I'm going to try to update this on Fridays from now on, so that I can more easily reflect back on each week. So this is the only week that I will have two posts.
I just finished up an interesting conversation with two co-workers about the Millennial generation...quite reflective of a reading I used in my Student Affairs Functional Area paper, which noted that this generation tends to have somewhat of a sense of self-entitlement (Swanson, 2006). These two co-workers experienced this phenomenon separately today with students, and I thought this illustrated Swanson's notion that this generation can sometimes present new and unique challenges to advisors and other academic professionals.
This week I had a couple of difficult but productive meetings with students...it can be challenging to explain to students that their plans may not be realistic when they come in all excited about their new ideas. I love this job because I love helping students figure out how to pursue their interests and how to map out the beginnings of their academic career, but it can be tough to lay out the drawbacks (or impossibilities in some cases, like for students who decide too late that they want to apply to the college of business but have not taken the econ requirements).
I did a little marketing this week. Our lobby serves as an art gallery, and I met with the student committee in charge of the gallery about gathering student artwork for this semester. I'm working with another advisor to advertise our call for submissions, and we will eventually review all of the work and select new works to be displayed. This is a great way for students to receive recognition for their work, since so many students visit the advising center each day.
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