I have talked a lot about what makes a student organization important and I’ve recently covered some useful tips in advising and running a student organization. However, there is a major factor…
Musing
The Collective Part II: Best Practices
Student organizations can and should be more than a “club.” The term club suggests that it is just a bunch of friends who get together to have fun and talk about other…
Presidential
In academia there are ranks or positions for just about everything. There are major divisions of faculty and staff, and each division comes with a million different subdivisions and many different ranks…
Leadership: Part 4 – Community
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley So far in this series I’ve covered many issues that I feel educators…
Leadership: Part 3 – Complacency
“The price of doing the same old thing is higher than the price of change” – Bill Clinton Leadership in the conference room or classroom can be difficult especially considering some of…
2020: Retrospective
2020, Twenty-Twenty, Two Zero Two Zero, Dumpster Fire. There are a lot of different names for the previous year. I could write a book about it, and I’m fairly certain that there…
Leadership: Part 2 – Culture
In the last post I talked quite a bit about altruism. I think it’s important to note that altruism isn’t a quality only found in Captain America nor is it something that…
Leadership: Part 1 – Power
“Even Jesus washed the feet of the disciples” The sentiment of that quote is never lost on me. Whether you’re religious or not it is packed with meaning. Jesus the son of…
New and Improved.
Welcome back everyone! What a wild year right? I apologize for not writing more posts during this time, but honestly it has been really hard to find time to with the difficulties…
Through the Eyes of a Nice Guy
Drawing has been many things for me throughout my life. As a kid I used my drawing skills as an attempt to standout, and to impress girls on the bus and in…