When I first saw the opportunity to write about meaningful connections within Student Affairs I immediately became excited. I pride myself on building and maintaining relati[...]

When I think back to what originally connected me to this field, I can’t help but smile at how cliché of a beginning I had. Like so many of the students I work with or interview du[...]

The Buddha taught the importance of having spiritually uplifting companions, people who challenge us to grow into our best selves and who help to keep us on the right path. I’[...]

It was my first day of freshman year in college. The first thing on the agenda before even going to my first class was my very first shift at the Marshall School of Business Academ[...]

Like most people, friendship is exponentially important to me. Growing up, making (and keeping) good friends was really hard. Fast forward: Grad school was a whole different ballga[...]

A college friend posted this on Facebook the other day about friendship: friendship means cutting away a small piece of your heart and allowing another person to fill that gap. (He[...]

As someone who has had the distinct pleasure of connecting with so many inspiring and passionate individuals within the field of student affairs, it should come to no surprise that[...]

Participating in #SAchat has changed my life. I know this sounds like a stupid corny exaggeration, but hear me out. At the tail end of 2013, I was participating in an #SAchat, and [...]

I was scrolling through Twitter on my phone earlier and saw an article about workplace happiness titled “The Key To Happiness At Work That Has Nothing To Do With Your Actual Job.” [...]

Mairead Kiernan and Ryan Bye are known besties in the SAC world, as they co-authored a post for #SAbeginnings as well. Naturally, we asked them to blog for #SAConnects.  —[...]