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Taking the #StollerCoaster on the road
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I’ve spent almost 7 years in Oregon. However, it is now time for me to pack up and take a massive road trip across the entire US. The “Stoller Coaster” comes from a tweet from Chris Conzon. He was suggesting a name for my IHE blog and I’ve used “#StollerCoaster” as a Twitter hashtag to describe my consulting adventures.
I’m moving to Columbia, South Carolina in May. The epic road trip (as seen in the map above) will take several days. Why am I moving? I fell in love!
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My last day at Oregon State University (OSU) is September 30th. I think it’s fitting as my first day at OSU was also in September. Six years ago I moved out to Oregon from Chicago, IL. It was a tremendous life transition. I had been working at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the decision to leave UIC/Chicago was a big one for a young professional from the Midwest.
When I first started looking at graduate programs in higher education/student affairs I had no idea that I would end up moving to Oregon. I remember checking up on about 5 or 6 programs. I kept coming back to OSU as my first choice. Eventually, I decided to apply for the College Student Services Administration (CSSA) program at OSU. It was the only grad program that I submitted an application to. In hindsight, I probably should have applied to more than one school just in case OSU didn’t accept me. However, sometimes you have to put all of your eggs in a single basket and hope for the best. Concentrating on a single application made my process extremely focused. I was going to get into grad school at Oregon State. There wasn’t a “plan B.”
