The Student Affairs Collective

DECEMBER 18, 2017

For many second year graduate students, the season of job searching feels like it is quickly approaching. People may be feeling all types of things at this point – excitement, apprehension, jealousy, panic, and more. Students in a cohort or those with close colleagues in the field may also have another layer added to their job search process – interactions with others also engaged in job searching at the same time.

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The Committed Project

JUNE 5, 2017

In this closing post for Mental Health Awareness Month, Kristen reflects on what she’s learned during a month of posts by people she knows. And in that time, she discovers that having mental illness isn’t always a bad thing. . Hatching an idea. Sometime in March, when we started planning for Mental Health Awareness Month, Sue had this idea to tell a story with our posts – just one story of one person experiencing mental illness.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Before people get caught up in the fast-approaching festive season, we wanted to bid a fond farewell to our freakiest of holidays.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

These suggested readings were recommended during President’s Birx’s University Day 2017 remarks as references for our cluster transformation …. Continue reading.

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APRIL 18, 2017

Editor’s note : this guest entry, also posted on Inside Higher Ed , has been kindly developed by Sejal Parmar , Assistant Professor at the Department of Legal Studies and a core faculty member of the Center for Media, Data and Society at the School of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. The photographs are (c) Daniel Vegel, Zoltan Tuba / CEU.

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The Student Affairs Collective

DECEMBER 15, 2017

In student affairs, we spend a great deal of time building the leaders of tomorrow. However, we often fail to incorporate the most important leadership skill: career readiness. Being ready for the workplace is the very reason students go to college in the first place. So why aren’t we making sure that component is present every step of the way? Our leadership programs should have learning outcomes, things we want our students to know or be able to do as a result of completing the activity or lea

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The Student Affairs Collective

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Professional development is critical for continuous education and growth purposes. But, many offices aren’t able to send their staff to multi-day conferences or specialized training and institutes. Thus, we must be able to adapt and think about ways we can leverage available resources such as the ACPA/NASPA Core Competencies. Here are three quick ways to think about incorporating the framework into your professional growth for 2018.

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The Student Affairs Collective

DECEMBER 1, 2017

When is the last time someone told you that, “you seem like a good fit…but…” – and the “but” was something arbitrary on your resume? What do we do about this? I often run into the problem of being both overqualified (over-educated) and underqualified (years of full-time experience.) It’s a tough balance to manage.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Student affairs profes sionals spend their work lives helping to educate and develop their students, but don’t necessarily have the time or resources to educate and develop themselves by presenting at conferences, nor sometimes have the financial resources to go to conferences. Between the time commitment, conference fees, travel and lodging, and food, spending a few days at a conference can come at a hefty cost for college and university budgets.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

With everything already on our plates, adding yet-another-Thing(tm) can be overwhelming. When the Thing(tm) is tuning into public policy, suddenly that stubborn task at the bottom of your to-do list moves up a notch. With challenges to undocumented and trans individuals rights, increasing college costs , and tensions around sexual assault response on campus , figuring out why public policy is important doesn’t take long.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Does student affairs usually bring to mind working in student activities, orientation, or residence life? Do we often consider academic affairs as a pathway that we highlight to new professionals pursuing work in the field? I recently read Kathryn Angeles’ post “ Bridging the Gap Between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs: A Student Affairs Professional in an Academic Center #CSAM17 ” and was reflecting on my own experiences at the intersection of student and academic affairs.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

As Career Services professionals we do a lot! Advising students, managing employers and planning events are all part of our day to day working lives. Starting off in this functional area can be a lot to grasp, but like any job, once you get adjusted it’s smooth sailing. After reflecting on my first year in Career Services, I have four lessons I’d like to share.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

As student affairs professionals, we’ve experienced both highs and lows related to the (real or perceived) tension between academic affairs and student affairs. When your work is about supporting, educating, and developing students, governance structures and funding formulas matter. Sometimes we’re credited for graduating students and other times we’re accused of doing nothing more than hosting pizza parties.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

I remember the moment I received my master’s degree. I shook a bunch of hands, accepted my diploma (or…diploma cover) and sat back in my chair. My inner dialogue? “I will finish my education with a terminal degree someday.” About 12 years later, I began my PhD program. In my experience, there are two struggles in completing a terminal degree.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Mirrors come in all shapes and sizes. Whether it is a small compact, magnifying, or full body length mirror, they all typically have the same function – to take a look at and examine oneself. Still, not all mirrors are a person point of vanity (pun intended). Consider for example, the purpose and function of the rear-view mirror. As highlighted in one of my favorite @leadershipdots blog posts titled rear view , dr. beth triplett illustrates that while in our own vehicle, a glance in our rear-vie

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The Student Affairs Collective

OCTOBER 31, 2017

When I started my undergraduate experience at Rowan University in 2004, I vividly remember seeing the orientation leaders dancing on stage. My mother whispered in my ears, “You should do this!” Two years later I was one of those upperclassman performing to new audiences of incoming students. I didn’t realize those experiences would greatly shape my change in career path from journalist to higher ed practitioner.

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The Student Affairs Collective

OCTOBER 25, 2017

As graduate programs in student affairs are less common in Canada, I came to the United States to learn more about higher education. In particular, I was interested in international education and the experience of international students. It only made sense to enroll in graduate school as an international student myself. I also thought it would open more doors as I consider a long term career in America.

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The Student Affairs Collective

OCTOBER 26, 2017

When it comes to career services, there is an alphabet soup of certifications that you can receive. So, how do you decide whether or not you need a certification, which one is right for you, and where to receive the certification from? I feel like these are all questions that were haunting me for the past couple years. These questions felt especially timely around annual evaluations when asked about future professional development opportunities or interests.

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The Student Affairs Collective

OCTOBER 23, 2017

During graduate school some students push themselves to experience multiple functional areas within students affairs. Others students complete their experience with more in-depth experience in one assistantship. Depending on the program and the opportunities that it provides, it can be difficult to get varied experiences. Still, many students still have a clear focus and “dream job” in mind when starting their master’s program.

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The Committed Project

MAY 30, 2017

Aedan is Kristen’s 11-year-old son. He has known that his mom has depression for the past three years – ever since a particularly bad episode almost ended her in the hospital. Since then, he has had multiple discussions with both his mom and his dad about mental illness. His dad interviewed him recently about his thoughts on mental illness for this video.

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The Committed Project

MAY 23, 2017

Sean and Kristen have been together for over fifteen years, and married for most of it. There is no one who has more insight to Kristen’s depression (besides maybe Kristen herself) than Sean. In the past few years, though, he’s seen a different side to the illness – he’s seen her using depression for empowerment. . Down in the valleys.

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The Committed Project

MAY 15, 2017

Joe and Kristen have been friends for several years, and met online. While they talk frequently about a number of philosophical theories, one of the things that Joe has learned from Kristen is about the nature of using crazy language – or the language of mental illness. . If there is anything that sticks out amongst the number of lessons that my friendship with Kristen has taught me over the years, it is the aspect of calling things “crazy” in daily conversations.

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The Committed Project

MAY 12, 2017

In this #suedle – Sue’s trademark comic illustration – Sue describes what it felt like to meet Kristen for the first time and why their friendship and mental illness is so important to her and to the work they do. Comic Transcript. Kristen and Sue meet for the first time ‘IRL’ Frame 1. {Image description: Cartoon of Sue typing on a computer.

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The Committed Project

MAY 8, 2017

What do you do when your friend experiences depression? How can you help? Kassie – one of Kristen’s oldest friends – writes about their friendship while experiencing Kristen’s depression. It feels strange and somehow illicit to write about someone else’s depression. Like I’m wandering into territory that isn’t mine to share or discuss.

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

A new blog series called “Scrolled by this week”, featuring Marquette University, University of Aberystwyth and Perdue University

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Terminalfour

JANUARY 17, 2017

Collaboration isn’t a one-off – it’s a culture, a way of working, and needs to be continuous and permeate across the organization

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Terminalfour

JUNE 7, 2017

We’ve launched our 2017 Higher Education Digital Marketing & Web Survey. Capturing the insights from the global HE community.

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Terminalfour

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Your students are your greatest recruitment asset. See how Durham embrace student generated content to create online engagement.

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Social media is invaluable for international students to see how diverse your University is. Somewhere they would feel welcome.

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Terminalfour

MARCH 2, 2017

Web Teams are very good at ‘managing’ their online presence, but organisations aren’t too great at ‘governing’ it. We examine.

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Website accessibility (S508, WAI WCAG etc.) related legal cases against Universities now being covered my US national media.

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Terminalfour

OCTOBER 17, 2017

How digital marketing teams in higher education can use Podcasts as an additional tool in their student recruitment efforts

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Terminalfour

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Paul Boag, user experience designer and expert in digital transformation, takes over our blog with tips on digital success.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Content needs to support the organization’s content marketing goals and so you need a documented Content Marketing Strategy

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Have you noticed the recent design school logo trend? While trying to look different, many are starting to look the same.

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Terminalfour

OCTOBER 10, 2017

When social media is used for more than trying to recruit and engage in higher education; when it's used to save lives.

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Terminalfour

MAY 4, 2017

Gold Star for USFCA. We loved University of San Francisco’s #DayoftheDons fundraising campaign. We think you will too.

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