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Hello Nevada! — Events
Hello Nevada!! As we move into spring, not only we will begin to hear birds chirp and see blossoms bloom, but we will also hear politicians chirp and see them bloom in the news. The Nevada Issues committee has a legislative visit scheduled for Wednesday March 25th. If you are interested please contact me at…
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Presidential Pontifications with Peggy Hock
As I write this, I am awaiting the arrival of this year’s District Directions participants, the middle and high school counselors from the Vista Unified School District near San Diego. Of the many endeavors through which WACAC supports professionals who work with students in the transition to or between post-secondary institutions, this is the program…
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WACACast: FERPA, Having Tough Conversations and Avoiding Word Vomit
This week, Grant and Sam talk about the recent story out of Stanford where students are encouraging others to gain access to their admission files. Then they approach the tough conversations many admission counselors know and anxiously await when a denied student (or their parent) calls and the times when they have been denied things…
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NACAC Visits the White House
As we find ourselves in the middle of National School Counselor Week, February 2-6, it is a great time to celebrate members of our profession and the impact they have on students. As we know, much of the heroic work done is not on display, nor is it quantifiable. It is done through person to…
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Transfer Topics: It’s a Data-Driven World and We Just Click in It
If you’re reading this blog for the first time, welcome. And if you’ve read it before, welcome back. Whichever group you fall into, it’s a sure thing that somewhere on the interwebs, a data aggregator knows what pages you’ve clicked on to get here and is adding to the deluge of information about you that’s…
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Grad School Highlight: Accelerated Master’s Programs
The 4+ 1 Program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Claremont McKenna, 3+2 Engineering Program with Occidental College, Caltech and Columbia University and the Progressive Degree at the University of Southern California. These are just a few names that refer to the increasingly more popular academic programs that offer undergraduate students the opportunity to…
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A Day in the Life of a Job Coach: Happy New Job!
Around the time of my last blog in November, I started my annual search for articles on predictions and trends for the job market in 2015. Some trends are not surprising. I’ve already been advising clients and students on the importance of actively networking for new connections and opportunities, keeping their Linkedin profiles updated on…
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Beyond the Cubicle: Lessons from Graduation Day
It’s hard for me to believe that it has been 15 years since I graduated from high school, but as the years pass further along, one memory from my high school graduation resonates more than the others. My father, a high school teacher with over 40 years of experience in the classroom, and a man…
