09.27.10

09.27.10, originally uploaded by colemama.

Today's @dailyshoot challenge pointed me towards all things brown...and had to include my brown 'n gold from University of Wyoming! Affiliations can be long-term, despite the distance! Go Pokes! :)

Maslow refers to affiliation needs (social and belongingness) in his famous hierarchy. Decades of college retention studies point toward social involvement and club affiliation. Facebook and other social media are really taking advantage of present and past group affiliations (which will add up to great skills for the future). Affiliations take on many faces, be it religious, cultural, work/school, or other...but they all have value for now and time to come! Naples, FL