Working in higher education, in my case within the space of residential life, presents a myriad of opportunities to meet and engage with passionate young people. In fact, on a dail[...]

Welcome to another episode of the Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! We’re thrilled to welcome Paige Robnett to her first ever podcast to talk with Dustin about her work su[...]

London’s mayor takes the best selfies. He’s also brilliant, down to earth, charismatic, witty, and a genuinely kind person who cares deeply about the future of the worl[...]

You’ve earned it. You deserve it. It’s finally here. No, not a vacation. A promotion! Receiving acknowledgement for your skill, effort, and value to the college feels great. A prom[...]

About a month ago, I served as an advisor for my institution’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) leadership conference. It was called the Most eXtreme Leadership Conference, o[...]

Sometimes student employees leave campus jobs because they dislike the job or they have too much on their plate. Other times, you have to let them go for disciplinary reasons. For [...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week’s guest is Grant Schroll from the Education Advisory Board. He speaks with Dustin about design t[...]

My first job out of graduate school was as a Resident Director.  I served as a Resident Director at a couple of different schools for a few years before taking my current job.  In [...]

I was reading over the thesis of a friend of mine, and something in her thesis really stuck out to me. She talked about institutional racism within higher education, and students’ [...]

Recently, I attended the NAFSA Region IV regional conference and was fortunate enough to be paired with a senior administrator mentor. This allowed me to ask specific leadership qu[...]