Molly Mistretta, Ph.D

Professor of higher education & student affairs / burnout, secondary trauma, & compassion fatigue scholar / loves ice cream

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@_ROB_29 Ko

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@stribrooks I believe you can draw a thread from Traficant to Trump. Very popular with voters, sold themselves as champions for the underdog while lining their own pockets. Didn’t surprise me a bit that Traficant’s former district went for Trump.

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@Karnythia My 80 year old mother would love to downsize into a one floor condo or apartment. We’ve run the numbers and it doesn’t work. Lack of reasonably priced options with universal design.

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@PietroSassoPhD Those super regional institutions are struggling. What happens if they collapse? I don’t think in PA that the PASSHE system would let that happen. But, what if???

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@PietroSassoPhD Update - yesterday I was pretty motivated. Today? Not so much. This might be a daily battle until the proposal deadline.

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@hahahahabreathe @BrynnTannehill PA resident here… living in a rural area! It’s definitely Trump leaning, but our governor is a Democrat, and so are our Senators. People are overall are respectful of differing political opinions - at least to your face. So IMO, I’d say the political stressors are better.

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@leahlward It’s real. Take some time to decompress. Dissertating is A LOT!

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@corbinlfranklin Sorry I won’t be at NASPA to attend. Thanks for continuing the conversation around SA attrition. Looking forward to seeing that paper published!

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@RevMattSchultz I have a love/hate relationship with spell check. It always wants to change my name to “Moldy”.

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@RevMattSchultz Some of my best writing is done in salty frustration. I’ll bet much of the writing that has pushed for greater social justice in this world is borne out of the same. Although I recommended “exodi”, the use of “exoduses” does seem correct in this article.

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@Dcollier74 PA is flirting with a Promise program. Surprising how little publicity outside of policy circles about it. Also very little discussion of the great benefits, but also the challenges of administering.

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@Rock_Athletics Very deserved! 👍

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@AndyKimNJ Thank you for recognizing that the context of Mister Roger’s message was to comfort children through identifying the Helpers. However, it is on us as adults to BE the Helpers.

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@ProfessaJay The only drawback to Pittsburgh is the distance from airport to city center. Recently I took a cab from the airport. Including tip was $75.

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@drbbourke Welcome to the club!

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@corbinlfranklin Your concern is well placed.

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@corbinlfranklin The list of programs cut is WILD. Unfortunately, I don’t think WVU will be alone in this.

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@CorinneGressang Congratulations and welcome to SRU!

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@emilykmay My kids rode the nap train until the first day of kindergarten. “Quiet time” on days they fought the nap preserved the nap schedule in our daily routine. Sending good vibes as those phases are hard!