Scholar & Practitioner

You’re Cancelled: Social Media & Cancel Culture – A Webinar by NASPA Region III: New Professionals & Graduate Students

One of the many issues impacting college students in today’s climate is “cancel culture.” Once a celebrity, politician, or even another student on campus causes harm, the reaction we often see is to “cancel” the person. Cancel culture is the response to the act. There is often a call on social media where a hashtag is created and people are asked to “cancel the person.” This webinar is provided by the NASPA Region III New Professionals and Graduate Student Knowledge Community (NPGS KC). Our hope is to create a discussion of what cancel culture is and its impact on college students. Cancel culture can lead to bullying and have a harmful impact on all of those impacted. We will attempt to answer questions surrounding cancel culture such as is there a positive or negative way to address cancel culture? Is cancel culture even real? Check out the webinar here.

15 Ideas for Remixing Digital New Student Programs

Spring Break brought a whole new set of challenges to Orientation, Transition, & Retention (OTR) professionals. As COVID-19 began to spike and our university campuses closed, I sat in several webinars hosted NODA, corresponded with my colleagues and friends from across the nation via GroupMe and Facebook groups, & even had the opportunity to host a NODA webinar on Putting Orientation Leader Training Online with Canvas. Reimagining how we were going to transition our orientation programs online seemed like an impossible tasks. As we planned the logistics of our New ‘Nole Virtual Orientation, we referenced Dr. Ahlquist’s 30 Ideas for Digital-Friendly New Student Orientation. While slightly dated, it provided us the spark we needed to ignite our ideas and innovation. It was a pleasure to partner with Dr. Ahlquist to provide some updates as we near the conclusion of our orientation summer season. Read more here: 15 Ideas for Remixing Digital New Student Programs

#DigLead Book Club

If you haven’t heard already, Dr. Josie Ahlquist just recently her first book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education. Check it out here.  Josie has let me tag along to so many fascinating projects—from blog writing to teaching a graduate course and facilitating digital community building and she put me in her book–𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦. Each week, Josie is chatting with some of the folks featured in the book. Check out our conversation here.

Higher Ed Digital Community Builders

Partnering the Dr. Ahlquist and a crew of digital community builders, this clubhouse for higher education professionals seeks to connect and transform how we build genuine campus digital communities and strategic online engagement experiences.