Over the course of my ten years in Higher Education, I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing hundreds of professionals for a variety of jobs. These range from Student Assistant[...]

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 [...]

You’ve earned it. You deserve it. It’s finally here. No, not a vacation. A promotion! Receiving acknowledgement for your skill, effort, and value to the college feels great. A prom[...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week’s guest is Jenni Kraft-Batchelder from the SA First Years Blog. She speaks with Dustin about the[...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week’s guest is Grant Schroll from the Education Advisory Board. He speaks with Dustin about design t[...]

Malia Obama’s recent announcement about taking a year off before college this fall made big waves in the gap year industry.  I happened to be at the American Gap Association’s annu[...]

Your first job in student affairs is going to come with challenges for which your graduate program couldn’t prepare you. It wasn’t long ago that you excitedly told anyone who would[...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! We’re very happy to welcome back Sue Caulfield to the show this week! She speaks with Dustin about what[...]

“College – the best four years of your life”.  Those of us in higher education know this can be true.  It can be your students’ reality. However, as you know, it doesn’t just magic[...]

Recently I attended a farewell send-off event for a colleague who is leaving the institution to pursue a new opportunity. It’s exciting and overall meaningful to celebrate the wins[...]