I started school again this semester. I’m working on prerequisites so I can apply to my second Master’s, and it’s equally terrifying and exciting. I love school and I love learning[...]

Where I’m from, the idea of being Dr. typically is a mythological term reserved for those with only the brightest imaginations. The constant remembrance of that notion is a subtle,[...]

My name is Shekeitha L. Jeffries, I am a first-generation African American student, born in Paterson, New Jersey and I am the oldest of five children. I attended Fairleigh Dickinso[...]

It’s been about a month since 2017 started and I’ve still got resolutions on the mind. Those resolutions can be hard to keep, but a lot of them are about getting fit or[...]

I want to pose this mostly as a question, because I am afraid. I’m afraid mostly of backlash from discourse that could cause me to get fired. Does anyone else have this fear [...]

The process of choosing a one word resolution for the New Year is usually fun for me. I set aside time to reflect and mull it over and then move forward feeling satisfied with my w[...]

As a graduate student, I went through both the NODA intern process (known as the Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education) and the ACUHO-I intern [...]

December is the time of finals for the students, putting final grades for the faculty, and finishing all administrative tasks for the higher education administrators. But the one t[...]

The beginning of 2016 brought a time of transition for me and my family.  At the end of 2015, my husband and I sold our house. On a step of faith, after a very tumultuous fall seme[...]

Welcome to a special episode of the Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! Tom bids farewell to Dustin as well as wraps up season 3 of the podcast with this episode of reflections an[...]