If you’re reading this, I’m just arriving back in Pittsburgh from a week-long vacation in sunny Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. As I write this, however, I’m three days away from boarding[...]

via GIPHY So far this year, my position has brought me amazing things: a new start in life, new coworkers/friends, a department that I feel truly values me, and a position that is [...]

In my short Student Affairs career so far, an area of challenge for me has always been that revered term “work/life balance.” I work in Residential Life and continue to[...]

My name is Patrick “PJ” Proctor and I am not the fastest person alive.  That man would be Usain Bolt.  But I feel like I have been running like the Flash this past month – fr[...]

I feel the need to preface this post with the disclaimer that, yes, I am an #SAPro and, yes, I really enjoy it! I don’t mean to imply that it is a bad thing to be very involv[...]

Throughout my second year of grad school, I could not wait for the day when I would be able to just get up, go to work from 8-5, come home, and repeat. Like many graduate students,[...]

As unfortunate as it is, we as residence life practitioners are no strangers to loss. We feel for the victims and families of those we see on the news, but we are sometimes the fir[...]

Good afternoon, Colleagues! August is extremely busy for many of us in Student Affairs. How are you staying balanced during this time? I have been working out a lot after the long [...]

When I was originally writing for this blog series, I was organizing my thoughts on the tragedy in Orlando. Since that unfortunate situation, there have been more than three horrib[...]

Good morning, colleagues! Happy Tuesday. Today’s questions is how do you develop time management skills that ultimately work best for you? I try to get at least a good amount[...]