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Highlight a Woman: Lisa Endersby!

Published on May 23, 2013 By kmagura

By Kathryn Magura I seem to be highlighting a lot of awesome people through this blog lately, which just makes my top Strength of Individualization immensely happy. This week I have the pleasure of writing a Highlight a Woman post, and the first thing I did was search through all our previous highlights to make [...]

Teaching Current Students to Think Critically

Published on October 23, 2012 By kmagura

by Kathryn Magura As a more “seasoned” student affairs professional, I have had a lot of time over the course of my career to witness changing trends in student demographics. While I discourage anyone from categorizing everyone within a generation of students as having the same traits, I will say that I have seen trends [...]

Blog Prompt – What is the future for technology in student affairs?

Published on April 16, 2012 By kmagura

by Kathryn Magura What is the future for technology in student affairs? When I saw the prompt for today, my brain started to go into overdrive with possibilities. In my experience, student affairs as a whole has been largely slow to embrace technology. However, when social media started to gain popularity, student affairs practitioners started [...]

Women in Technology Spotlight: Amy Jorgensen

Published on January 27, 2012 By kmagura

by Kathryn Magura One of the things we like to do on the blog is highlight some of the amazing women who work in the field. As women who work with technology in student affairs, we want to take time to acknowledge some of our colleagues and celebrate their achievements. Hopefully, this will help encourage [...]

How to Benchmark Best Practices in Student Affairs

Published on January 20, 2012 By kmagura

by Kathryn Magura I have been thinking a lot recently on how to benchmark best practices in Student Affairs. How do we know if the work we are doing is the best way to serve students? Do we even take the time to ask others how they handle certain situations? As educational professionals, do we [...]