In Housing and Residence Life at Shippensburg University we require our resident assistants to complete a series of Continuing Education Workshops that focus around Ernest Boyer[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! We have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Colleen Georges to the podcast this week. She speaks with Dustin [...]

Come up with a list of personal to-dos outside of work tasks on my daily planner sheet, based on my monthly personal goals [mapped out on a dry erase board in my room] Get 10K step[...]

Despite popular belief which says that happiness comes after success, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor  aims to prove that happiness is a precursor to success. Those who are [...]

“Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you, And I’m wondering what it is I should do, It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face, Losing control, yeah, I’m all[...]

Given all that is going on in the world, what I’ve experienced in 2015, as well as the winter holiday season, I’ve been spending a lot of time considering what it means[...]

Happiness/Success Photos (within the blog post) As December begins, the year 2015 is coming to an end. The year 2015 holds a lot of personal memories of of joy, excitement, and cha[...]

It seems that most of what I hear about in the news or when scrolling through social media is inherently negative. The negativity really starts weighing on me, especially when the [...]

I’ve officially been a residence director (RD) for six months, and throughout these past six months I experienced a wide range of emotions. I felt self-doubt, anxiousness, an[...]

If your job is all rainbows and butterflies…I want your job. But, more likely than not, it’s not always going to be a day filled with smiles and high fives. Too often, [...]