Cultivating Compassionate Resident HallsKyle Pacque

Everyone please pair up:

– What is one thing you truly care about, that

most people don’t already know?

Introduction of Audience Members

2014 NASPA Annual Conference * Baltimore, Maryland * March 15-19, 2014

LONELINESS AT UMASS

Findings from a 2012-2013 survey show that at the

of Massachusetts,

42% of respondents have felt

LONELY occasionally or frequently. (Clark, Doughty, 2013)

SEXUAL HARASSMENT/ ASSAULT

AT UMASS

Roughly 1 in 3 students

somewhat or strongly agree that Umass has a sexual harassment and/or sexual assault problem (Clark &

Doughty, 2013).

LONELINESS AT UMASS

44% of the respondents said

they were sexually harassed in residence halls. (Clark & Doughty, 2013).

Actively Caring:Any behavior that goes above and beyond the call of duty

on behalf of the health, safety, or welfare of another person

Will’s StoryWill arrived at Umass with a story. He attended a good high school located

in a small town out of state. Everyone back home went to the same school from

elementary, middle and high school, so Will has had the same best friend since

third grade - James.

Will doesn’t know anyone else heading to Umass in the fall so he decided to

be randomly assigned to a roommate. When he got to UMass, Will spent most of his

free time studying or playing video games in his room. Many of his hallmates,

including his RA, noticed Will was always stressed about school work. To show

support, his hallmates would give him words of encouragement: “You got into

UMass, you’re obviously smart!” His RA would say: “ You’re smart, and as a psych

major, I bet it’s easy for you!” When Will wasn’t studying, you’d likely see Will with

a XBOX controller in his hand and a headset on his head as he talked to other

gamers. Hallmates would try to get him more involved by asking him out

to lunch, and inviting him out on the weekends. No one could connect with

Will, so eventually people just gave him space.

AC4P In Residence Halls

RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENT

Nearly 1 in 3 respondents had

felt uncomfortable, unsafe, or threatened due to others’ alcohol/ drug-

related behavior (Pacque & McCarty, 2013) .

“Hallmates would try to get him more involved by asking him out to lunch, and

inviting him out on the weekends.”

Golden Rule - Treat other how _____ want

to be treated

Platinum Rule - Treat others how _____

want to be treated

Will’s Story

you’d

they’d

2014 NASPA Annual Conference * Baltimore, Maryland * March 15-19, 2014

See. Act. Pass. Share.

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Questions?