Earlier this week, I took this stunning picture in Forest Park (St. Louis, MO), which I see as a metaphor that I want to share with my students. Life is full of choices, phases and[...]

December is the time of finals for the students, putting final grades for the faculty, and finishing all administrative tasks for the higher education administrators. But the one t[...]

I currently advise three programming boards with three very different executive chairs. For as long as I have been the adviser of these student organizations, I have weekly one on [...]

We stand, As people surround the innocent and as a collective, use vernacular experience and veteran status to dull a shine that like Christmas lights, when one piece of the whole [...]

Every time I have stopped to reflect on this year, I think how apparent it is that “Life just keeps happening.” I have experienced quite a bit of life over the past twelve months. [...]

This time last year I was an overworked, underpaid #SAgrad with what I thought at the time were permanent bags under my eyes. We’ll call it a “character building” experience. Fast [...]

2016 has been a year of change for me — I left the world of National Service after finishing my 2nd term as an AmeriCorps VISTA. I went from working on a mentoring program be[...]

Welcome to a special episode of the Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! Tom bids farewell to Dustin as well as wraps up season 3 of the podcast with this episode of reflections an[...]

As student affairs professionals, we are always looking for ways to better ourselves for our students. As a new professional, there is plenty of time to do just that. Professional [...]

As the last month of the year begins, 2016 has been a major year for people to accomplish goals and reflect on their personal milestones. 2016 has been an interesting year with mem[...]