Recently I attended a farewell send-off event for a colleague who is leaving the institution to pursue a new opportunity. It’s exciting and overall meaningful to celebrate the wins[...]

Designing and facilitating large-scale student events or activities can be hard work – not only can such events require large budgets and be time-consuming to plan, but it can also[...]

Welcome to Spring 2016 everyone! Who is ready for another semester? I know I am ready and excited about this next semester with my student parent group Parent Mavericks. In my last[...]

I recently was asked, “What is the best event you have coordinated and why?” I paused and thought about this for a bit. As someone whose top two strengths are maximizer[...]

Hi, my name is Audra, and I recently had an #SAfail. As the clock ticked closer to 11:00 am, a feeling rose in my chest that I hadn’t experienced in a long time: the aching disappo[...]

Part Two (See Part 1 here) Events for any student affairs professional can be challenging. You have to deal with vendors, your team dynamics, waivers for different things, marketin[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This episode is proudly brought to you by… This week’s awesome guest is Courtney O’Co[...]

As the assistant director of student involvement, I often hear things such as, “Why should we be involved?” or “I enjoyed being engaged because it is entertaining.” My personal fav[...]

On a foggy Thursday morning, Ricky K. of Casswell Drive stumbles out his front door with a coffee in one hand and a tiki torch in the other. Slowly, Ricky shuffles his feet towards[...]

At times, the greatest ideas, programs and events may fall short of greatness because organizers neglect to plan how they will engage students before, during and after an event. In[...]