Recently, I’ve been contemplating a term: change. I started a new position, in a new city and state, at a new institution, moved into my significant other and my first “real” (not [...]

In my last post I focused on different types of innovators.  In this post I want to share some thoughts on different types of innovation.  But, I’d like to start with a quick[...]

Join us this Thursday, July 19th at 12 noon CST when we discuss Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, book two in our summer book club series. Our friends from The C[...]

There has been conversation here on the SA Collaborative Blog and in other places about “radical practitioners” and innovation in the student affairs space.  The dialog[...]

I have a confession to make: I didn’t update my resume for almost two years. I cringe as I admit this because I realize how bad this sounds. I’m in a field that’s constantly shifti[...]

Have you ever thought about what your pitch is? Your brief “sell” for an interview, perhaps? Some of us have a succinct summary of who we are and why we should be hired—not a bad i[...]

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[...]

I’m sending this update today from the Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania College Personnel Association (PCPA). For this year’s conference, I was the chair of the programming co[...]

The word “legacy” is thrown around often in student affairs and higher education. In my first professional position in 2004, I was asked during a performance appraisal [...]

Take 5: 5 Resources for Your Student Affairs Job Search[...]