The 5-Step Job Search

By Megan Reilly @MReilly90 I have been thinking about the job search a lot lately. Which puts me in the same boat as just about every other ...

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When Vacation Begins to Feel Like Work

When Vacation Begins to Feel Like Work

by Susan Mathieson @Sus_Math When Vacation Begins to Feel Like Work This past summer I began my first full time position after graduate ...

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Time

Time

By Christine Pitts @cpitts_ At the end of every semester I always say the same thing, “ I cannot believe how fast this semester wen...

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The Christmas Cookie Catastrophe

by Olivia Barker @oliviabark I am a Barker...not a baker! It all started sweet enough, a cake mix, some cool whip and my oven on 350. The e...

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Professional Home

By  Ana Devlin Gauthier Joining a professional association is absolutely one of my top five best decisions in my student affairs life. I jo...

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Limbo

by Grant Batchelder @batchaelder As my students work hard studying for finals, I thought back to the last time I had to do that.  In...

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What is Leadership?

What is Leadership?

By  Olivia Barker @oliviabark I was recently asked what my definition of leadership is. Now I've been asked this before, but never i...

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What is Student Affairs without the Students?

By Megan Reilly @MReilly90 The holiday season is my favorite. I love the smells, the sounds, the wonderful mood that everyone is in, ...

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Why I won't say "Trust the Process" to my job-searching colleagues

Why I won't say "Trust the Process" to my job-searching colleagues

by Tamera Dunn @tam2theEra This time last year, I was writing plenty of columns related to job-searching. One phrase which bothered me as a...

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Let Life and Networking Guide You

by Grant Batchelder @batchaelder My professors always told me that networking was one of the most important things I could work on while I w...

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My GrownUp Christmas List

My GrownUp Christmas List

by Olivia Barker @oliviabark The older I get the shorter my Christmas list gets. I can afford to buy things that I want during the...

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Bad metaphors and baby birds

By Ana Devlin Gauthier Being a new professional is so scary.  It is this confusing, conflicting sense of panic, mixed with an overwhelming...

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6 Month-A-Versary

6 Month-A-Versary

By Susan Mathieson @sus_math I’ve got a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, but one of those things is celebrating my 6 month mark i...

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Teamwork

By Tamera Dunn @Tam2theEra Many graduate students are preparing for finals, which initially strikes you as an independent pursuit to catch u...

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Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

By Christine Pitts @cpitts_ Thanksgiving was last week. So, it seems fitting that I write about being thankful. So here is a lis...

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Fighting Apathy

by Grant Batchelder @batchaelder This semester I’ve noticed that it has been much harder to get students to attend events and programs tha...

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Connections Between Wedding Planning and Student Affairs

by Amanda Stewart @mandijstewart All along when we talked about getting engaged I would firmly claim that I did not want to be planning...

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Who Knows You?

by Eric Mason @EMay264   Many of you are probably aware of the website “Total Frat Move” that has made headlines over the last few ye...

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#TransSpectrum14 Conference

By Luis H. Garay @LuisHGaray I had the great fortune to be a part of an amazing professional development opportunity a couple of weeks. Ou...

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#ReasonstoLoveRice

#ReasonstoLoveRice

by Olivia Barker @oliviabark Do you remember the conversation, the moment or the meeting when all of sudden you fell in love with you...

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