One of the most hair-raising concepts for higher education personnel is the mid-year SA job hunt. As we near the middle of the year, some of you are likely graduating or simply sea[...]

The way I came into student affairs resembles the story that I have found many other student affairs professionals had: I had a wonderful mentor who talked to me in a time of mid-c[...]

The job search was one of the most fabulous and fulfilling experiences of my life and made my 2014! Not only was I ready to put all of my hard work in graduate school to the test t[...]

  What I have found in the field of student affairs is a feeling I have longed for. This is a field in which we, as colleagues, support each other to challenge our students an[...]

While I am well appreciative of the journey that I have been on during the year 2014, I will not mind saying goodbye and good riddance to this year. I feel like I have been through[...]

2014 was the year of the first mid-level job search for me and my family.  I had over five years of experience in Residence Life and was ready for a new position.  It was an exciti[...]

December has long been a month of reflection for me. Usually, I spend the three weeks I have off from school reading the stack of books on my bedside table, journaling about what w[...]

I know I am not alone in asking, “Is this year really almost over?” It’s hard to believe, but yet again the New Year is just days away. I have come to accept that New Year resoluti[...]

Has anyone ever asked you about your professional mission? Did you pause after you read that sentence to wonder if you have one? This year I took time to develop a professional mis[...]

Man-o-man, what a year 2014 has been. Throughout the year I managed to graduate with a degree in Psychology and Communication, intern over the summer, and successfully transition a[...]