Welcome
My name is Leslie Meyer and I will soon be graduating with my master's degree in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University. It is with great excitement and anticipation that I prepare to enter the student affairs field as a full-time professional. It will truly be a dream come true! I have over twenty years of experience as a professional with specific knowledge and skills in higher education and student affairs, teaching, sales and marketing, customer service, office administration, presenting to large and small groups, supervising/managing staff, event planning, and writing publications for a variety of audiences.
When I made the decision to leave my full-time career to pursue a master's degree, it was a giant leap of faith. Looking back on it now, I couldn't have imagined the challenges I would face, but I have no regrets. I have grown tremendously as both a person and a professional throughout my graduate school experience. And I absolutely love connecting with students! My energy, enthusiasm, and positive attitude are evident in everything I do. Coaching, motivating, and encouraging students to pursue their dreams is what I am most passionate about. Working in an environment where I feel my contributions will make a difference and having the opportunity to take on new challenges are also important.
When I made the decision to leave my full-time career to pursue a master's degree, it was a giant leap of faith. Looking back on it now, I couldn't have imagined the challenges I would face, but I have no regrets. I have grown tremendously as both a person and a professional throughout my graduate school experience. And I absolutely love connecting with students! My energy, enthusiasm, and positive attitude are evident in everything I do. Coaching, motivating, and encouraging students to pursue their dreams is what I am most passionate about. Working in an environment where I feel my contributions will make a difference and having the opportunity to take on new challenges are also important.
The Importance of Dreaming Big
People like children's book author, Dallas Clayton inspire me. He wrote An Awesome Book for his son, a children’s book about the importance of having big, fantastic, wild, unbelievable dreams no matter what your age. Clayton’s big, fantastic dream was to write a children’s book, but no one he pitched the book to agreed to help him publish it. Initially, he published the book himself, put it online, and the book kept selling. People all over the world wrote him letters telling him how much he had inspired them. Then, he started traveling the country reading his books to children and adults in schools, hospitals, bookstores, and libraries. Recently, Harper Collins called and told him they wanted to rerelease the book and help him take his message to millions of people. Clayton thinks that life is about dreaming, sharing ideas, inspiring people, and making the world a better place. As a student affairs professional, I believe that we have the opportunity to do just that in our everyday work with students.
What if, instead of going to work, you got so good at practicing what you love to do that you figured out a way to make it your job and then every single day you woke up and someone, somewhere, paid you - just to keep practicing. Do as many things as you can until you find something that makes you happy. Then, figure out a way to do that thing all the time. Money and everything else will come accordingly.
- from Dallas Clayton
Check out the interview with Dallas by clicking on the link below.
What if, instead of going to work, you got so good at practicing what you love to do that you figured out a way to make it your job and then every single day you woke up and someone, somewhere, paid you - just to keep practicing. Do as many things as you can until you find something that makes you happy. Then, figure out a way to do that thing all the time. Money and everything else will come accordingly.
- from Dallas Clayton
Check out the interview with Dallas by clicking on the link below.