It’s really true what they say about working at a community college – we wear MANY hats. Since June of 2011 I’ve been fortunate to work as the Director of Campus Life at Jamestown [...]

In my previous life as an admissions counselor at a small private institution, nothing concerned me more than allowing students to register late just so that we could meet our enro[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This episode is proudly brought to you by… Our guest this week is Melissa Boles who talks with Du[...]

Community college students are typically less likely to participate in on-campus leadership activities than their peers at the four-year universities (Miller et al., 2005). Fifty-n[...]

Advising student organizations at a community college is like cultivating asparagus; two years until they are “harvested” by graduation and transfer on, generally speaking. In fact[...]

The U.S. education market is estimated to be about $1.3 trillion dollars, which explains why the topic shows up several times in every State of the Union address. Barack Obama’s si[...]

This past week President Obama announced in a video aboard Air Force One that he is going to talk about a plan to have free community college for those willing to work for it in hi[...]

12, 245(3), 5 – no, those aren’t my training run stats; they are my undergraduate stats. Twelve years, 245 credit hours with three very slight major adjustments, and five ins[...]

It’s been nearly four months in my new position and they have gone by so quickly. At times I think I am moving in many different directions at once — my staff is split [...]

I’m inspired by your commitment to personal notes—really a lost art. There is something very unique and special about noticing and appreciating those in our lives..It was a thrill [...]