As professionals in higher education, we have the distinct privilege of seeing students come and go at varying stages of their development. For Latin@ students, development is tied[...]

It’s the time of year again when the sun shines a little brighter, the flowers smell a little fresher and the doors open for the 2015 #SAChat awards! This is your chance to h[...]

A couple of weekends ago, I made the drive back to Macomb, Illinois, home of Western Illinois University where I recently graduated with my master’s degree from the College Student[...]

When we moved to Southern Illinois, we had a plan to be there for 2-3 years. Our checklist included getting connected to the community through a church, having our first child (in [...]

A paradigm shift for a department, division, or institution is hard work! Coming to the decision alone is a difficult one. But once the decision has been made, where does it go fro[...]

  “Time is the longest distance between two places.” – Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie Each time I have accepted a new position, it has also been in a new place. My career [...]

Change is a fickle beast. Whether there’s too much change, not enough change, or just the right amount of change, there will be people who are inherently unhappy. Being a change ag[...]

A happy new year to all of you! We’re in the first week of yet another January and I swear the whole thing smells like a new car, radiates with the blinding whiteness of snea[...]

I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to find the right words to address the occurrences in Ferguson, New York City, Cleveland, and a host of other police killings that have taken p[...]

Happy Tuesday! As I was preparing for a session for students with some co-workers we started throwing around some ideas for questions for today. One of my co-workers and I will be [...]