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

Today I sat down to chat with RJ Holmes-Leopold. RJ is the director of the career engagement center at Cornell College, and we had a great time learning a bit more about each other since, although we know a lot of similar people, we had never had the chance to meet. We talked about sports, gifted and talented programs, ESL, being involved in student government, small colleges, connecting with administrators, and working toward values. We also talked about pets, partners, taking a break, writing a dissertation, running, exercising, being a visible staff members, reality television, and the changes in priorities that happen over the course of a year on a college campus.

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to sit down with Craig Elliot, who is the Assistant Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services at Samuel Merritt University. I was lucky enough to meet Craig through past guest and friend becky martinez at this year’s ACPA conference, and it was really awesome to learn more about him and hear his awesome story. We had a great time talking about kids, growing up in California, sports, working in residence life, moving across the country, returning to one’s alma matter, office culture, and deciding on careers around raising a family. We also talked about coaching kids teams, staying involved in playing sports, community involvement, making nights in a family process, mornings, story time, the value of life and family, and a whole lot more.

NOTE: We had a bunch of different tech issues over the course of recording this interview. The first 20 minutes have a bit of static, and there are a few awkward pauses where skype hung up on us. I still think the conversation was great, but the quality of the recording is not at the normal standard. I think its still worth listening to, so please bare with me.

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Welcome to another Wednesday morning and a new episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES.

Today I had the chance to interview Wimer Alberto. Wimer works at Binghamton University in residence life, and is pretty darn popular on social media. We met (in person) at ACPA in Las Vegas, and we were able to make some time to have a nice chat. We talked about music, family, how we choose to spend our financial aid money, sustaining relationships, social media presence, learning how to be a good professional, values, and MOOC’s. We also talked about communication, making long drives to see family, friends, and partners, making connections, utilizing social media as a community building tool, Zite, 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 to chat with Peter Maribel, who is a PhD student at the University of San Diego who works in their Global Center. I’ve gotten to know Peter of the past year, and hearing bits of his story and seeing is scholarship I really wanted to hear  how it all comes together and makes up his experience so far. I enjoyed every moment of it, and I am sure you will too. We talked about growing up in Kenya, using one’s imagination, getting involved in student parliament, traveling, faith, community building, feeling called to change careers, computers, and starting a family. We also spoke out getting outside and exploring, hiking, finding commonality, learning about new places, playing with Peter’s new child and partner, seeing Los Angeles, and much more!

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

Today I had the opportunity to chat with Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington, who is the president of the Washington Consulting Group, a founding faculty of the Social Justice Training Institute, and Assistant Pastor at Unity Fellowship Church of Baltimore. It was really wonderful to chat with Jamie, and I love every time that I get to spend chatting with Jamie. We talked about growing up in Philadelphia, where Jamie started his journey into music, faith, community, tailoring, consulting, and moving up through student affairs. We also talked about taking what Jamie calls sabbath weeks, taking walks and exercising, staying connected to family and friends, taking time off of work, things that look like work that are also re-energizing, grilling, working to live authentically, and walking our own talk.

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Welcome to another Wednesday morning with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Jess Pettit, a consultant doing social justice education at colleges and universities. Jess and I connected this year at ACPA, and we were able to get together to chat about how Jess got to where she is now. We have a lot of conversations about visual things, which I try my best to describe as we talk about them, but I will link a few of them for pictures when more appropriate. We talked about growing up in Texas, obsession, being a black sheep, telling jokes, politics, getting fired, the Peace Corps, and branching out to consulting. We also talked about pets, shoe shopping, making scarfs, writing, editing, music, sleeping, the complexities of owning ones own business, and watching The Voice.

The shoes we talk about are HERE, and HERE is Jess wearing them.

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

Today I sat down with Jonathan Poullard, who is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at the University of California at Berkeley. We connected at ACPA in Las Vegas, and after a few schedule changes, colds, and technology hang ups we were able to have a fantastic conversation, so it was worth the wait. We talked about involvement, sports, funding college,  being in a military family, student government, building a campus culture, and changing perspectives in campus culture. We also talked about separating identity from job title, spirituality and its connecting us to others, traveling, maintaining a long distance partner relationship, yoga, dancing, and the importance of family.

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Welcome to another Wednesday morning with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

This week I sat down with Maura Cullen, who is an educational consultant focusing on diversity and social justice at colleges, universities, and businesses. Maura is also one of the founding faculty members of the Social Justice Training Institute with past guests Kathy Obear, Vernon Wall as well as Jamie Washington, and the author of the book 35 Dumb Things Well Intended People Say. We connected at ACPA, and it was great to chat with Maura about her work and her passions. We talked about designing board games, coming out, writing books, working through a PhD, moving into the consulting world, and founding SJTI. We also talked about staying fit, eating healthy, writing projects, the joys of doing nothing with a day off, and the importance of a supportive partner relationship.

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

Today we have another grad student bonus episode, featuring a great chat with Dustin Ramsdell, who is finishing up his first year in the Student Affairs program at Rutgers University. Dustin was in the audience for the LIVE LIFE WORK BALANCES at ACPA, and reached out to me a few weeks ago to do his own episode. We had a great time chatting about nerdy stuff, student involvement and student leadership positions, deciding on a career and a grad school, and acting intentionally. We also talked about TV shows with good character development, exercising, eating healthily, listening to podcasts,

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Hi Everyone, and welcome to antoher Wednesday and another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Amjad Abdo, who is a program coordinator at the Texas A&M Campus in Qatar. We caught up at this years ACPA convention in Las Vegas, and once we got home and settled back in we made some time to chat, and it was a lot of fun. We talked about moving at a child and expereincing new places, school, trying to find a job post graduation, learning a lot from the choices we make, and how sometimes great opportunities come along when we least expect them. We also talked about starting a family (Amjad’s daughter makes a guest appearance in our chat), and staying close to family, traveling, watching movies, and figuring out what to do living in new places.

NOTE: At about 18 minutes there is a pause in the conversation, which I put some audio over to explain.

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