62 Days to Baltimore!

In 62 days I will be attending the ACPA (College Student Educators International) National Conference in Baltimore, MD. The theme is “Be More in B’more.” I love that idea of constantly pushing ourselves to be better in our work. I’m excited to have the opportunity to network in person with student affairs professionals from around the country. I will finally have the opportunity to meet a good number of the people that I follow on Twitter, in person!! I hope that by meeting in person, I can connect with these individuals even more to create a more solid professional support network. What I am most excited about is who my travel buddy will be for this trip. It is my friend, co-worker, and classmate, Stephanie. She has such great energy and has actually attended ACPA’s National Conference in the past. She’ll be a great person to be able to debrief with throughout the conference. One of our goals is to divide and conquer. We want to be able to attend as many different sessions as possible so that we can bring back as much information as we can to our office in Madison.

I’ll make sure to update you all on my trip to Baltimore as it approaches. It should be a fabulous (and exhausting) couple of days.

Baltimore, here I come!

How I Found my Summer Internship

To put it simply, I found my summer internship with Eastern Oregon University by networking. For about a year I have been a member of the professional organization, American College Personnel Association. By browsing the member directory in different states, I found people to contact. My first contact was by email. I explained who I was, briefly what I was looking for, if they knew of any opportunities, and if need be, if they could direct me to the best person to talk to about an internship. I received a variety of responses and most of them were helpful. EOU emailed asking for a resume and the rest is history. Other approaches I was using included talking to my professors about who they knew in Higher Education and also looking for posted positions on the internet. As I keep telling students, networking works!