Archive for January, 2011

Tools of the Trade: Student Development Theory

January 31, 2011

By Stephanie Wintling Our prompt for this Monday is “how do you use student development theory in your everyday work (or do you)?” This prompt appears as a no brainer answer, a common interview question, and a topic drilled in to us in graduate programs for student affairs. However, I genuinely struggle with answering this question. I am currently in my first entry-level job in student affairs and [...]

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Blog Prompt Monday

January 31, 2011

Welcome to the fourth edition of  “Blog Prompt Monday”! Here’s today’s prompt: How do you use student development theory in your everyday work (or do you)? We hope you’ll join in blogging about these prompts with us. I will be posting my response here later today. If you write a response on your blog, please include it in the comments below and tag it on Twitter with the #sawomenblog [...]

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Where are You in Your Priorities

January 28, 2011

By Daria-Yvonne Graham After having children I began looking at things in life in the context of  meeting their needs and providing for them. For instance, if there was something I wanted to purchase I would compare the cost and importance to our expenditures for them. For example, I wouldn’t purchase a $50 pair of [...]

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Appreciation, Praise, and Recognition: Tech Style

January 28, 2011

By Jennifer Keegin “Now Woody, he’s been my pal for as long as I can remember. He’s brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind, and smart. But the thing that makes Woody special, is he’ll never give up on you… ever. He’ll be there for you, no matter what.” This part of “Toy Story [...]

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Linkage Love

January 26, 2011

By Kristen Abell Warning: This post is gonna be all over the place. If you can handle the random, proceed with caution. I couldn’t decide on any single theme or thread that connects these links, so I’m just going to throw them all out there – maybe you’ll see something I didn’t. Hope you enjoy! [...]

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