I meet with a personal trainer twice a week. It’s become one of the best parts of my week. While you may initially wonder what my physical fitness (or lack thereof) has to do[...]

The #saGROW program has far exceeded my expectations!  If you remember from the original inception of this idea and its quick growth over the first month, the original idea of #saG[...]

A few years ago, while serving as a Graduate Assistant at New York University, I watched as student affairs administrators in the Residential Education department and Housing depar[...]

Wow it has been almost a month since I have written a blog post with good reason; see #NODA9, #NASPA11, and well #SpringInStudentAffairs. During the first quarter of this year, I w[...]

Kate Feeney, a graduate student at Iowa State University, contacted me earlier this week. For a class project, she was soliciting answers to the following question: What does acces[...]

In Student Affairs, many would argue that having your Ph.D. can certainly open many doors for you in your career. I truly don’t believe that everyone needs a Ph.D. to have opportun[...]

Public employees in Wisconsin have been on edge ever since Governor Scott Walker presented his budget repair bill last week. The bill eliminates almost all collective bargaining ri[...]

I read Daniel Pink. I love the Pink Blog. I love Drive. I think his studies and TED talk on motivation are interesting, moving, and a hot plate for new research in higher education[...]

I am sure that we are all familiar with the movie, The Lion King, which came out in 1994. The movie is about the development of Simba, from a young cub to a strong young leader. Du[...]

It’s a tried and true exercise, the writing of expectations within an organization. Every semester my staff creates a list of their expectations of me and I reciprocate with mine o[...]