College Esports: The Complexities & Impacts for Student Success

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:16:04 — 43.6MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

Dr. Glenn DeGuzman sits down with 3 leaders in collegiate e-sports to talk about the emerging complexities of competitive online competitions and gaming in higher education. Listen to Dr. George McClellan, Kaitlin Teniente, and Mike “Moog” Aguilar discuss a myriad of topics on the emergence, growth and future shifts of e-sports that college will need to be prepared for in the coming decade.

Continue reading →

Reimagining Crisis Response and On-Call

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:25 — 32.9MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

Three innovative leaders discuss reimagining different ways of providing crisis response as effectively as possible as a community. Kate Baier, Steve Herndon, and Dr. Victor Arcelus explore models, roles, resources, scheduling, collaborations, and more for staffing crisis response and on-call as well as integrating after-hours crisis response with support during regular business hours in ways that center the students.

Continue reading →

Reimagining Residence Life

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:38 — 38.2MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

Experienced residence life leaders Dana Olivo, Erin Simpson, and Dr. David Hibbler, Jr explore different ways of doing residence life work in our current and future contexts. They explore structural possibilities and methods of reimagining our day-to-day work. They discuss innovative ways to integrate the proactive work of student learning, community building, and belonging along with the reactive work of crisis response.

Continue reading →

Parents as Partners (Not Problems)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:36 — 30.7MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

Today’s episode directly challenges the media-created assumption that parents are “problems” to be managed by the institution and instead posits a model of parent and family engagement and connection. Particularly relevant as institutions seek to connect with parents and families of first generation college students during points of transition and orientation, seeking engagement and partnerships with parents is one core strategy for fostering student success. Today’s episode features a panel of administrators and scholars with deep appreciation for the contributions of first-generation students and their parents and families. The episode also includes several recommendations for campuses with established (or new) parent and family programs.

Continue reading →

Square Pegs and Round Holes: Alternative Approaches to Diverse College Student Development Theory

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:56 — 29.7MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

Student development theories and frameworks are foundational to the student affairs professions; however, there have often been concerns about their applicability to and effectiveness with marginalized college students.

Continue reading →

Multiple Perspectives on College Students: Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:07 — 32.7MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

Who are today’s college students, what do they need, and how can institutions rise to meet these needs? Today’s new episode brings together four panelists who contributed to a new book Multiple Perspectives on College Students: Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities.

Continue reading →

The Future of Undergraduate Career Education

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:47 — 19.2MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

As the present and future of work continue to change toward increasing precarity, today's guests look to what career education can do to help students navigate careers well beyond their first job. Editors and authors of the new book, "Mapping the Future of Undergraduate Career Education: Equitable Career Learning, Development, and Preparation in the New World of Work," discuss the future of work, paradigm shifts need in career education, centering equity, and the potential of experiential learning as opportunities for praxis. Join Melanie Buford, Michael J. Stebleton, Michael Sharp, Heather Nester, and host Keith Edwards for this conversation.

Continue reading →

Trends in Collegiate Recreation

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:54 — 57.6MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

What current trends are shaping campus recreation, fitness, intramural sports, and wellness initiatives? How has the field of collegiate recreation been impacted by the pandemic? How do campus leaders advocate for facilities and new interests of students? Host Dr. Heather Shea connects with Dr. Cara Lucia, Mila Padgett, and Dr. Wendy Windsor, the current and incoming leadership of NIRSA, the leaders in collegiate recreation, to discuss these questions and more.

Continue reading →

Proud & Thriving in College: Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Students

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:04 — 57.8MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

The Proud & Thriving Framework, a collaboration between the Jed Foundation and the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals, was designed to equip administrators and stakeholders with the information and resources they need to strengthen campus support for LGBTQ+ college students. In this episode, Dr. Heather Shea connects with Dr. Sofia Pertuz, Jesse Beal, and Chris Woods to discuss recommendations for creating affirming and supportive environments for LGBTQ+ students with the aim of achieving better mental health outcomes.

Continue reading →

Fraternity & Sorority Life: From Foundations to Emerging Issues

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:07 — 42.2MB)

Subscribe to #SAnow RSS | Subscribe to #SAnow Podcast

Three campus and professional association leaders join Dr. Keith Edwards to discuss the benefits, challenges, and future of fraternity and sorority life. Chris Graham, Michelle Guobadia, and Dr. Kim Monteaux De Freitas discuss the breadth and depth of fraternity and sorority life; benefits to students, institutions, and society; and the challenges around equity, critical issues, and staffing models.

Continue reading →