Hello! My name is Erik Heller and I serve as an Area Coordinator in Residential Life at Gustavus Adolphus College. Gustavus is a small, private, liberal arts institution in souther[...]

I recently transitioned from the role of Resident Director to Assistant Director and moved across the country. While I was home for the holidays, my mother naturally asked, “What d[...]

My name is Sinclair Ceasar and I’m an Assistant Director of Residence Life at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD. If you met me on an elevator, I’d tell you that I’m com[...]

I’m Renee Piquette Dowdy, Assistant Director of Student Staffing & Training in the Office of Residence Life at Marquette University. More than that, I spent the great majority [...]

As #SAPros and #SAGrads, we spend a lot of time talking, reading, and writing about transition. We talk about our own transitions from student to professional, our students in tran[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This episode is proudly brought to you by… Tom and Dustin chat for the episode this week. They sh[...]

I think we can all agree that we expect our RAs to lead double lives. Not only do we expect these student leaders to be our policy enforcers; we also expect our students to be comm[...]

Advising is not something that I have always valued. I’ll admit it. I always considered it “just” being an advisor. However, supervision? Now that’s where it was at in my mind. Sup[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week’s guest is the always delightful Sinclair Ceasar. He chats with Dustin about what it ta[...]

My favorite part of attending national conferences is catching up with past coworkers and networking with new friends. If I could sum up my conversations during NASPA a couple of w[...]