Your social media timelines are most likely full of decorated mortar boards, tassels, gowns– heartfelt posts of what it means to be a graduate of their respective institution[...]
Diversity work in higher education can be difficult and tricky to navigate. It can be exhausting, heavy, and triggering to work alongside students in situations that are embedded w[...]
This summer, I am teaching an online course on campus climate and changing student demographics. The main text for the course is the book Whistling Vilvaldi by Claude Steele. When [...]
“People fail to get along because the fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not c[...]
Despite popular belief which says that happiness comes after success, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor aims to prove that happiness is a precursor to success. Those who are [...]
“If you lift up the people around you, you lift up yourself as well” (Clark, 2015). My colleague David Miller shared his copy of Move Your Bus with me this summer. He suggested it[...]
When #SAReads announced that June’s book was Missoula by Jon Krakauer, I was pumped! (I still am pumped, by the way.) As a subject surrounded by plenty of relevance in the la[...]
For the months of February and March, the #SAreads crew took a look at the ACPA and NASPA book lists. Below is a bit of the conversation around the NASPA list. [View the story [...]
Last month, we announced that our Student Affairs Collective bookstore went LIVE, and kicked it off with “The I’s Have It” by Amma Marfo. We are thrilled to annou[...]
I dipped into Engaging Students through Social Media: Evidence-Based Practices for Use in Student Affairs by Rey Junco with great expectations, and it did not disappoint. Mi[...]