I was quite surprised. On March 15th, I came across a post on the Facebook from one of the Assistant Vice Chancellors of Student Affairs at my university, UC Santa Barbara. Her pos[...]

Student Activities Without the Students: One Practitioner’s Account of Higher Education in the Time of COVID-19  For several weeks, there was persistent chatter. Rumblings, guesses[...]

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[...]

For as long as I’ve been in a higher education setting, the term self-care has been constantly thrown around.  I’ve attended more presentations on the concept than I can count R[...]

This post is for the first-year graduate students who are new to their programs, their institutions, their states.  For the students who are first-generation, are underrepresented [...]

When I started my undergraduate experience at Rowan University in 2004, I vividly remember seeing the orientation leaders dancing on stage. My mother whispered in my ears, “Y[...]

This week, I will point out what I feel is important to remember in our profession. There are 6 major things that come to mind when talking about student success. Remember that our[...]

In my relatively short higher education career thus far, I’ve run the gamut as far as school types.  I started at a large 4-year public research institution in the Midwest, moved t[...]

I have been working with college students in a professional setting since 2011. I’ve had the opportunity to mentor many extremely bright students. Because of my mentorship, m[...]