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[...]

I wrote last about our campus initiative that is going to push us toward a “comprehensive” leadership program.  We’re really building this from the middle, as the[...]

After some degree of reflection on my career path these days, I’ve noticed that at every stop along my journey I have had some role or charge related to starting a new leader[...]

I have to thank this community for a great response to my previous post about the "funk" in student affairs this time of year.  Between both comments on the blog an[...]