As a prospective doctoral student, I have heard some perplexing yet challenging advice. When making public your plans to apply for programs, one could receive a mix of excitement a[...]

It’s been almost a month since the beginning of my graduate program. Time seems to have become part of a science fiction movie. When I look back over the month, I remember sp[...]

Enter yours truly, first week in September, to the classroom of my Culture, Power, and Education course. The very first course that I would take as a starting Doctor of Education s[...]

I had grandiose, almost artistic, ideas of life as a PhD student. I pictured myself with messy hair and my glasses sliding down my nose–holed up in coffee shops for hours at [...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on Is the #SAGrad Market Over-saturated?. In this week’s chat 142 Student affairs professionals, graduate students [...]

If there is one thing I have learned in the past 8 weeks is that transitions are hard no matter where you are in life. I worked full-time for a year before I made my move back in t[...]

We’ve all heard that “comparison is the thief of joy” and let me tell you –I’ve been robbed! As a graduate student and graduate assistant, I am consta[...]

As many students are looking ahead to their first year as an #SAgrad, there are so many emotions floating around. Excitement at the thought of starting this new adventure. Proud to[...]

My office space actually used to be the original Dean’s office. While it is far more space than I need, I am grateful for the additional project space, the ability to host small te[...]

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.  —[...]