In September 2013, I took my first running step ever.  Why?  My workouts weren’t effective anymore and I needed to shake up the routine.  I registered for a 5K, but had no idea how[...]

For the past eleven years, I spent nearly three and a half hours per day traveling to work. That equals a horrible grand total of 17 hours per week! Finding out this fun fact usual[...]

How many of you have heard the saying “The most important thing we can give someone is our time”? We Student Affairs folks think this means devoting our time to our work, our team,[...]

Good morning colleagues. How are you recharging for the New Year and next semester during this much-needed break? For me, it is always spending quality time with family and friends[...]

First off, happy Careers in Student Affairs Month! There are so many cool things about this field that are shared this time of year. Like most fields, however, there are those pesk[...]

How inspiring are the Olympics? With Ledecky looking as though she’s the only one in the pool during her record-breaking 800m swim, Phelps ahead of countries like Argentina and Mex[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week’s guest is Sabrina Spadafino. She speaks with Dustin about her work/life balance being [...]

The same day the #deskdiaries series was announced, I uploaded the following image to social media: With a student population of three thousand, I am a one-woman show here in the H[...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on  What does work-life balance really mean in student affairs. In this week’s chat 106 Student affairs professiona[...]

 It’s probably happened to you… Scenario 1: You zone out while digging through your bottomless inbox in a student organization meeting and finally look up only to meet the eye of o[...]