Happy New Year’s Advisors!
New Year’s resolutions get a bad rap, normally they focus on something you’ve already been putting off and don’t really want to do. The most common resolutions involve hitting the gym more, eating healthier, making more time for yourself, or budgeting. These are great resolutions and they’re so common for a reason, […]
Students have now made it through midterms, and are already looking towards finals and the end of the semester. In my own experience as an advisor, this is when many students are prone to burning out. Many have been in their positions for three to six months. The euphoria of being a student leader has […]
I recently attended a presentation hosted by the Department of Student Life Studies. This department provides assessment services and training to the Division of Student Affairs at Texas A&M University. The presentation was on an assessment they had done during the 2014-2015 academic year entitled Aggies Commit: Reflections of Student Leaders. The assessment consisted of […]
In my experience advising student organization, I am often questioned about what it means to be an advisor to a student organization. It often attracts more attention than my other duties in my position when explaining to people what I do. So what is an advisor? You can always […]