Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Now before you protest celebrating this day because it’s “commercial or stupid,” I want to point out that I have been single on literally every single Valentine’s Day of my...
As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am getting my Master’s degree. It was a somewhat impulsive decision with regard to the timing. But I always knew that I would seek an education...
When you hear the word, “diversity,” what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Race? Ethnicity? Gender? Age? These are usually the most popular terms that come to many people’s mind,s and...
One of the many theories I came across in my first year of graduate school is the “crystallized self” theory. In a nutshell, the theory asserts that different situations bring about different selves that...
In a perfect world, you’d probably love your job, your boss, and your co-workers. Alas, we don’t live in a perfect world. With difficult jobs, sometimes you just have to take them to pay...
It’s May! Yay! Who’s excited? This girl and just about everyone else in the Western Hemisphere. May is the month when we tired of any coldish weather; if you’re in school – the break...
Generation Y gets a lot of heat from prior generations with regard to how we work. The word “entitlement” often gets used. As does, overconfident, uncommitted, and a plethora of other negatives. To our credit,...
Lindsay Avner is the founder of Be Bright Pink, the only national non-profit focusing on the prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer in young women, while providing support for high-risk individuals....
HAPPY APRIL 1st! April 1st of course is April Fool’s Day so hopefully some of you have some awesome pranks in store! Other than beginning this month in jest, I like to think of...
Networking can be really tough. After taking a six-month hiatus away from most organized networking events, I’ve got back into the swing of things in the last month. Initially, I was a little rusty. Like any...