Note from the Editor | Living Fully in the Present While Looking to the Future As the academic year winds down in many parts of the world, our work lives become (hopefully) a bit less frantic and this creates space for reflection. This month’s Catalyst provides food for thought on living...
Note from the Editor | Spring Cleaning We at the Catalyst have been doing some “spring cleaning” – tidying, rearranging, and bringing out some fresh ideas. These have included revamping Secret Life of a Research Administrator into SRAI Off the Clock , kicking off our three-part ...
Note from the Editor | Changeable Weather for Research Administrators In North America, the month of March is noted for its changeable weather, with the well-known phrase, “in like a lion; out like a lamb.” (As I pen this in early March, it looks like we are in for a wild month, with tornadoes...
Note from the Editor | Colorful Winter Ah, February – the month in which I am (mostly) typing the correct year on the first try, my New Year’s resolutions are a little less shiny but still in action, the weather (where I live anyway) is rainy and cold, and Valentine’s Day feels like an attempt...
Note from the Editor | Setting the Tone for the New Year Happy 2023! We hope you had a refreshing and relaxing holiday season filled with family, friends, and fun. As we set the tone for a new year filled with promise and optimism, this month’s Catalyst highlights topics of relevance to...
Note from the Editor | Holiday Reflections Happy Holidays from all of us at the Catalyst, as we conclude another calendar year and reflect on 2022. I’d like to thank Heather Brown and Mark Lucas for their hard work on the Research Administration Career Series that closes out this month. I...
Note from the Editor | Engagement and Connections For my fellow co-editor, Karen Bone, and me, this November marks the second full year that we have been promoting the Catalyst as a forum that keeps research administrators up to date on top-of-mind topics and what’s happening at SRAI with...
Note from the Editor | Research Administrator Halloween For those who celebrate, Happy (early) Halloween! As a kid I loved the chance to pick a costume and pretend to be someone else, whether real or imaginary. I never dressed up as a research administrator though since, as we often say in our...
Note from the Editor | Fall for All Y’all It’s (almost) fall, y’all! After enduring temperatures reaching the high nineties and low one hundreds routinely throughout the summer, I’m looking forward to a little cooler weather along with sharing another issue of The Catalyst with all of you (or ...
Research Administration Careers| Considering Getting a Certification? Reflection and Tips from a Research Administrator This month’s Spotlight focuses on certification as an important component of a research administrator’s toolkit. Katrina Akioka shares her personal experience and offers...
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