Why Community? Vacation Without Going Anywhere
Last week, I talked about one huge benefit of communities is the brainstorming ability. But there’s a thousand and one reasons communities are great, so let’s explore another. Communities give you those mini vacations you need to get through stress, work, and life. Take a moment and imagine your college career without the social aspect. […]
Why Community? Brainstorming
We talk a lot about building great communities, but what about why we love communities in the first place? While I was trying to come up with a perfect topic for today’s blog post, I had the idea to go ask someone in our coworking space to help me brainstorm a post idea around communities. And […]
3 Ways to Use Geek Culture to Build Campus Community
You remember Dustin, a past intern? Well, he’s a rising student affairs star now, working at Husson University in Maine, and an avid blogger. He is also still very much involved in Swift Kick projects still. We love Dustin. Anyway, he wrote this awesome blog post connecting the “comic con” and “geek” cultures to student […]
That One Time BuzzFeed’s Opinion on College Made Me Angry
Hi friends! Sabina here, Community Manager of Swift Kick 🙂 A couple of months ago, Buzzfeed put up this post called 15 Things College Never Taught You About Life After Graduation. Most of it is about how college doesn’t really teach you about paying taxes, how to cope with the real world, and other things […]
Yes, You Can Have Positive Experiences with School Administration
Imagine how they feel having to tell you that…As the school year fast approaches, many of you student leaders are probably already working with the administrators and student affairs people at your college to get programs and projects running. Anyone who has ever been a student leader knows that it can be frustrating trying to […]
Emory U Suspends Fraternity for “Fight Club” Activities
Warning: this post breaks the first rule of Fight Club. Apparently, so did some Emory University students when they came forward about some suspicious fraternity activity on their campus. Phi Delta Theta pledges were forced to eat unusual amounts of non-food items and sleep on the hard floor in the basement of the house in […]
#YOLO Your Way into College?
In an apparent move to appeal to a new generation, Tufts University is including the following question as one of the essay options on their college application: The ancient Romans started it when they coined the phrase “Carpe diem.” Jonathan Larson proclaimed “No day but today!” and most recently, Drake explained You Only Live Once […]
How Not To Promote Your Campus Event on Twitter [IMAGE]
I, along with 100s of other people, received a Tweet from the above Twitter account letting me know about an upcoming event happening at KSU. Here’s what’s wrong with it and why you shouldn’t do your marketing like this… Irrelevant – I don’t go to KSU. I’m nowhere near KSU. I don’t know anyone at […]
What Student Affairs Professionals Do [IMAGE]
The internet continues to provide an endless flow of memes that are easily translated to every profession. From “Sh*t Student Affairs Professionals Say” to the latest shown below… Hat Tip to Felecia George and Sandi Pope for sharing this one with us.
Target’s Shameful College Marketing Fail [IMAGE]
Every year big box retails host large “back to school” marketing campaigns to drive sales. In a slap to the face of higher education goals, Target’s using its national brand to promote “beer pong” equipment as essential college gear. We’re joining Cindy Kane and Jeff Jackson in using this blog as a platform to protest […]