Whether it has been my concept for a weed farm (actual weeds, not drugs…it’s complicated), or plans for a round the country roadtrip in a 30 day timeline, most of my crazy ideas fa[...]

This field that we are in,  this life we have elected to lead, it’s not something that one generally plans on or even knows about until well into their undergraduate education. Few[...]

For anyone who knows me, follows me on Twitter (@BenjaminLamb), or is friends with me on Facebook, you would have to be purposely ignoring me to not know that I am recently the new[...]

One of the trends I’ve noticed recently with my student groups is an increased desire in hosting small and medium sized conferences and meetings of peer institutions to discuss a w[...]

Something that I’ve come to appreciate during my time in higher ed is the value of face recognition. Whether it’s someone you’ve seen a dozen or more times or someone you just happ[...]

Image borrowed from Chaoscomedy.com Nobody likes failure. But in the world of student affairs, and in the “real” world in general, it’s a fact of life that we need to engage, appre[...]

I’m a conference hoarder. I love the experience of interacting with like-minded colleagues, learning new best practices, and having social networking opportunities with leaders in [...]

Image borrowed from www.amillionlives.net Sometimes there is an advantage to being so busy that you don’t really leave your office much. One of those advantages is the fact that yo[...]

I’m always a fan of trying to use my own experience in order to more concretely connect with my students. As a straight, white man however, many of my students from other cultural,[...]

  Something that has always been a passion of mine in all of my various career incarnations is open-source information sharing. I see this as the concept that sharing awarenes[...]