Life Work Balances

Hi there, and welcome to another Wednesday morning episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to site down with Hermen Diaz, Assistant Director of Involvement at Colorado State University. It was great to catch up with Hermen, since its been awhile. We had a great time talking about bike culture, growing up in Michigan, feeling connected (or not) on college campuses, and how sometimes we are able to get our foot in the door because someone sees something in us. We also talked about tattoos, as well as their acceptability in higher ed, biking to work, vegan food, local breweries, Hermen’s participation in the Tour De Fat, and the joy and excitement that comes with being a parent!

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Its another awesome Wednesday morning, and that means another great conversation on LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today is a follow up to last week’s episode with Edwina Welch, and this week we get into all of the things that Edwina does in her free time to relax, relieve stress, and regain perspective in the world. We had a great time talking about photography, and then an amazing sub-conversation about permission and consent of people having their pictures taken, as well as the greatness of having phones with cameras just as good as most point-and-shoots. We also talked about Tumblr, blogging in general, and the different ways in which our perceptions of property and content have changes with the evolution of the internet and internet culture. And we had a great chat about Comic-Con, our love for it, and the importance of maintaining a critical lens on the things that you love.

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Hello there, and welcome to another fantastic Wednesday morning with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I am really excited for a LIFE WORK BALANCES first. Today’s episode is the first part of an episode that was so extensive and in depth it took two separate sittings to complete. I sat down with Edwina Welch, Campus Diversity Officer and Director of the Cross Cultural Center at UC San Diego. Today’s episode was recorded a few weeks ago, and after chatting for just under 2 hours we realized that we had other meetings to attend, and had not even gotten to what Edwina does to find balance and relieve stress. That conversation happened a bit later, and will make up next week’s episode. In total, Edwina and I sat for over 3 hours, and during this conversation we talked about social justice work, evolving job responsibilities, deciding on student affairs as a career path, community engagement, and the ways in which campus culture shifts can continue to make our work interesting.

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Hello there! Welcome to another Wednesday morning episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to sit down with Jonathon Hyde, Associate Director of Residential Education at LSU. It was really great to catch up with Jonathon, as its been a few years since we last got to really talk, and we had an awesome conversation! We talked about his recently becoming a father, listening to podcasts, playing video games, and Jonathon’s music blog,  as well as making poor choices in school, greek life, exposure to diversity, feeling inadequate or unworthy in graduate school, and all of the great things that there are to do living near New Orleans. And of course, we did mention Morrissey!

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Hello There! Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kathy Obear, consultant, educator, and founding faculty member of the Social Justice Training Institute. It was really wonderful to catch up with Kathy, and it was also really great to hear her tell her own story. We talked about growing up in Maryland, and the beginnings of Kathy’s love of being outdoors and camping. We also talked about her experiences as a student affairs professional, the importance of gaining a diversity of experiences as a professional, how she made the transition into being a full time consultant, her first experience with civil disobedience, and all of the wonderful things there are to explore living in New York City.

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Hello! Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to chat with Adam Bernot, who is an Area Coordinator at Spring Hill College. I met Adam when he moved to San Diego to attend grad school, and also while he was serving as the PACURH Director, a national student leadership position. Adam and I had a great conversation about being a new professional and what that means about learning how to find balance, the different challenges of living in a new place in a new part of the country, and also the different things one finds when they least expect it. We also talked about being prepared for college, as well as the different perspectives that you can gain from trying on a bunch of different positions and functional areas. It was really fun to talk to Adam, and to get his take on his own balance going into his second year as a full time professional.

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Hello Everyone! Welcome to another Wednesday morning with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to sit down with Violetta Gonzalez, Assistant Director at the Cross Cultural Center at UC San Diego. We had been trying to get this conversation scheduled for a while now, and it was really awesome to get to sit down and talk to Violetta about her life, hear her story, and really connect on some things. We talked about moving around as a kid, the affects that moving can have on friendships and relationships, the importance of staying connected to family, and how some of us just are not people who want to have room mates. We also talked about Violetta’s interest in Swing Dancing and Lindy Hop, fitness, tattoos, the different things that influence where we will search for jobs and graduate programs, and the reasons that Violetta never wants to leave San Diego.

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Ahoy Hoy! Welcome to another Wednesday morning and another great episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to sit down with Nancy Tubbs, who is the Director of the LGBT Resource Center at the University of California, Riverside. We had a great time catching up, and we got to talk about some really great things. We talked about podcasts, including the various NPR ones, Cocktail Hour, and LIFE WORK BALANCES, as well as fan fic at the Academy of Bards, the lack of representations of queer women in media, Nancy’s experience growing up in Texas and getting energy from sitting in silence and reading. We also had a really fun conversation about intellectual property, talked about independent publishing, the ethical use of office copy supplies, and we dove into a critique of 50 Shades of Grey.

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Hey Hey! Welcome to another wonderful Wednesday morning with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to sit down and talk with Sara Furr. Sara is an Assistant Director in the office of Multicultural and Student Success at Depaul Univeristy, a Doctoral Student at Loyola University Chicago, and also the current Co-Chair of ACPA’s Asian Pacific American Network. It was a lot of fun to catch up with Sara, to hear her amazing story, and to share a few very nice laughs. We talked about moving around the country, how some people know where they want to go to school even when they are very young, finding a good fit, and also running, food, and finding time to be healthy in our sometimes crazy schedules.

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Hi! Welcome to another Wednesday morning and another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Marquis Bennett. Marquis is an Assistant Director of Student Engagement at Penn State Hazleton, and also the Past Chair of ACPA’s Standing Committee for Multicultural Affairs. Its been about a year since Marquis and I sat down to chat, and it was really great to catch up with him. We talked about mentoring, having a family, staying involved and engaged as a commuter student, and navigating financial aid as a first generation student. We also had a great chat about professional wrestling, catching up on TV shows with an erratic work schedule, maintaining relationships with other people as an introvert, finishing up a doctorate, and how some of us really can be too old to live in the res halls.

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