health and Wellness Center’s Peer
Educators (POWER)
- Lead a discussion about drinking on Villanova’s campus
- Invite a speaker to your floor to discuss sexual assault
- Sponsor an awareness day about Breast Cancer or AIDS
- Participate in Alcohol and Drug Awareness Week on campus
- Have an information night about physical and mental health
- Host speakers about disease awareness for college students
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| Intellectual |
- Have a discussion about Academic Integrity
- Host a counselor from the Career Center to talk about major
selection
- Have a tutor from the Writing Center talk to your floor
- Have an informational workshop on how to cook, how to do
laundry, how to study, etc.
- Have a discussion about current events and hot topics
- Sponsor an opportunity for your floor to learn something new
together (like take a pottery class, learn from a golf pro, etc.)
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| Physical |
- Have your floor commit to healthy New Year’s Resolutions
together
- Invite the University’s nutritionist to talk to your floor.
- Sponsor a trip to the grocery store to talk about healthy
choices.
- Lead a discussion about eating disorders.
- Take a RAD class as a floor
- Host a panel discussion with Public Safety about safety at
villanova university
- Join an aerobics class with your residents.
- Sponsor weekly 3-on-3 basketball games
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| Personal & Emotional |
- Attend the Activities Forum with your residents
- Host members of various organizations for a meet-and-greet with
your residents
- Take your residents on a tour of Philadelphia to help them get
better acquainted with the city
- Invite the POWER Peer Educators to your floor to do a program on
risky behaviors
- Host the Academic Advising Center for a program on setting
academic goals and managing workload
- Sponsor opportunities for roommates to bond
- Offer opportunities for hall mates to develop closer
relationships with each other.
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