For many second year graduate students, the season of job searching feels like it is quickly approaching. People may be feeling all types of things at this point – excitement[...]

This post is for the first-year graduate students who are new to their programs, their institutions, their states.  For the students who are first-generation, are underrepresented [...]

When I started my undergraduate experience at Rowan University in 2004, I vividly remember seeing the orientation leaders dancing on stage. My mother whispered in my ears, “Y[...]

I’m standing in front a room of high school students as part of my graduate assistantship. We’re talking about college readiness – why college is important, what [...]

I knew I was not prepared to enter graduate school or student affairs right after graduation from my undergraduate institution. I realized that I needed to gain experience to prepa[...]

Master’s programs in student affairs (and really, early career positions) are one, two, maybe three years. Just because you’re there for a short time doesn’t mean that you shouldn’[...]

My decision to continue my education straight out of undergrad was not an easy one. With the ridiculous federal administration that was elected and appointed since the 2016 electio[...]

Why hiring non-traditional candidates is a hallmark of student affairs and a fallacy The path to a job in student affairs does not allow for “non-traditional” candidate[...]

Some individuals will choose to embark on the doctoral journey: a journey which is challenging, to say the least.  I broke down my journey into the bare numbers that made up my doc[...]

It’s hard to believe it’s been over a month since the official end of my first year in graduate school. To say time flew would be an understatement. Time whizzed by as [...]