Coffee can both be an obsession and a great way to meet with students away from the office.  You can even bring your fancy hat! Credit to Dave Fayram   I wonder if my f[...]

Image from Flickr Creative Commons   I once witnessed a varsity facilitator in action.  I’ve seen impressive facilitators before but I got to see a facilitator wield accountab[...]

It was like watching a beautiful piece of art work catch fire. Every detail labored over vanish from site in a flash. The end of the meeting ended unceremoniously. Everyone begrudg[...]

He told me he didn’t trust the administration. He told me that staff ruin organizations every time they get involved. He told me we had secret agendas. This last 1-on-1 just [...]

If we, as student affairs professionals, can create accessible, understandable, and interactive resources that facilitate completion of campus protocol outside the office then the [...]

“Isn’t your major in ice breakers?” Believe it. I was asked that question.  By a student that I’d advised for 4 months already. I think she was kidding but [...]

I need process.  It was the first thing I did after arriving at South Carolina.  I developed a paper form that my advisee and I shared to chart the development of a campus program.[...]

Have you ever had the feeling that it’s never enough?  The work you’re doing is wonderful but there is more to be done and greater things to be achieved? What a strange[...]

  NASPA Tech sounded awesome. I wasn’t able to go but I followed the back channel whenever I could. One recurring theme was digital identity development (which truly needs exp[...]

I’ve found it to be incredibly important to outline certain expectations for the groups I advise.  I recently crafted a brand new set of student expectations that covers both[...]