The Student Affairs Collective work environment Archives

#SAChat Transcript – 06/04/2015 – Sunshine and Rainbows: Positivity in the Workplace

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on Sunshine and Rainbows: Positivity in the Workplace. In this week’s chat 139 Student affairs professionals, gradu[...]

05 Jun 2015

Tag #SAChat, #sachat transcript, happiness, positivity, work, work environment

#SAChat transcript – 04/23/2015 – “Office Space”: How Do You Purposefully Design Your Environment?

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on Office Space – How Do You Purposefully Design Your Environment . In this week’s chat 146 Student affairs p[...]

24 Apr 2015

Tag #SAChat, #sachat transcript, design, environment, office aesthetics, office space, Student Affairs, work environment

So What Now? Self-Care In The Wake Of Ferguson & Workplace Toxicity

I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to find the right words to address the occurrences in Ferguson, New York City, Cleveland, and a host of other police killings that have taken p[...]

19 Dec 2014

Twilight Hours of the VT 100 – Reflections on Unity in SA

“It will be low-key,” my friend said as the four of us pulled up to the volunteer registration table. We checked in for our 9:30pm to 5am shift at an aid station for th[...]

12 Aug 2014

Tag camraderie, community, leadership, professional development, reflections, residence life, Self-Awareness, Self-reflection, Student Affairs, Thoughts-Reflections, unity, vermont 100, vt 100, work environment

#SAcommits – Hitting the Reset Button: Renee’s Story on Anxiety

In November I shared a post, What Breaks You, where I wrote about being at a concert with my husband at The Vic in Chicago seeing the Old 97’s (feeling like I’m out of [...]

30 May 2014

Tag #SAcommits, anxiety, Committed, control, renee piquette dowdy, work environment