Malia Obama’s recent announcement about taking a year off before college this fall made big waves in the gap year industry.  I happened to be at the American Gap Association’s annu[...]

I’ve seen a wide spectrum of responses to David Bowie’s passing on my social media newsfeed: ‘Let’s Dance’ is on the radio and I’m sitting in traffic crying and dancing! Utterly he[...]

Like many of us, I entered graduate school bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to dig in and help students develop outside the classroom. I worked in the field for two years prior [...]

I’ve read Lean In twice and I have to tell you, Sheryl Sandberg’s world sounds like a really great one. Everyone, men and women alike, has a seat at the table. Everyone’s voice is [...]

Two years ago my parents and I dropped my little sister off for her freshman year of college. It was a whirlwind of emotion for everyone involved. Even my sister, a self proclaimed[...]