I was quite surprised. On March 15th, I came across a post on the Facebook from one of the Assistant Vice Chancellors of Student Affairs at my university, UC Santa Barbara. Her pos[...]

Student Activities Without the Students: One Practitioner’s Account of Higher Education in the Time of COVID-19  For several weeks, there was persistent chatter. Rumblings, guesses[...]

“Success lies in absorbing negative feedback and making the best use of it” ~ Osama Sarwar As a supervisor of student employees, an important aspect of your role is to prepare them[...]

Your social media timelines are most likely full of decorated mortar boards, tassels, gowns– heartfelt posts of what it means to be a graduate of their respective institution[...]

Malia Obama’s recent announcement about taking a year off before college this fall made big waves in the gap year industry.  I happened to be at the American Gap Association’s annu[...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week’s guest is Kyle James who speaks to Dustin about his life after college as a recent graduate. Sp[...]

Schools like Bridgewater State University, College of DuPage, Loyola University MD, and others are all participating this year in the #FreeHugs16 Day Event. This event is a great w[...]

We have decide to change up the format of our weekly #SAChat review.  Because, ya know, we gotta spice things up sometimes. Happy Friday! MOD: Q1 – If you were to rank the so[...]

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.~John Quincy Adams Despite three decades of effort focused on increasing college[...]

It is 2016 and I still cannot believe that I live in a country where racism, prejudice, and homophobia plague this place that I call home.  It is apparent when I watch the news and[...]