The SACSA Podcast

There are so many ways to get involved in professional organizations. Listen as Wayne Glass, Rachel Clark, and Abi Case share their recent experiences..

Many student affairs practitioners and students consider additional academic work beyond the graduate preparation program. Some go for an M.B.A. others work to earn Ed.D. or Ph.D. degrees. But what about law school? Join us for this episode where Erin Edwards talks about her experience taking her student affairs degree and experiences to law school and how that background informed her learning and work.

Join us for a conversation with Dr. L. J. Shelton at the University of Arkansas. Learn about her scholarship and her approach to teaching and learning.

Last spring, we met with Olivia, Fredrick, Mariah, and Simone to talk about their adventures into higher ed adjacent work after graduation. In this episode (recorded about 10 months later) let's find out their thoughts about the world of work today.

Join Olivia Battinelli, Fredrick Evans, Mariah Jones, and Simone Richardson for a discussion about work after graduate school. Each of these new professionals took a job outside of the college and university setting. Instead, they chose to work for a higher ed-adjacent organization. Hear their stories as they begin their new jobs.

Welcome to To Practice, a practitioner skill-building conversation presented by SACSA. This season is centered around the situation most currently vexing student affairs, hiring. To Practice is hosted by Kate Radford, Director of Leader Education and Development at Clemson University, and Myles Surrett, Associate Vice President at James Madison University. In the final episode of the hiring season, Myles and Kate talk about getting the information you need to make an actual decision. They discuss the importance of references for all parties. They conclude with a conversation about how to gather feedback in an impactful way and close the loop on keeping candidate needs at the center of the process.

In part two of the JMU Cohort Model, hear from recent hires at James Madison University who participated in the cohort hire process and are now working at the institution.

Welcome to To Practice, a practitioner skill-building conversation presented by SACSA. This season is centered around the situation most currently vexing student affairs, hiring. To Practice is hosted by Kate Radford, Director of Leader Education and Development at Clemson University, and Myles Surrett, Associate Vice President at James Madison University. In the fourth episode of this season about hiring, Kate and Myles suggest ways to build an interview with the candidate's experience at the center. They discuss building a beneficial first round process, actually creating the environment for an exchange of information, and highlighting the campus and local community in the interview.

Welcome to To Practice, a practitioner skill-building conversation presented by SACSA. This season is centered around the situation most currently vexing student affairs, hiring. To Practice is hosted by Kate Radford, Director of Leader Education and Development at Clemson University, and Myles Surrett, Associate Vice President at James Madison University. In the third episode of this season about hiring, Kate and Myles talk through the hoot and a half that is hiring logistics. They converse about putting together a committee, the timing of posting, and the various ways to organize application review.

Join a team of James Madison University staff members who have adopted an innovative hiring process for student affairs practitioners. This is the first of a two-part series. In this episode learn about the creation and implementation of the cohort hiring model at JMU.