When it comes to big lessons, 2016 has been a year of education. In terms of my life, this has been no exception. It has been the first year that I have begun working as a full-tim[...]

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 [...]

Working in higher education, in my case within the space of residential life, presents a myriad of opportunities to meet and engage with passionate young people. In fact, on a dail[...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week we’re very pleased to welcome Richard Okello to the podcast! He speaks with Dustin about how to [...]

About a month ago, I served as an advisor for my institution’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) leadership conference. It was called the Most eXtreme Leadership Conference, o[...]

Sometimes student employees leave campus jobs because they dislike the job or they have too much on their plate. Other times, you have to let them go for disciplinary reasons. For [...]

My first job out of graduate school was as a Resident Director.  I served as a Resident Director at a couple of different schools for a few years before taking my current job.  In [...]

There is a unique position that First Year Experience (FYE) programs have to develop and maintain good relationships with alumni. It is called collaboration. Since higher education[...]

As a Supplemental Instruction (SI) Coordinator, I hear the question almost daily. “So, how is this different from tutoring?” I basically have an elevator pitch ready to[...]

Do one-on-ones with students feel stale? Run-of-the-mill? Boring? I felt the same way during my first year of graduate school until I decided to switch things up a bit. Here are so[...]