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This past May, two days before my daughter was born, I was asked to give my first keynote. The event was the Greek Gala and was celebrating the leadership in the Fraternity and Sorority community. The topic was what leadership means to the Fraternity and Sorority system but was really about why I joined and… Continue reading Leadership and Fraternity: The Impact of Phi Kappa Tau
This past week I travelled to the annual National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) conference in Orlando, Florida. Seven years ago I attended my first national conference also in Florida. At that conference I was a first year graduate student in a sea of over ten thousand attendees. That experience was incredibly overwhelming, I… Continue reading Reflections on NASPA Orlando
For the past four years (and my whole life) I have been a workaholic and a busybody. Every weekend was something else, a conference, a retreat, or a campus event. Even weekends when we were off I tried to get as much done as possible because who knew when I'd have another free day. I… Continue reading Why Knee Surgery is Good For Workaholics
Over the past few weeks, I've ridden my bike to work and around town by desire and necessity. Each day was a new learning experience. I've been through sweaty days, crashes, fun rides, and more so the following are my ten commandments of biking to work: 1. Wear your helmet. Wether you have hair or… Continue reading The Ten Commandments of Biking to Work
We arrived in Italy and took the train from the airport to Rome, my favorite city on this trip. Our hotel in Rome was near the Piazza Navona, which was where we had our first taste of wonderful Italian pasta. After our driving adventures in Greece we decided that tours and trains were the better… Continue reading Europe and Back Again: Episode Italy
This past summer Virginia and I flew over to Europe for a three week trip in Greece and Italy, two countries I had been wanting to visit for a long time. We first arrived in Athens during the major austerity issues, protests, and riots. Luckily we missed the violence each time we arrived in that… Continue reading Europe and Back Again: Episode Greece
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