The deck below was created to frame the conversation around how Red Rover can support alumni departments with their goals. The slide show can also be viewed, downloaded, and embedd[...]

BJ Fogg created the Fogg Behavior Model (FBM) through his work at the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University. The FBM states... "Three elements must converge at the same [...]

Yesterday, USA Today reported on how student participation in co-curricular (outside the classroom) activities leads to higher GPAs and a more satisfied social life. "College exper[...]

Hola! I’m excited to post my first blog for the SA Collaborative. Several of my friends commented on how long it took me to get my blogging going (I do have one for my family[...]

I had the chance to attend NACA's Huge Leadership Weekend this year (June 3 - 6) and I think that it was a great experience. I was somewhat tentative about it since I was goin[...]

What I’m about to propose may sound a bit sacrilegious, in a challenging-the-sacred-in-student-affairs kind of way: Have you ever attended a conference outside student affairs…or e[...]

At the end of each academic year, I conduct exit interviews with my student staff members. Several weeks in advance, I give them a list of fifteen questions for their reflection pr[...]

Over a month ago, I wrote this post and promised to be back in a few days with a thoughtful response to Peter Weddle’s blog entry.    A month and a half later….sorry, I took a bit [...]

When Lake Superior State University in Michigan announced earlier this year that the phrase “teachable moments” should be banned, it felt like an affront to the student[...]

Tom Petty was right: the waiting is the hardest part.  Once all of my doctoral stuff was submitted (approximately January 1, 2009), I got a pretty severe case of the “itching[...]