Informationals

What Are Informationals? Description and Purpose

Informationals are a passive way for residents to receive information!

RAs will utilize an informational poster to display educational information for their community. Informationals should:

• Be made of butcher paper

• Be at MOST 3 feet x 3 feet in size

• Include a title and headers for sections of information

• Display legible information (printed text is best)

• Be displayed only in elevator lobbies or nooks of the RA’s floor/s (no corridors, but lounge areas and “living room” areas are okay)

• Be put up using only blue tape

What information should I include?

The Theme of Informational 1 is Resource Sharing. We have many campus and off-campus resources available to students that they may or may not know about. In this informational poster, you will highlight a few resources of your choice and share what services they provide.

Some ideas:

• Identity-based Resource Centers on campus. Some highlighted information could include:

  • Their physical locations and operational times

  • A few upcoming events

  • Information about services they typically provide

• Health-related centers, such as 

  • CARE at SARC

  • SHS

  • CAPS (possibly an opportunity to highlight our TMC CAPS counselors)

• Recreation. You can share what students have access, such as 

  • Facilities/gyms

  • Rec classes offerings

  • Events

• Basic Needs

  • Basic Needs have created an inspo board regarding basic needs that can be used for informationals!

  • Inspo Board

Creating my Informational… Where do I start?

Pre-Work

• Decide a visual theme for the bulletin board

• Research information that you are going to use for your Informational poster

  • Center websites

  • Instagram pages

• Find a location on your floor/s (in elevator lobbies or nooks of the RA’s floor/s - no corridors, but lounge areas and “living room” areas are okay)

• Talk to your ADRL about your idea

• Check the RA workroom for materials and request additional supplies from your ADRL, if needed

Informational Creation

• Print or handwrite (print suggested) text for your poster

• Assemble informational

• Put up informational with blue tape for the allotted amount of time required

Door Decorations

You are responsible for creating a door decoration (dec) for each of your residents. Your decorations should encompass an INCLUSIVE theme, foster a sense of community, and be aesthetically pleasing. Individual door decs will be placed in resident’s room doors. 

The most efficient way to create door decs is by using a graphic design tool such as Canva. Creating a digital door dec makes it easy to replace door decs throughout the year in the event door decs are damaged, or you get new residents. If you choose to create hand made door decs please do not spend an unreasonable amount of time on them.

You will also need to create a door dec for hallway doors. Hallway door decks may NOT contain resident names, only the suite number. 

Helpful Links:

https://www.canva.com/tags/templates/

http://sapro.moderncampus.com/blog/42-door-decoration-ideas-to-make-your-residence-hall-feel-like-home

Welcome Newsletters

You are responsible for creating a welcoming newsletter for your community of residents.

RAs will email newsletters to residents before move-in and have a printed copy in suite for Move-in. Newsletters can have the same theme as your door decs. Things to include in your newsletter. 

About me 

• • Introduce yourself (Name, pronouns, major(s), hometown, fun fact, ect)  and emphasize how you want your residents to communicate with you this school year.  (i.e via  groupme, phone number, email, Instagram DMs). 

Social Media 

• • Promote the Marshall Res Life Instagram page @tmcreslife 

  • Where they can follow you (Not your personal but community page)

Important Events/Deadlines: You might not have all this when you submit for approval so add a filler that can have the correct info added later 

• • Community Meeting Time: Sep 21, 2025 (Medium, Location and Time TBD)

  • Living space agreements: Let them know where to sign up and emphasize that everyone in the suite/apt must be present

  • Emergency drill: October 16, 2025 @ 7am

Important Numbers:

• • 1. HDH Fix-It: 858-534-2600

    2. Lock Outs: 858-534-2600 (Use after Reslife office/HI Desk is closed and no RA is on Duty) 

    3. UCPD dispatch/USO: 858-534-HELP (4357)

    4. Student Health: 858-534-3300

    5. USO Safety Escort: 858-534-WALK (9255)

    6. CAPS: 858-534-3755

    7. CARE@SARC: 858-534-5793

    8. Reslife Office: 858-534-4340 tmreslife@ucsd.edu, Bottom Floor Umoja

Resnet Information

Share that they can get connect to wifi by following instructions on https://resnet.ucsd.edu/ Share what networks they can connect to

HI Desk Information

Lockouts, Keys, Mail and Packages, 858-822-6111, hospitalityinformation@ucsd.edu, location, bottom of coalition.

How to address Mail:

Student's Preferred Name

9450 Gilman Drive 

#Student's Mail Number  

La Jolla, CA 92092-2002

Bulletin Boards

You are responsible for posting a Marshall RA Bulletin Board by the first day of move-in. Be creative and focus on welcoming students. The design must be something that will last all year and be in line with the theme of your building. The entire area should be covered by paper, all cork on your board should be covered and not seen. You and your building partners should work together to complete this task. You should section off areas of your bulletin board for the following items: 

1. a photo and brief introduction of who you are (think one fun fact, majors, etc.) Please do not put your living space on there to protect your privacy

2. Important Numbers (see below)

3. QR code for HDH fix-it website

Important Numbers:

• • 1. HDH Fix-It: 858-534-2600

    2. Lock Outs: 858-534-2600 (Use after Reslife office/HI Desk is closed and no RA is on Duty) 

    3. UCPD dispatch/USO: 858-534-HELP (4357)

    4. Student Health: 858-534-3300

    5. USO Safety Escort: 858-534-WALK (9255)

    6. CAPS: 858-534-3755

    7. CARE@SARC: 858-534-5793

    8. Reslife Office: 858-534-4340 tmreslife@ucsd.edu, Bottom Floor Umoja