Lessons on Relationship Building from Disney's Frozen

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Lessons on Relationship Building from Disney’s Frozen Recently, I had the opportunity to watch Disney’s Frozen . Until I saw this movie, I could not understand why so many young girls, college students, and adults would erupt into singing either “Do You Want to Build a Snowman” or “Let It Go” in public. I thought to myself, “What causes so many people to momentarily “Let it Go”? As an avid lover...

The Power of Perseverance, Determination, and Basic People Skills

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The Power of Perseverance, Determination, and Basic People Skills The work involved in completing a doctorate is both difficult and time consuming. There is a reason many universities offer fellowships and assistantships to graduate students and some programs require a student to attend full time. Not only is there class time, homework, papers, and exams, but there is also learning which...

Accepting We Are Not Perfect

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Accepting we are not perfect… If you take a few minutes to stop and think about your week…make that your day. How many times did you say something along the lines of “why did I do that” or “I’m going crazy?” Too many times if you are like me. There is some false belief that we, as women, seem to have stuck in our heads; we have to be good at all things at all times. This false notion does nothing...

Lessons Learned: Facilitating Social Justice Dialogues as a Woman of Color

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Lessons Learned: Facilitating Social Justice Dialogues as a Woman of Color As a Student Affairs Administration Masters student, last semester I had the opportunity to teach a three-credit undergraduate leadership course with a fellow cohort mate, who is the only other woman of color in my cohort. Both of us entered student affairs because of our passion for social justice and inclusion and felt a...

A New Year, A Better You

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A New Year, A Better You Happy New Year and welcome to 2015. We are a few weeks into January with one or more weeks until February appears. Resolutions have been made and goals set. At some point, most of us have even chuckled at the “New Year, New Me” declarations surfacing throughout social media. Ultimately, that catch phrase is a byproduct of the microwave culture that we live in. Logically,...