In January of 2010, our campus opened the Bowld Commons, a space where residential students might gather and engage in activities ranging from sports to meetings. Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of teaching in the Bowld, gathering for GO Trip planning, engaging in conversations with students, and many other activities such as chili …
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A Listening Life
Meandering a little further down the road in this journey to define and explain relational equity, we discover a second destination in the book entitled The Listening Life by Adam McHugh where he discusses the importance of “assuming the listening posture of a servant. We speak volumes, but we listen in snippets.” Similar to the …
Whistles and Watches
If I were to pose the question to this audience about what images your mind conjures up when you think of starting a new school year, it is doubtful that the answer would be a stopwatch or a coach’s whistle; however, as a physical educator, these can be essential tools for managing the classroom environment. …
You Can Do Hard Things
by Gabby Morocco, 2019 Student Government Association President, Convocation Speech Gabby could never have known the research that is filling the binders in my office and the book notes folder on my computer when she wrote her speech. However, God used her to speak words that are so relevant for emerging adults and the challenges …
Bubble or a Greenhouse
Coming across a shared social media post by Marisa Boonstra, I was struck by the similarities between her perceptions on parenting and my thoughts on instructing emerging adults. It probably drew my eye even more because she used some of the key terms, such as cultivate and flourish, that have resonated again and again in …
Life Calling in Sports
Understanding that attending university is a time for emerging adults to explore their career options, I created this presentation as many sport management careers will not be high-profile jobs which exist in the limelight, yet this doesn't make those positions any less important. How can I, as a professor of these students, help them navigate …
Emerging Adults and Communication
Picture a sponge which appears to be saturated but still manages to absorb more. That is an adequate descriptor for myself and my insatiable desire for knowledge. This knowledge comes through various methods whether it is researching a geographic location for a new adventure, acquiring a new practical skill such as how to repair a …
Roaring Twenties
What image comes to mind when you see/hear the word roaring? Is your image related to the adjective and its definition of “making or uttering a loud, deep, or harsh prolonged sound” such as an engine or an animal? Maybe your thoughts conjure a business that is “lively and brisk” such as Starbucks on Union …
What is Emerging Adulthood and Why Does It Matter?
Early in my doctoral studies on support services for student athletes, I uncovered the term emerging adults coined by Jeff Arnett and truly feel that this is the best term to describe the college students I see on a daily basis. Arnett describes in Emerging Adulthood and Higher Education that emerging adulthood is “…the period …
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Order of Ingredients
No one will ever use the term cooking and Julie together in the same sentence; however, I am fairly adept at following a recipe, but the directions must be very specific and there cannot be any instructions such as “a dab of this” or “a pinch of that”, that is, if you want the item …
Flourishing @ Life 