We knew the parental tide was coming. And now it’s here. My career in higher education began in 1999 when I took my first job as a residence life coordinator (RLC) at a small, priv[...]

Hello, everyone. My name is Monica Marcelis Fochtman. That’s a mouthful! I always tell my students to call me Monica, Dr. Monica, or Dr. Fochtman- whatever works for you. I current[...]

“Intentional” and “authentic” are used often in our profession. I have come to strongly dislike both of these words. Our profession’s overuse of them and lack of real meaning behin[...]

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the September series, #SACAndidEx. It took courage and time to share your stories and I appreciate your efforts. We started the series with[...]

A guiding principle of the student affairs profession is to “meet students where they are.” This entails recognizing and appreciating students as individuals with uniqu[...]

In student affairs the on-campus interview can carry a lot of weight for the candidate and the employer; tremendous amounts of time, energy, and money have gone into the process. F[...]

During a recent #sachat about leaving student affairs, I posted this final thought: “you have every right to advocate for yourself, family, personal, mental, and financial health. [...]

I drew this picture of myself in spring 2007 when I was a full-time doctoral student. It was part of an assignment for our qualitative research methods class. I remember being exci[...]