The SACSA Podcast

Join us for The First Five Years where your hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss this critical period in the life of a student affairs professional. In this episode, Agassy and Erica wrap the mess that was 2020 and find a couple of moments of sunshine in all of this.

Join Dr. Michelle Boettcher for SACSA's SA Today. Michelle discusses the most pressing issues facing higher education with experts from around the southeast. In this episode, Michelle hosts Drs. Tiffany Davis and Ginny Jones Boss to discuss a special upcoming edition of the College Student Affairs Journal focused on scholarly practice in student affairs. The deadline for manuscript submissions in...

Check out The First Five Years where hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica discuss the challenges and opportunities of CARE and student support during the pandemics of 2020 with Lauren Moon of Vanderbilt.

Check out The First Five Years where hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica reconnect with their former Orientation Advisor, Mickey Howard of the University of Florida. Mickey shares about his current role managing marketing and communications and how that work has been impacted by t...

Check out The First Five Years where hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica welcome Austin Vick of Old Dominion University. Austin offers keen insight of the process of bringing students to campus during COVID-19.

Check out The First Five Years where your hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica welcome Caitlyn Walsh of the University of Kentucky. Caitlyn provides great insight on the experiences of student organizations and those who support them. She also makes a convicting case for Google Ana...

Check out The First Five Years where your hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica welcome Dr. Julie Owen. Julie shares how life has changed during this season, including the changed landscape for student learning and support. Keep an ear out for Julie's story about teaching a student...

Check out The First Five Years where your hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica welcome Jackie Alexander, the Director of Student Media at UAB. Jackie kicks off a new series for TFFY by discussing how the COVID pandemic has affected the work of student media on college campuses. Com...

Join Dr. Michelle Boettcher for SACSA's SA Today. Michelle discusses the most pressing issues facing higher education with experts from around the southeast. In this episode, Michelle extends the conversation on identity conscious supervision with Myles Surrett. Myles shares about lessons learned, mistakes made, and the toxicity of the word should.

Check out The First Five Years where your hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica welcome digital learning superstar Dr. Josie Ahlquist. Josie shares vital knowledge about making connections of meaning and discusses her recent book Digital Leadership in Higher Education: 
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Join Dr. Michelle Boettcher for SACSA's SA Today. Michelle discusses the most pressing issues facing higher education with experts from around the southeast. In this episode, Michelle continues the conversation on identity conscious supervision with Dr. Tanisha Jenkins who currently serves as the Director of Multicultural Student Life at the U. of Tennessee at Knoxville and is a former President o...

Check out The First Five Years where your hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica welcome Laetitia Adelson, Coordinator for First Generation and Scholars Program at the University of Georgia. Laetitia shares about the process of starting a podcast and how she works to stay authentic o...

Join Dr. Michelle Boettcher for SACSA’s higher education current affairs interview podcast, SA Today. Michelle discusses the most pressing issues facing higher education with experts from around the southeast. In this episode of SA Today, Michelle is joined by Robert Brown, Shruti Desai, and Craig Elliot, the authors of the recently published book Identity-Conscious Supervision in Student Affairs:...

Check out The First Five Years where your hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica welcome Biana Quiñones, Program Director for Hispanic/Latinx Affairs at the University of Florida. Bianca shares her approach to making real connections and talks about an innovative practice for maintai...

Join Dr. Michelle Boettcher for SACSA’s higher education current affairs interview podcast, SA Today. Michelle discusses the most pressing issues facing higher education with experts from around the southeast. In this episode of SA Today, we are joined by Quincy Hall. Quincy shares about advocacy at a changing University of Alabama and the call to social justice work.

Check out The First Five Years where your hosts Erica Aguiar and Agassy Rodriguez discuss the critical moments of this formative time in a student affairs career. In this episode, Agassy and Erica welcome former SACSA President and Distinguished Alumni Professor of Education at Clemson University, Dr. Tony Cawthon. Erica, Tony, and Agassy discuss how to make lasting connections during your graduat...

Join Dr. Michelle Boettcher for SACSA’s higher education current affairs interview podcast, SA Today. Michelle discusses the most pressing issues facing higher education with experts from around the southeast. In this episode of SA Today, we are joined by Ibrahim Bicak and Zach Taylor. Ibrahim and Zach recently published an article in the College Student Affairs Journal titled “First-generation co...

In episode 8 of The First Five Years, we are joined by Dr. Anthony DeSantis who serves as the Assistant Vice President, Biscayne Bay Campus for the Division of Academic & Student Affairs at Florida International University. Dr. DeSantis, known to many students as Papa D, shares wisdom on how to connect with others on campus in lasting ways.

In episode seven of SA Today, we are fortunate to be joined by Dr. Kimberly Thornton of Texas Tech University. Dr. Thornton shares about the Red Raider Food Pantry and its operations during the pandemic.

In episode 7 of The First Five Years, we start a series on how to build genuine networks in student affairs. Networking to many seems like an abstract nightmare of talking to strangers. Here, we hope to deconstruct that idea of networking and talk through manageable ways to find support in the field. We started with Dr. Matt Clifford of Wake Forest University and strategies for how to find a genui...

In episode six, we are joined by The First Five Years co-host Erica Aguiar. Michelle discusses with Erica her work at the University of Florida with the Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Program.

In episode 6, we conclude our SA Moments series with stories from Bri Price, Dr. Susan Komives, and Lin Chun. We want to share that we recorded this episode before the latest instances of violence and police brutality in our country. In this episode we discuss student activism and supporting students of color. Thank you in advance for your engagement with these topics. Black Lives Matter, now and...

On Episode 4 of SA Today, we are joined the Drs. Mary Alice and Matt Varga of the University of West Georgia. The Drs Varga share about balancing their new "co-workers" aka parenting and work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In episode 5, we are joined by Jessica Wiggins of Jacksonville State and Robyn Sanderson of Anderson University to discuss the balance of work as a student affairs practitioner with parenting during COVID-19.

In episode 5, the First Five Years team continues to find amazing SA Moments from around SACSA. In this one, we are joined by SACSA President Jason Cassidy who shares about a redemptive student conduct case. SACSA Vice President Fred Tugas joins and talks about the meaning of a student union renovation project. And, Mississippi State's Beca Spencer tells about an unlikely Homecoming King. Can't wa...