The way I came into student affairs resembles the story that I have found many other student affairs professionals had: I had a wonderful mentor who talked to me in a time of mid-c[...]

I’ll admit, I was overly excited for the recent #sachat about how to discuss current events in higher education environments. I have a tendency to be a bit of a news junkie. I love[...]

I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to find the right words to address the occurrences in Ferguson, New York City, Cleveland, and a host of other police killings that have taken p[...]

Do you work in Student Affairs or Higher Education? What about the Business World?  Here are 5 ways these worlds collide.[...]

To many people looking at the story of my life, 2014 wasn’t a phenomenally significant year—I didn’t move to a new institution; no changes occurred within the Registrar’s Office, o[...]

With racial tensions boiling over in Ferguson, Missouri after the “No Indictment” decision of Darren Wilson, the officer who killed Michael Brown, and now in New York C[...]

Five years ago, my father-in-law invited me on one of his seasonal hikes through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He is a hiking fanatic and has summited all the 4,000 footers[...]

  I am a futuristic thinker. More often than not, if my mind wanders during a period of silence in my day, I think about what I need to accomplish for my next student meeting,[...]

In my former life as a student affairs administrator, I supervised countless student affairs staff. Some were real rock stars—unfortunately, there were also individuals with [...]

I can’t remember a generation that was mocked, ridiculed, and looked down upon more than the so-called “millennial” generation.  For those of you who don’t know, let’s use Time Mag[...]