Author Archives: mprest13

There was this moment and it honestly should not have been a big deal, but it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was in the airport. I was traveling to some academic conference and I was in the lobby area. It was a busy airport, and I was listening to my iPod (givesContinue reading “Day 22 – Thoughts on Higher Ed Imposter Syndrome – #100DaysofHigherEd”

I have a unique position in higher education. As many of you know I work in a space where I need to piece together projects that often require, I work with multiple departments with different foci and missions. This is on top of working with external partnerships and we have three universities in our Consortium.Continue reading “Day 21 – Are You Administration or Faculty or Student Affairs? – #100DaysofHigherEd”

I have been thinking a lot about friendships and connections. The COVID Crisis has made it so many of us have not seen our friends for over a year now and connections is almost exclusively via text, zoom, or social media. Variants, spring surges, and relaxing restrictions aside we all know that the light isContinue reading “Day 20 – The Types of Higher Ed Friendships and what do they mean? – #100DaysofHigherEd”

In higher education we love our swag. The polos, the stress balls, I do not think I have purposely purchased an ink pen since Prince’s 1999 was about the future. And the swag comes from everywhere, and there are categories, more on that later. But this post is bout my favorite piece of swag andContinue reading “Day 19 – What is my Favorite Article of Higher Ed Swag or Clothing – #100DaysofHigherEd”

Back to the issue of time management. Here is the problem with time management. In many respects time is usually managed by those who have placed deadlines upon you in generally arbitrary ways. Also, there is a sense from outside forces that time is something that can be allocated by others without any real understandingContinue reading “Day 18 – The Difference between Urgent and Important in Higher Education – #100DaysofHigherEd”

It is not going to be long now. Soon enough we will all pile into ballrooms and convention centers, remove our masks, and begin conventioning again. And I use the term conventioning because I believe it is a verb of sorts. The act of attending convention. And I LOVE a good convention. Every year IContinue reading “Day 17 – Higher Ed Conferences – #100DaysofHigherEd”

This topic is one I have written on multiple times so I thought I would reduce the volume of garbage in Higher Education by repurposing a blog post I wrote five years ago with some updated information and ideas. So, enjoy! It was a symbol of excess and waste in 1980s New York City. TheContinue reading “Day 16 – On Reducing Volume of Garbage in Higher Ed – #100DaysofHigherEd”

I am 48 years old. While that is by no means old, it is about halfway, career wise. I began working full-time professionally at 24 years old. That means I have 24 years in the game. I plan to retire in my mid-60s just like the stereotype is and move to Florida and like inContinue reading “Day 15 – Three Things I want out of the rest of my Higher Ed Experience – #100DaysofHigherEd”

Today’s subject is going to be fun! And I remember every moment of why this is the song that reminds me of my college days. I graduated from college at East Carolina in 1995. It was a magical time for me. My whole life was ahead of me, I was really killing it in school,Continue reading “Day 14 – A Song That Reminds me of a Time and Place in College – #100DaysofHigherEd”

So, what is my college team? I get this question asked quite often because I have worked for several universities, attended a number, and just like a few more. College is a great place to make a career. From the campus traditions to the classroom, to the not so fun times there is so muchContinue reading “Day 13 – How do I answer the question, what is my favorite college team? – #100DaysofHigherEd”