As Student Affairs Professionals we are always searching to prove ourselves and legitimatize ourselves among the academic community at our institutions. We all fight to be recognized as important parts of the Higher Education experience and we are always trying to solve this problem of how to be seen as equals in partnership with academics to make a student’s college experience matter. Well, I was thinking this morning as I blow dried my hair that we ARE important. We ARE partners. And the way I was breaking it down looked a little like this:
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What Every College Creed Ought To Be
Start With Yourself
The following words are written on the tomb of an Anglican bishop in the crypts of Westminster Abbey:
When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world. As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I ...
Read MoreStop Running Boring Meetings
Fill in the blank: most meetings ______. (Are boring. Don't accomplish anything. Are useless wastes of time. Suck.) You can fill in the blank any way you choose, and most of those ways are pretty terrible. If you want to ensure that your meetings and your students' meetings are boring, make sure to follow this advice...
Read MoreWhy Motivational Speakers Are Outdated
- Because the motivation dies as soon as we leave the session.
- Because people learn in the silence, not in lectures.
- Because of YouTube and TED Talks.
Read on to learn what you should provide to your students.
Read MoreThe 7 Dumbest Mistakes To Avoid In Planning Your Welcome Week Experience (Or Any Event)
Do it all by yourself.
Make it low-energy, lecture-style, and boring.
Start too early and end really late.
Plan a lot of sessions in a short amount of time with no breaks.
Pick a venue where it sucks to be a participant.
Herd your students like cattle.
Do it once, then quit.
The Sermons We See, by Edgar A. Guest
I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day;
I’d rather you walk with me
than merely show me the way.
Childhood Miseducation
We've been asking the wrong question most of our lives. Our parents and guardians have asked us the wrong question. We're asking our kids and the next generation the wrong question. For the first two decades of our American lives, we've been lied to and cheated out of a brilliant future. We need to stop asking...
Read MoreWhat's Your Real GPA?
The days are looooong gone when all you needed was a diploma to get you in the door for a job interview. GPA is no longer the judge of intelligence or an indicator of future success. Those who rely on GPA realize later on there is much more to college and life than your number. Plus, your future significant other probably isn't going to judge you based on your number.
Read MoreYou Can't Lead Others Until You First Lead Yourself
You can't lead others until you first lead yourself. Start with your own vision. Be the person you are becoming. Be the person you're looking for in others. And as Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world." THEN, you can easily lead others because you have gone to a place they want to be.
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