Our students today are plugged in, socially aware, and far more tech-savvy than any generation we have seen before. Cell phones are carried everywhere, and used for anything and ev[...]

Each year, my team selects over 150 student leaders to support our residential community across our two main campuses. It’s an intense process – generally involving over 250 applic[...]

It’s currently hiring season on our campus for Orientation Team Leaders (OTL), Resident Assistants (RA), and Program Assistants (PA). This means countless hours of individual[...]

  During this time of sunny conference selfies, TIME recently shared a forecast of “the perfect storm” about to hit higher education, citing the rising cost of higher educatio[...]

As any good #SAPro, I have my treasure trove of icebreakers. However, I thought I’d share a new one I created for our Kick-off Orientation Training Workshop that was held las[...]

A recent post  by Casey J. Cornelius on forcollegforlife.com focuses on assisting a student in a graceful exit from an organization. It caught my eye for the following reasons: 1) [...]

I’m sure many of you are familiar with the popular personality tests Strengths Finder, True Colors, and MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Inventory). They give you a list of questions and ou[...]

Developing an online presence is becoming a new life task for 21st Century college students. It remains unclear, however, whether or not students are aware of both the positive and[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! We welcome Kimberly White to the show this week. Dustin talks with her about the value of experiential [...]

Have you ever thought, felt, or said: “I just don’t feel like being developmental today.” Maybe you thought about taking a day off from being intentional in your work for the day. [...]