I’m a big proponent of gaming and games-based learning for improving the work of educators and student affairs professionals. I use a lot of board games in my practice like Pandemi[...]

As career services professionals, we’re often in the unique position of collecting data that answers some questions about the value of higher education. It is our responsibil[...]

Each year my office utilizes the information from our graduation outcomes survey to send a weekly email series. These emails go out starting spring break, and throughout the summer[...]

We have been talking all month long about how SA Pros use mobile mediums to encourage campus engagement. Let’s see where everyone falls. Still confused on how to start incorp[...]

As a Residence Hall Director, one of my greatest goals is “being there” for my staff. So, when it comes to finding the best way to connect with my student staff members, who seem t[...]

My friends will be the first people to tell you I’m not a very emotional person. In grad school, I often got called out for my 1,000 mile stares and my somewhat less-than-compassio[...]

What? In today’s climate, it is rare to find a campus that is not using text message platforms to notify students of on-campus emergencies. It is rarer to find campuses utili[...]

My LinkedIn profile says that I’m proficient in written and oral communication so that must mean I’ve mastered professional communication, right?! We like to throw the [...]

Speak to anyone in higher education these days and you will hear a similar refrain, “Students today don’t check their email.”  With frustration we find ourselves [...]

I was sitting in a meeting yesterday and honest to goodness, someone proposed to make a new acronym for a committee. I think I let out an audible groan. Why oh why is this the norm[...]