diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index d5e396e..19238b3 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
                  [reagent "0.6.0-alpha2" :exclusions [cljsjs/react]]
                  [cljsjs/react-with-addons "15.0.2-0"] ; react
                  [re-frame "0.7.0"] ; state
+                 [re-com "0.8.3"] ; reusable ui components
                  [cljs-ajax "0.5.4"] ; ajax requests
                  [bidi "2.0.9"] ; routing
                  [kibu/pushy "0.3.6"] ; auto html5 history
diff --git a/src/cljs/ulysses/db.cljs b/src/cljs/ulysses/db.cljs
index ca437f4..1dc7205 100644
--- a/src/cljs/ulysses/db.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/ulysses/db.cljs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
                   :sort-direction "desc"}
 
    ; builder pool filters
-   :builder-filters {:faculty-title-set ["director"]
+   :builder-filters {:faculty-title-set #{"director"}
                      :faculty-years-uconn 0
                      :metrics {:publicationCount 0
                                :grantCount 0
diff --git a/src/cljs/ulysses/pages/builder.cljs b/src/cljs/ulysses/pages/builder.cljs
index 1ad0fdf..263c545 100644
--- a/src/cljs/ulysses/pages/builder.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/ulysses/pages/builder.cljs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns ulysses.pages.builder
   (:require [re-frame.core :as re-frame :refer [subscribe dispatch]]
+            [re-com.core :refer [selection-list]]
             [ulysses.components.basic :refer [hink
                                               link
                                               loading-or-no-results
@@ -38,32 +39,20 @@
       (fn [t] [:option {:value t} (str t "+")])
       (range 0 (inc 30)))])
 
-
 (defn faculty-title-multiselect
   [faculty-titles {:keys [faculty-title-set]}]
-  [:select.multi-select
-    {:multiple true
-     :value faculty-title-set
-     :on-change (fn [e]
-                 (dispatch [:builder-filter-faculty-title-set
-                            (->> e
-                                 (.-target)
-                                 (.multiselect_values js/extra)
-                                 (js->clj))]))}
-    (map-subels
-      (fn [t] [:option {:value t} t])
-      faculty-titles)])
-
-(defn metric-slider
-  [metric filters]
-  (let [value (get-in filters [:metrics metric])]
-    [:div
-      ; [:div value "+"]
-      [range-slider
-        :min 0 :max 100 :value value
-        :on-change
-        (fn [v]
-          (dispatch [:builder-filter-faculty-metric metric v]))]]))
+  [selection-list
+    :multi-select? true
+    :hide-border? true
+    :required? true
+    :max-height "200px"
+    :choices
+    (mapv #(hash-map :id % :label %) faculty-titles)
+    :model
+    faculty-title-set
+    :on-change
+    (fn [v]
+      (dispatch [:builder-filter-faculty-title-set v]))])
 
 (defn sidebar-section
   [title & body]
diff --git a/src/sass/_bootstrap-overrides.scss b/src/sass/_bootstrap-overrides.scss
index 69179df..c13ecea 100644
--- a/src/sass/_bootstrap-overrides.scss
+++ b/src/sass/_bootstrap-overrides.scss
@@ -29,3 +29,23 @@
 .label {
   // padding-top: .35em;
 }
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// compact list group items
+
+.list-group-item.compact {
+  border: 0;
+  cursor: default;
+  font-size: small;
+  height: 21px;
+  margin: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  padding: 1px 5px;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+
+  &:hover {
+    background-color: $gray-lightest;
+  }
+}