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[...]

As someone who uses lists to focus my thoughts, I use list-making as an approach when working with students and alumni as they explore and develop their career path.  This techniqu[...]

Joining a student organization as an undergraduate student is a fantastic experience, but advising an organization is a different, but awesome, opportunity. Advising student organi[...]

I remember my first student conference very well. It was in 2011. I was involved in the general council of the Residence Hall Association (RHA) of my university. I was selected to [...]

The majority of my professional experience in graduate school was in student activities and admissions. I spent the first two years after graduate school working in admissions at t[...]

I currently advise three programming boards with three very different executive chairs. For as long as I have been the adviser of these student organizations, I have weekly one on [...]

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[...]

During my junior year of university, I took an incredible class called the New Humanitarian. In it, we had a number of people Skyped in (and also in-person) to discuss a variety of[...]

As the month of July comes to a close, Student Affairs graduates and professionals will tell you that August is an important time in the SA world. From events such as Move-In, Orie[...]

I recently opined an open letter to career services professionals. After shopping the piece to several national organizations I presumed would have a vested interest in professiona[...]