As the academic year draws to a close, thousands of students across the country are celebrating commencement, including higher education and student affairs graduate students. As o[...]
Given the rise of online classes and programs, higher education adapted to the changing platform of where and how students learn. Student Affairs also adapted, from providing onlin[...]
For being a profession that works to break down the stereotypes surrounding any number of things, it’s interesting that we stereotype our own professional associations. When [...]
I supervise two higher education/student affairs students in my professional role. Supervising, mentoring, and supporting the development of graduate students is one of the most re[...]
I was not the norm. I wasn’t recruited to become a student affairs professional because I was involved in campus leadership, or in Greek life, or because I held some position[...]
A little over a month into my graduate classes I found myself on the phone with one of my mentors. September had felt like a huge mess of not knowing what exactly I should be doing[...]
As a new professional, I am approaching that point in my career where students I have worked with have entered graduate programs in Student Affairs and have even have started caree[...]
Salutations! So a lot has happened since last time! Last I wrote, I hadn’t gone to either of the placement conferences I planned to attend, MAPC (Mid-Atlantic Placement Confe[...]
In Student Affairs there are a few major cultural phenomena that take place. There is Grad School, New Professional Transitions, Conferences, Internships, Practicums, etc. Each of [...]
Written by Kevin Valliere A few months ago, several members of the NASPA Technology Knowledge Community leadership team began to toss around the idea of creating a list of technol[...]