What I Learned: A Special Guest Blog Post

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My roommates and I at our first Clemson football game. (I'm on the left!)

My roommates and I at our first Clemson football game. (I’m on the left!)

A few weeks ago, Mel Baxter, reached out to me about blogging and my thoughts on the best hosts for a blog (she’s starting a blog soon- I can’t wait to read it!). In Higher Education we should be the professionals who support one another as much as we support our students. I decided to see if Mel would want the opportunity to try out blogging on my page..and she did!

Here Mel talks about her first year as a graduate student and what she’s learned. Thanks  Mel!

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NODA Intern Tips: Part 5- The final tips

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NODAPart 5 incorporates the tips I received from former NODA Interns on how YOU can have the best experience during your time this summer.

What tips do you have for the 2013 NODA Summer Interns? Continue reading →

NODA Intern Tips: Part 4- What would you change?

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NODA

Part 4 will give you feedback on what past NODA interns would have done differently during their time. Take their advice to make sure you don’t leave having some of these thoughts in your head.

What would you have done differently? Continue reading →

NODA Intern Tips: Part 3- Key tips from students

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2012 PA Team!

Part 3 is a bit interesting and I think what will be the most valuable to NODA Interns- tips from the students I got to work with last summer! I had the bestest (inside joke) time with these students- I can’t make up what they said about me (you’ll see at the end).

Really take in what these students had to say to these 2 questions because they will be your biggest critic.

What tips do you have for the 2013 NODA Summer Interns? Continue reading →

NODA Intern Tips: Part 2- Best Experiences

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NODAPart 2 incorporates the feedback that I received from former NODA Interns on their best experiences, below you will find what they believed to be some of their favorite parts about being a NODA Intern.

What was your best experience? Continue reading →

NODA Intern Tips: Part 1

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NODAIf you know me, in real life, or know me because of my online presence you know that I LOVED my NODA (National Orientation Directors Association) internship experience. I loved it before I landed in Birmingham, I loved it during the summer, and I still love it today. People really do leave footprints in your heart. Continue reading →

Think about it.

Posted in 2013, Reflection by
Reflecting on my deck.

Reflecting on my deck.

Think about it.

This weekend I felt VERY nostalgic after being with friends from undergrad and I did some searching on my old Tumblr. I found this post that I had reblogged from a friend. The post was very simple, just 25 thought provoking questions that make you reflect on the popular notion of ‘What Would YOU Do?’ I think now, at 23, I understand the importance of asking yourself these questions, regularly, than I did when I first saw these questions (at 20). Not a big difference in age, but a big transformation of my experiences. Continue reading →