Welcome to my New Blog

Welcome to my new blog. I am completely in love with what I do in my current position as a graduate assistant with University Housing, so I decided that I would create an entire blog focused on this!

As a Residence Hall Director at the University of South Carolina, I find myself having an amazing experience and growing so much as a new professional. I have had a completely different year from last year and have ran into many more challenges with students and staff already - but I just cannot get enough of it! There is never a day that I hate what I do & that makes me happy!

For example, I have some busy days/evenings this semester. My Mondays aren't too bad because I don't start off too early (but I end late) and my Tuesdays/Wednesdays seem to go on forever. Mostly, this is due to the large chunk of class time I have in my Mon/Tues/Wed evenings. Thursdays I am busy from like 9am-7pm too.... but Thursdays are my favorite days! I have the most staff interactions (the majority of one on ones are Thursday morning-afternoon), the most resident interactions (judicial hearings), and the most student interactions (one out of two days that I teach U101) - and I LOVE it! Never once do I complain about a Thursday. I just enjoy my job way more than my classes (is it time to graduate yet?)!

So I hope to share and spread this excitement for Residence Life with this blog; I hope to share what I learn and find through readings, discussions, and experience; and I hope to record my experience and thoughts here to look back on!

I will also be sharing thoughts/experiences/information on other Student Affairs topics that I am involved with and interested in. This may include U101/the first-year experience, Greek Life, LGBT students, etc.

Enjoy :-)