Moving On

by Grant Batchelder @batchaelder It’s amazing how much you begin to miss people that you have only known for a year or two. We are current...

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Passing of the Torch: Part 2

Passing of the Torch: Part 2

By Christine Pitts @cpitts_ This Sunday was the induction ceremony for the Chi Sigma Alpha International Student Affairs Honor Society...

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Little Victories

By Megan Reilly @MReilly90 In my post last week , I wrote about a coworker of mine who was really struggling with a student. The student ha...

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Life is Short

Life is Short

by Olivia Barker @oliviabark This week, my former institution suffered a devastating loss when the lives of 5 young women were claimed i...

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How Did You End Up In Student Affairs?

How Did You End Up In Student Affairs?

By Christine Pitts @cpitts_  “So, how did you end up in student affairs?” is a question I get asked often as a graduate student. It’s a...

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Faith

by Grant Batchelder @batchaelder The other day, My fiancée and I were watching a wonderful show, Jane the Virgin, and there was a gr...

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It's not you, it's them: When students ask too much

by Megan Reilly @MReilly90 As much as we love working with students in our jobs, I think we have all had that day when we want to close...

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It's So Hard to Say Goodbye

It's So Hard to Say Goodbye

by Olivia Barker @oliviabark One of the hardest things in life is letting go! Old relationships, friendships, foster dogs, family, stude...

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Spring Planning

By Christine Pitts @cpitts_ I am a huge lover of spring. It is my favorite season. I enjoy watching life go from being dead, to so al...

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Older and Wiser

Older and Wiser

by Olivia Barker @oliviabark This weekend I celebrated the start of my 29th year. Being "older and wiser" I wanted to celebrate my...

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Cohort = Family

by Grant Batchelder @batchaelder This week four years ago, I traveled thousands of miles away from home to visit and attend orientatio...

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Rest

by Christine Pitts @cpitts_ I always stress the importance of self-care. As a graduate student for almost two years I have mastered th...

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Celebrating Student Employees

By Megan Reilly @MReilly90 I've always enjoyed teaching. If it was leading a tutoring initiative in high school or leading an orientatio...

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I Work Hard for the Money

I Work Hard for the Money

Source:  http://tinyurl.com/p9q5av4 by Olivia Barker @oliviabark Whew...only a few weeks left! On a traditional campus, fall is t...

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Don't Stress

by Grant Batchelder @batchelder Job Search – Round 2 Just two years ago, I was in the middle of my first professional job search. It ...

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Passing the Torch: Part 1

By Christine Pitts @cpitts_ For the past year I have served as president for the student affairs honor society, Chi Sigma Alpha (CSA), at m...

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Creating the Problem

by Megan Reilly @MReilly90 If you have been on social media or at work in the last week, you'll know that the NASPA 2015 annual confer...

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