On September 11, 2001, I was a freshman at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ I lived in a dorm called “The Towers” and I was on the “F South” wing on the top floor. While th[...]

When I was a kid, my Dad would explain how to orient myself if I got lost in the city. “Just look up and find the Twin Towers,” he’d say. “Then you know that that’s south.”  The to[...]

Throughout the day we’ll be sharing reflections from some of our community members about the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. In their words, you will see how the eve[...]

I wish I could write more eloquently about the experience of having a terminally ill parent, but the words have always evaded me when I sat down to write about it. There are moment[...]

It’s been two months since I started my new job (sorry I’ve been MIA on #SAchat). It’s been an exciting new adventure to finally be doing what I always wanted to be doing: staff re[...]

During a team building activity last week with colleagues from the other regional campuses in the Indiana University system, I was asked what I wanted to be when I was little and i[...]

For better or worse, I mainly use this little corner of the Internet to reflect and share my thoughts on student affairs. My career is certainly important to me, but because I focu[...]

Over the weekend, a dear friend provided me with feedback I knew in my heart, but needed to hear from someone else. I joked at the time that she was staging an intervention, but th[...]

One of my favorite things about the end of the year is the preponderance of lists about everything possible during the previous year.  I spent a good hour yesterday afternoon porin[...]

"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away, know when to run."~Kenny Rogers' The GamblerAs I embark on my last week of employment with my curr[...]