SXSW: Day 3 – Work, Work, Work

SXSW: Day 3 – Work, Work, Work

For the third day of SXSW I found myself in more work/career-related sessions. Instead of focusing on the individual level, like the sessions I attended yesterday, today’s sessions tended to focus at the organization-level. I cam away with a lot of good ideas....
SXSW: Day 2 – Getting Personal and Productive

SXSW: Day 2 – Getting Personal and Productive

For the second full day of South by Southwest, I chose to focus on sessions that focused on individuals and their careers, rather than office work. I’ll admit, part of this was weather related. It is rainy and chilly here (for Texas), and my thinking was that...
SXSW: Day 1 – Thinking Real-Time and Planning for the Future

SXSW: Day 1 – Thinking Real-Time and Planning for the Future

Today was the first full-day of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. As always, the conference this year is big – huge actually. The toughest element can be deciding which presentations to see. Last year I made the mistake of...
Rose Bowl 2014: What You Didn’t See on TV

Rose Bowl 2014: What You Didn’t See on TV

I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to California to see our Spartans play in the Rose Bowl. Seeing the Spartans play in the Rose Bowl in person, and seeing the Rose Parade, have both been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. I grew up watching the...
CGS 53rd Annual Meeting Resource Guide

CGS 53rd Annual Meeting Resource Guide

Engaging Social Media to Improve Graduate School Services On December 4, 2013, Karen Klomparens, Associate Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School at Michigan State University, and Karen DePauw, Vice President and Dean of Graduate Education at...