Ah, transitions. A major theme of my life has been changing locations. Whether it was moving two hours away for undergrad, changing residence centers as a hall director, picking up[...]

First, I am proud to announce that I have decided to not return to my position in Jacksonville, FL. I have decided to move back to the Illinois and be closer to my family.  When mo[...]

My desk is under construction. MCNY has started a new chapter in its history and moved to a new home. As of today, this is what my desk looks like 1 week after the big move. As I l[...]

I should take that back, a limit does exist, if you let it. Previously I spoke of my journey to a university on the Gulf Coast after growing up in New England my entire life. It’s [...]

    With fall semester coming to a close, high time for #SAgrads and other job-seekers is just around the corner. This is an exciting time that comes with some challenges[...]

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[...]

Transition is something that seems to be ever present within student affairs, and takes place in many different formats. Whether it be a professional who is moving up to a new posi[...]

Every time I think of my dual career search, I think of that horribly contrived scene in Armageddon with the straws. No matter how much you don’t want to draw the straws in the fir[...]

I was quick to volunteer to write for this series – I’ve made big moves for student affairs related reasons a few times now, so I felt like I might have something to say on the top[...]

I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, directly between Milwaukee and Chicago, where tractors and cows were just as prevalent as cars and people, and that’s only a slight exaggera[...]