Dec 25, 2025
Dr. Jill Creighton and Dr. Christopher Lewis talk about the past season and the holidays as they prepare for a short break and then the end of Season 13.
TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:02]:
Welcome to Student Affairs Voices from the Field, the podcast where
we share your student affairs stories from fresh perspectives to
seasoned experts brought to you by naspa. We curate free and
accessible professional development for higher ed pros wherever you
happen to be. This is season 13 on the value of student affairs.
I'm Dr. Jill Creighton. She her hers Your essay Voices from the
Field Host.
Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:27]:
Happy end of 2025.
Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:00:28]:
Chris Happy end of 2025. It's been a great 2025 thus far. I know
we've got a maybe another week or so left in it. We'll see what
happens over the next week. But happy holidays to you and your
family and friends.
Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:41]:
And to yours as well. I hope everyone in Michigan is doing well in
the snow and staying warm. It's just a much colder climate than
I've ever lived in, so I know you must have the best coats.
Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:00:52]:
We do have good coats, but I will say I have been to London at New
Year's and dang cold. So though you may not have the snow, you
definitely have the cold weather.
Dr. Jill Creighton [00:01:02]:
Oh my gosh, I'm freezing here all the time because it's so humid
even when it's really cold. But we hope that everyone is enjoying a
calm holiday season with your loved ones. This year we're going to
do something a little bit different with the break in the past.
We've been done with our fall season, but we wanted to make sure
that we are bringing you continual episodes as best we can. So
instead we're gonna take the next two weeks off. So we won't drop
one on Christmas Day, we won't drop one on New Year's Day, but our
last two episodes will come out the following two Thursdays in
January, and then we'll take our break between seasons at the end
of January with hopes that we're bringing you our next season in
early February.
Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:01:42]:
Looking forward to coming back. We got these final episodes are
really powerful ones, so I really encourage you to take a listen
once they come back. It'll be a great way to start the new
year.
Dr. Jill Creighton [00:01:52]:
And one of our lovely guests will be a current college president
who came up through Student affairs, which I always think is a
fantastic story for us to learn from and kind of hear the
perspectives on higher education from various places in people's
careers. The other episode coming your way is all about public
policy and higher education. We know that this has been a super
funky two years of policy shifts and we're going to be bringing on
our incredible chair of the Public Policy division, James Tiger and
Diana Ali, who works with NASPA in Public Policy Perspectives. So
look forward to those two drops coming in January. In the meantime,
we wish you and yours a very warm and renewing break and start to
your 26. We'll see you next year.
Dr. Jill Creighton [00:02:41]:
This has been an episode of Essay Voices from the Field brought to
you by naspa. This show is made possible because of you, the
listeners. We continue to be so grateful that you choose to spend
your time with us. If you'd like to reach the show, you can email
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Dr. Jill Creighton [00:03:11]:
It really does help other student affairs professionals find the
show and helps us to become more visible in the larger podcasting
community. This episode was produced and hosted by Dr. Jill
Creighton. That's me, produced and audio engineered by Dr. Chris
Lewis. Special thanks to the University of Michigan, Flint for your
support as we create this project. Catch you next time.