“You know what? Go for it. You can. I won’t.” You’ve no doubt have been in your office with your club/class/organization officers sitting with unbridled excitement about this FUN a[...]

I’ve been fortunate to serve as a student organization advisor for the entirety of my career in student affairs.  I work with three different groups: a men’s fraternity, the runnin[...]

As a student affairs professional approaching five years of advising experience, I find myself at a crossroads. I always question which box to check when asked to identify myself a[...]

Sanford advanced the now time-tested concept of “challenge and support” in the early 1960’s.  He asserted that there must be a balance of supportive and challenging aspects in coll[...]

As the only (full-time) Student Affairs professional at my college of 17,000 students, it’s unimaginably easy to lose sight of why I chose Student Affairs in the first place. Every[...]

Throughout my educational background and student affairs internships, I have always been taught what to expect, how to handle a situation, and how to solve any problems that may ar[...]

In my experience, advising student organizations and more specifically, student leaders that are a part of a student organization is a privilege as a Student Affairs professional. [...]

For all of my professional career I have had the opportunity and privilege to work at higher education institutions in rural areas. Being born and raised in rural areas I find thes[...]

Without truly understanding it, I began my journey with advising student organizations in 1994, when I co-lead two groups at my Washington University in St. Louis campus. One was a[...]

Community college students are typically less likely to participate in on-campus leadership activities than their peers at the four-year universities (Miller et al., 2005). Fifty-n[...]