I’ve worked (on the books) since I was 15 years old. Before that, I waitressed and bar backed for our family’s catering company. I grew accustomed to having my own money very early[...]

The idea for this post didn’t come to me until late May. I’ve wanted to share my story, but never knew how or where or when. A week or so ago, I was watching a 20/20 special [...]

My 25th birthday was the first week in May. I’m not ultimately that worried about turning 25, but I’ve always found it interesting that it’s around this birthday that people talk a[...]

During #SAChat a week or so ago, I mentioned that there needed to be a conversation about civil discourse and how to respectfully disagree in 140 characters or less. In thinking ab[...]

My final thought during a prior #SAChat was as follows: FT As a white professional, I need to make sure my allyship isn't about me, and if it ever becomes about me, that's [...]

Mairead Kiernan and Ryan Bye are known besties in the SAC world, as they co-authored a post for #SAbeginnings as well. Naturally, we asked them to blog for #SAConnects.  —[...]

It’s the very beginning of our semester, and I’ve been sitting on this blog for about a month now. I wrote it as soon as I got back from Winter Break, but wasn’t sure about publish[...]

I was recently at a 4-day Green Dot.etc train the trainer conference, and the room was mostly full of student affairs professionals. Neither of the presenters had a higher educatio[...]

I have a fellow Resident Director in my new job who does not have a Residence Life background. She brings such an awesome perspective to my small department. The rest of us started[...]

Who is Mairead Kiernan? My name is Mairead Kiernan, and I’m a new #SAPro working as a Resident Director at Stevenson University just outside Baltimore. I’m a May 2014 g[...]