Using Micro-Actions to Create a Strong Campus Culture

I didn’t know anyone at the school, so I patiently waited in the lobby for the student life advisor to show up. When at first, I thought I was alone, the janitor turned the corner and saw me. He smiled and said, “Hi.” I smiled back. Then a group of two students walked past me […]

How One College Uses Poetry and a Tree to Build Community

The legend of the Poetry Tree at Randolph College dates back to the 1960’s, its protagonist an English professor named Margaret Raynal. Every Spring, Margaret would write out the poem, ‘Loveliest of Trees’ by A.E. Housman, and hang it on a cherry blossom tree near the front of the school as an homage to both the […]

A Look at This Year’s Random Acts of Kindness Day #RAK15

Thank you all so much for your incredible contributions to Random Acts of Kindness Day 2015. We loved seeing everyone from students to professionals get in the spirit of giving and sharing. Your random acts left us all inspired to continue spreading the love and living for and with others, and that’s what RAK Day is all about. Take […]

A Blender Event from Birch Coffee Shop

Birch Coffee Shop

The typical solo coffee shop experience involves you ordering something with a fancy name, them messing up the spelling of your name on a cup, and then finding a seat by yourself to get lost in something to read or listen to. While many people find no issue with repeating this process of isolation, others […]

Student Engagement Through A Communal Refrigerator

Student Engagement Through A Communal Refrigerator

As more residence halls cater to the luxury demands of their students by offering private rooms, private bathrooms and private kitchens, the opportunities for informal moments of engagement and/or learning can decline. Research done by Donald Markwell, George Kuh and Vincent Tinto back up this claim by revealing that… “Opportunities for students to come together outside formal […]

Winter is Coming – Duracell Builds Communities at Bus Stops

Winter is Coming

As you know from Dance Floor Theory, we are all about building communities and making connections. This marketing stunt by Duracell last year definitely does both of those things. At this bus stop, in order to create heat, the people have to make a human chain to connect the two ends of the stop. This leads to: Strangers […]

Hold Hands, Get Chocolate – No, not from your boyfriend

Hold Hands, Get Chocolate – No, not from your boyfriend

Milka, an Argentina chocolate company, set up a nifty vending machine with a catch, to promote “tenderness” between strangers. Bear with us… You see, in order to dispense the free chocolate, people need to hold hands, one on one end touching the button on the machine, the other on the other end touching the button on […]

Be Kind: Random Acts of Kindness Day Over at Student Leader Collective

Be Kind: Random Acts of Kindness Day Over at Student Leader Collective

The Student Leader Collective is a community of ours that we are very proud of. If you’re a student leader, you need to check it out! On Monday, April 7, SLC will be hosting Random Acts of Kindness Day, aka #RAK14. Just like we did #FreeHugs last year, you can pledge to do random acts […]

Free High Fives, Just In Case Hugs Scare You

High Fives

As you probably know, Swift Kick enjoys the #FreeHugs movement. A lot. Sometimes, though, we run across people who do not enjoy the whole hugging thing, and we get it. Not everyone is a hugger. Anyone who participated in #FreeHugs Day knows that. So when we came across this Improv Everywhere video, we knew we […]

4 Simple Ways This Groovin’ Blender Event At Baldwin Wallace Is Perfect

First, check out this video. Basically, students at Baldwin Wallace got two pieces of fence and a boombox and stood at various places around campus, giving passersby a chance to go between the fences and dance for a couple seconds. They then got a flyer that gave them a discount code for registration for the […]

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