During a conversation over this past weekend, I said something like, “I just don’t understand what everyone is so afraid of!” While I was talking about a water balloon fight at the[...]

I received the text on Wednesday evening. Hey Rudy, I’m sorry to text so late, but I wanted to let you know I won’t be in tomorrow. I have some field work to finish up [...]

One challenge of being a supervisor is having to discuss performance shortcomings with employees, sometimes after going through their crb check online results. In some cases, you m[...]

I’ve always been the type to go “above and beyond”, as countless supervisors, teachers, coaches, etc. have been more than willing to share with me. But how can anyone go “above and[...]

As graduate students, we spend a lot of time making sure (read: worrying) that we are living up to the expectations of our professors, mentors, and supervisors. Whether in our grad[...]

“We don’t hire Queen Bees, we hire Worker Bees,” she told me. I was 26, an entry-level hall director, and I was being scolded by a senior-level administrator because my list of goa[...]

If you’ve read any of my #SACareer blog posts before, you may recognize that I’m at a pivotal (and exciting!) time in my career. I’ve written on organizational change and what I’ve[...]

We’ve really got to become more comfortable as humans as well as student affairs professionals at being honest about our failures. We mold students for goodness sake! We have conve[...]