This past month has been an emotional one for me. I’ve left a position at a private institution in Pittsburgh for another at a neighboring university, literally less than two[...]

There I stood: staring at my shoes dripping in wet mud. I rapidly realized that my pants had also become a victim of the huge mud pile I had stepped in on the sidewalk rushing to a[...]

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[...]

Start your week off by reading one of our most buzzed about posts from last summer!  My short answer to the radical question: no.  Don’t worry, there’s a longer answer [...]

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[...]

No late night phone calls anymore. No students knocking on my door. I don’t feel tethered to my phone anymore. It sounds like an amazing transition right?  Going from a live [...]

The beginning of the summer is always filled with mixed emotions; you might be sad that students have waved goodbye, but thrilled at the silence of your empty campus. There is a st[...]

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 [...]

One of my favorite SNL digital shorts is one titled “Like a Boss” which starts out with Seth Rogen giving Adam Samberg’s “boss” character a performance review. Rogen: “Mr. Samberg [...]

Image borrowed from HERE Recently I watched a colleague struggle significantly with a committee she was heading up. Once a group of 10 active and reliable members, her group droppe[...]