I entered my first Student Life professional position knowing that I would have trouble taking care of myself. Prior to attaining my position, my graduate program mentor said she f[...]
Every year I meet with students who are exhausted, frustrated, angry, and suffering because they are taking care of another student. While we encourage students to engage in up-sta[...]
Although I completed my doctorate almost four years ago, this is the first time I have had the chance to reflect on my doctoral journey. If there is a quote to sum up my experienc[...]
As an SAPro, I wanted to write about the importance of supporting the SAGrad community. Questions ranging from SASearch, internships, professional development, and more were some o[...]
I was extremely fortunate to have been offered a job before graduating with my master’s in May of this year. I applied to well over 25 jobs and landed the one that I wanted m[...]
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 – What different kinds of ha[...]
Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast This week’s wonderful guest is Jennifer McMahon. Jenn talks to Dustin about her work preparing her high sch[...]
‘You don’t count.’ As a young student affairs professional in my second year in the field,those words stung me. It was the morning of September 11, 2001 and tragedy had just struc[...]
There has been on a lot of dialogue around the Orlando tragedy via social media, on our campuses and with our family and friends. I had mentioned to dear friends and colleagues tha[...]
Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on Having the tough conversations; talking about acts of violence with students. In this week’s chat 88 Student af[...]