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The Basics of Landing a Student Development Job: Saving Yourself from the “NO” Pile
Having participated in many candidate evaluations for various positions at our college, I have been struck by the wide spectrum of skills displayed ...
Commitment on a Coffee Cup
Just across the street from North Park University, a university nestled calmly in a richly diverse Chicago neighborhood, there is a Starbucks. And ...
Sacred Calling on the State’s Turf
I maintain some contact with colleagues at my Christian alma mater. Every year former mentors connect me to graduate students who are curious about ...
ACSD New Professionals Collaborative: Mentoring Minute
The New Professionals Collaborative (NPC) of ACSD introduces the "Mentoring Minute." These short interviews are designed to provide ...
The President's Corner
By the time you receive this new online version of Koinonia, we will be enjoying (or have enjoyed) fellowship with colleagues and friends from near ...
Helping Students Transition into Adulthood
Before the late 1800’s people did not commonly recognize “adolescence” as a unique period of life. In some cultures, men and women as young ...
Summer 2009 Back Issue
Here you will find the summer 2009 back issue of Koinonia.
Winter 2010 Archived Issue
Read the Winter 2010 Archived Issue. In this issue BEST PRACTICES FEATURES * 5 Life on Life Learning: Steps Towards Authentic Mentoring ...
Moving from Conversation to Action: The Importance of Diverse Communities in Christian Higher Education
The world that we live in is changing and it would behoove us as educators and administrators to not only understand but move to embrace many of the ...
Integrating Spirituality in Student Leadership Involvement
Student leadership positions are not new aspects of higher education. For years, students have been given opportunities to lead their college ...
REVIEW: Manifesting James Davison Hunter’s Concept of “Faithful Presence” in Student Affairs Professions
James Davison Hunter’s new book, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (2010, Oxford), ...
Residence Life: Living in Community
Matins. Lauds. Prime. Terce. Sext. None. Vespers. Compline. Those words mean little to most contemporary ears. In a world that is all but stripped ...
Sacred Calling on the State’s Turf – Part II
God’s priority is for people to know Him, but how can they know Him if they haven’t seen and heard the Gospel? Knowing God’s heart as I see it ...
Silent Pain: A Story of Transcendence from Abuse
Not many experiences in my life compare to the experience of sharing with another person deep wounds from the past. Through these experiences I ...
The Cost of Higher (and Higher) Education
I am convicted by the state of higher education. Not upset, not worried, nor concerned. Convicted. And not just regarding higher education in ...
The Effect of Videogames on Student Achievement
In the past few decades, interactive electronic media has grown from virtual non-existence to one of the primary means of entertainment for college ...
The First-Year Experience
According to Hunter and Murray (2007), “[o]ver the past twenty-five years, increased attention has been devoted to the challenges students face as ...
The Senior Year Experience
There is a great myth that all seniors are ready for graduation and their impending transitions into careers or graduate education. A student’s ...
Mentoring in Higher Education and Student Development
The university student has been learning inside the classroom since the beginning of higher education. There is no question that a student’s mind ...
The New Professionals’ Collaborative (NPC) Mentoring Minute: Edee Schulze
The New Professionals’ Collaborative (NPC) Mentoring Minute: Edee Schulze Edee serves as the Vice President of Student Life at Bethel ...
Cultivating the Sweet Spot in Your Staff Relationships through Coaching: A Model of Student Staff Supervision By Sarah Jobson How do you manage a new resident advisor staff? Is your style to be the “friend” or “supervisor”? Have you ever had to handle
How do you manage a new resident advisor staff? Is your style to be the “friend” or “supervisor”? Have you ever had to handle a difficult ...
Working With Undocumented Students
Working with Undocumented Students By Joel Perez Introduction Many of us are familiar with the national political debate ...
A Three-Year Degree as a Trend in Higher Education
A Three-Year Degree as a Trend in Higher Education By Maria Tsuleff Introduction ...
Reentry: Maximizing Student Learning
Reentry: Maximizing Student Learning By Jessica Fankhauser Introduction &...
Looking Back to Go Forward
Looking Back to Go Forward By Rick Zomer As this spring semester draws to a close, a new group of students is preparing to leave ...
An Interview With George Yancey
An Interview with George Yancey Conducted and transcribed by Joshua Canada Author and scholar George Yancey has been an important voice in the ...
A Book Review of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men By Michael Kimmel Reviewed by Josiah Hatfield &nb...
A Book Review of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture By Peggy Orenstein Reviewed by Laura B. McGrath ...
Connecting the Book Reviews of Guyland and Cinderella Ate My Daughter
Connecting the Book Reviews of Guyland and Cinderella Ate My Daughter A Conversation between book reviewers Laura McGrath and Josiah ...