I shifted my weight from one foot to the other and stared down the long stretch of road before me. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say I was staring up the road.  I told mysel[...]

It’s been just shy of a year since I started in my current position. Being one of the Emerging #SApros over the course of this year has been a fantastic experience, if for no other[...]

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson As Student Affairs professionals, we are often faced with some [...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This episode is proudly brought to you by… Our guest this week is the one and only Sean Eddington[...]

One of the highlights of 2014 for me was seeing the many narratives that surfaced during #SAFailsForward conversation in June. Failure has so many negative connotations and yet is [...]

There are two F words that I have removed from my vocabulary since completing my 6 month life coaching journey back in March; they are Fear and Failure.  In her article, “Ref[...]

This post is adapted from a previous post written at higheredgeek.com, expanding on the sentiments written there. Something I think a lot about is the past. I was a history major a[...]

My story is one of failure, perseverance, resilience and growth. It is not a piece of me that I have shared widely before now, but the lessons are more valuable than my apprehensio[...]

Image borrowed from Chaoscomedy.com Nobody likes failure. But in the world of student affairs, and in the “real” world in general, it’s a fact of life that we need to engage, appre[...]

Although I am not a new professional, I am the newest member of the staff of my current office (about 14 months on the job). I blurted out a statement in a meeting the other day th[...]