CALLING ALL WRITERS! The Student Affairs Collective is looking for excited, passionate people to join our writing team! Ever thought about writing about student affairs and higher [...]

Student affairs professionals spend their work lives helping to educate and develop their students, but don’t necessarily have the time or resources to educate and develop themselv[...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week’s guest is Jenni Kraft-Batchelder from the SA First Years Blog. She speaks with Dustin about the[...]

Picture yourself at a nice restaurant. The person across from you is a blind date. What are the first things that come to mind? I believe most would agree that appearance and good [...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! Happy 2016! The podcast is back for Season 3 and we kick off the year with the return of one of our fav[...]

Having successfully transitioned from #SAGrad to #SAPro I reflect on my first few months: moving to a new city, check. Gaining a new skill set, super check. Trying not to start too[...]

When I think of journaling, certain images come to mind: sitting down with a cup of coffee, writing about my day, describing my hopes and dreams, or mulling over what I’m excited o[...]

Before I began graduate school I set an imaginary timer for myself. I thought, “Okay, I’ll complete this program, collect some great experiences, establish a stronger network withi[...]

I’ve got a confession to make: Student Affairs is not my passion. Please don’t conflate that with not caring about students, colleagues or the field. On the contrary, admitting thi[...]

The concept of commitment has been on my mind a lot recently.  I shared some of my thoughts in a previous blog about commitment for college student involvement, but I have been tal[...]