Welcome to another Wednesday morning with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Carl Steidel, Assistant Dean of the Sophomore Class at Bates College. Carl and I knew each other from our work together at Cornell University, and it was great to catch up with him and see where his career has taken him in the few years since we had worked together. It was great o hear about all the great things he has been doing. We talked about family, music, raising children, new interesting opportunities, building community outside of work, and moving. We also talked about board games and card games, staying active in a community, randomly connecting to people, starting a band, and making time for hobbies, interests, children, family, and work all in a week and so much more!

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Jody Kunk-Czaplicki, Associate Judicial Administrator at Cornell University. Jody and I worked together at Cornell a few years ago, and we saw each other this summer and had a great time reconnecting. This conversation was really great and a wonderful time for the two of us. We talked about finding a voice, social messages, figuring out college, moving, family, mentoring, and building a home. We also talked about gardening, being present, parenting, building a strong relationship with a partner, pets, and a lot more!

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Welcome to another Wednesday morning with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Mitchelle Greenlee, who is an Assistant Resident Dean at Thurgood Marshall College at UC San Diego. Mitchelle and I have known each other for a good number of years, and it was really great to get to spend some time with her and chat about some things that we don’t always talk about when we are hanging out. We spent some time talking about growing up in the Midwest, student activism, figuring out college as a first generation student, moving with a partner, exploring new parts of the country, changing graduate programs, and the changes that happen when you stay in a position for a long time. We also talked about being an involved parent, and how that can open up a lot of fun new opportunities, volleyball, the beach, girl scouts, music, supporting local businesses, and a lot more!

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sit down with Brian McDonald, Director of New Student Orientation and Parent Programs as Rutgers University. Brian and I met up at San Diego Comic Con, where he was presenting a panel with past guest Alfred Day, and he was really excited about doing an episode of the podcast. I know Brian was coming off of orientation and gearing up for the start of the year, so it was really awesome of him to take the time to chat! We talked about music, tattoos, rebelliousness, leadership mishaps, mentoring, family, and healing. We also talked about martial arts, comics, movies, rejuvenating, masculinity, and a lot more!

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Samantha Golden, who works at Western Washington in residence life, and we had a great time catching up. We met a few years ago at the Social Justice Training Institute, and its been a lot of fun to chat about Sam’s various work and positions. We also talked about values, music, involvement, curriosity, moving, finding a new place to call home, One Class At A Time, and family. In addition, we talked about Dr. Who, TV, music, coffee, adventures, traveling, friends, and much much more!

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Todays guest is Alfred Day, Director of Residential Experiences at Saint Mary’s College of California. Alfred and I met at San Diego Comic Con, where Alfred was presenting a GeekEd Panel. We talked about the podcast and a few other things, and I am really excited about the conversation we got to have. We talked about growing up in a small town, seeing movies, comic books, Semester at Sea, mentors, support networks, acting, and taking time off. We also talked about comedy (we talked A LOT about comedy) improv, stand up, movies, Comic Con, GeekEd, bystander training, race, taboos in student affairs, vulnerability, and a lot more!

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Welcome to another Wednesday episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES.

Today I had the chance to chat with Lorena Marquez, the coordinator for the Cesar E. Chavez Center for Higher Education at Cal Poly Pamona. Lorena and I have been talking about doing an interview for the podcast since before the podcast began, so it was great to finally be able to get our schedules to line up and have a chat! We talked about familial expectations, commuting, Lorena’s triangle of work, mentoring, new opportunities, moving, social justice, and stepping out of one’s comfort zone. We also talked about running, yoga, pets, music, vulnerability, connection, friends, and a great deal more!

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES, the podcast for, by, and about student affairs!

Today I had the chance to chat with Eric Felix, who is an admissions counselor at the University of San Diego, and also a Doctoral Student at the University of Southern California. Eric and I have actually recorded two other full length interviews, but they were both lost to computer issues, and Eric was gracious enough to keep letting me come back to his office and asking him about his life again. I really appreciate his patience. We had a great time talking about growing up in Anaheim, building community at the local library, reading, incentives, choosing a college, living on campus, greek life, falling into a career in student affairs, and mentors. We also talked about running, being married, decision making and its changes with relationships, commuting between school and work, getting back into homework and school, thinking, and a whole lot more!

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

Today I sat down with Rachel Luna, who is the Assistant Director for the Center for Student Involvement at University of the Pacific. Rachel was a guest on the LIVE LIFE WORK BALANCES episode recorded at ACPA this year, and it was really awesome to get to spend some time with her by herself and get to learn a bit more about the great work she is doing. We talked about trying new things, tee ball, learning and diving in deep to new subjects, multiracial identity, journalism, story telling, leadership positions, picking a graduate school, and mentors. We also talked about caring for introverts, pets and specifically dogs, CAL football, social media, working out, pushing comfort zones, setting boundaries, softball and a lot more!

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to sit down with Ardith Feroglia, who is an academic advisor at Clark College. We connected over twitter, where Ardith is rather active, and had a great time chatting and getting to know each other. We talked about playing music, and taking it up as a major, dancing, finance, changing careers, finding fit, fielding offers for positions, and finishing a degree while working. We also talked about cross-fit, fitness in general, building community, weather, reading, relationships, travel, crowd sourcing, and a lot more!

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