Student Affairs

Challenge and Support: How we talk about Student Affairs

October 17, 2011

As Careers in Student Affairs Month gets rolling and I see the number of events and initiatives surrounding student affairs increase, I begin to consider my role as a graduate student and budding professional in the field to usher in the “next generation” of professionals.  No doubt this work is important, especially in expanding and continuing [...]

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Preparing to be an #sagrad before you “become one”

July 12, 2011

I am often inspired by the conversations that take place within my Twitter stream, and this post bears no exception. I caught a question put out by Nathan Victoria asking “what should new #sagrad be doing now to prepare for first year?” in the context of the conversations taking place through the NUFPSLI. I should [...]

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Getting students “IN”volved: A view from outside the circle

July 9, 2011

Over the last few weeks I have been part of several conversations about the constant evaluation and evolutionary process of the leadership programs at my internship.  Not only are we continuing to develop program and learning outcomes, but also evaluating the structure and format of the programs themselves, and the resources that are allocated to [...]

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Resume Tips for #sagrads & new pros: A storify thread

July 1, 2011

After the overwhelming response I received from the few questions I posed regarding resume formatting & style, I wanted to share the great insight I received! Do you have more tips you’d like to share?  Reply to the questions or posts! View “Resume tips for New Pros” on Storify

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Using Facebook Pages to Build Stakeholder Relationships

June 30, 2011
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  So you’ve set up a Facebook page, and you’re gaining a following within your University community, but have you ever considered the potential that your page has in building relationships with other brands, departments, stakeholders, or causes? Well, you should!  As a Facebook page Administrator, using the “Use Facebook as [Your Page]” feature has [...]

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What will I be doing in a year?

June 22, 2011
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Okay, so while I can’t “build my dream job” with a start date to match, I can dream, right?  As my first year of graduate school and papers, presentations (did I mention papers?) drift into the rearview, I am beginning to reflect more and more on my last year, the progress I have made, the [...]

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Growing up on “The Book”

June 1, 2011
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If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll notice that my posts are often inspired by what’s in my GoogleReader– and the more that perspective, advice, and importance of SM and the job search are brought to the forefront, the more I am intrigued by their implications related to student affairs. Over the [...]

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Kennesaw State University: Week One

May 31, 2011
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A seasoned reader is likely bored to see that once again I packed up the ole’ Altima and drove halfway across the country again, but needless, to say, that’s the story I’m here to tell! After a few days with family I embarked on the fourteen hour drive on rt. 20 to Kennesaw, GA where [...]

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What’s in a Tweet?

April 22, 2011
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Through the great post by Ed Cabellon on Social Media & Authenticity and a really thought-provoking conversation between Jeff Lail and Eric Stoller on #SALive on Social Media & Professionalism, it appears we’ve begun a second wave conversation about the #sachat identity brought about most directly from James Frier‘s post. The take home is that [...]

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8 Lessons I Learned in Little League

March 21, 2011
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After doing some reflection on the fact that I’ve lost touch of the “roots” of the theme of my blog in the transition to brianfleduc.com (well, to be honest, a while before that), I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about why the analogy of Student Affairs to baseball seemed so obvious to me.  Growing [...]

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