Hey Upperclassman! A Psychology Fact That Might Make You the Best Leader Ever
It has been found that feelings of power are indirectly related to empathy. In other words, if you feel like you have power over a situation, your brain is less likely to turn on its empathy capacities. You are less likely to relate to other people with power than when you are feeling powerless. (Full […]
BIG NEWS: Announcing NOVEMBER 7TH, 2013 as International Student #FreeHugs Day!
IMAGE FILE NO LONGER AVAILABLE That’s right, on November 7th, the whole world will hug their worries away. (Or worry some people because we are all standing around with #FREEHUGS signs but, hey, at least we made them look.) We are extra excited because this year because your free hugs campaign can also help you […]
Student Leader Spotlight: Dan Wright (Midland College)
School and Year: Midland College, Sophomore Major: Education with emphasis on government Leadership position: President of Midland College’s Student Government Association , Gives tours of Midland College, very involved with Student activities for planning orientation, President of (TJCSGA) Texas Junior College Student Government Association We had the pleasure of having a phone call with this […]
Student Leader Spotlight – Conner James Park (Penn State)
School and year: Penn State University, ’16 Major: Civil Engineering Leadership position: President of the Student Government Association How do you define leadership? Leadership, to me, is being someone that people can go to in a time of need. Being someone that everyone will look up to and strive to be like. Leadership is responsibility, courage, trust, […]
Always Saying Yes: The Safer Option?
This article by Guy Kawasaki is a little hard to wrap your head around at first, but his point is worth entertaining. Basically, especially in the beginning of a relationship, it is always better to say YES instead of NO. He says that once you say no, you’re at a dead end, that no other […]
College Student Loan Rates Debate Divides Democrats in the Senate
Some Democrats in the Senate either voted against or voted to filibuster the bill that would reverse the rise in student loan interest rates. It was surprising to happen upon this article today, because usually one expects the Democrats to protect students from raising loan interest rates. Turns out that Democrats are showing disagreement in […]
Random Acts on Campus
Sometimes it’s the actions where we expect nothing in return that give the greatest value. Jennifer Foster of Florence, AZ was visiting Times Square with her husband on Nov. 14 when they saw a shoeless man asking for change. She writes, “Right when I was about to approach, one of your officers came up behind […]
Help Move the Herd to NOLA
Guest post by Joe Ginese, Director, Center for Student Involvement at Nichols College (MA). “Would anyone be interested in an alternative spring break trip?” The crowd mumbles with a sense of excitement and curiosity. “It’d mean spending a week, perhaps in New Orleans, doing service like Habitat for Humanity or in soup kitchens in the […]
Can a Student Leader be too Involved?
Over the weekend, I watched the movie classic, Rushmore. For those unfamiliar, the basic plot is a hyper-involved high school student, Max, falls for a teacher while getting kicked out of school for bad grades and abuse of power. There’s a montage in the movie (see below) of all Max’s extracurricular activities that he’s either […]
5 Keys To Effective Group Decision Making for Student Leaders
Recently, I read “The Wisdom of Crowds*” by James Surowiecki, and it got me thinking about the countless number of times I’ve held student group decision-making discussions that I thought were great, but in reality, and based on the research in this book, were pointless groupthink. Deliberation in a groupthink setting has the disturbing effect […]