It's been said that good judgment comes from experience--and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. So it is with teaching. In my own career, for example, I've learned from past mistakes. Many of those mistakes, however, might have been avoided had I been given opportunities to converse regularly, even systematically, with my peers about the vagaries and varieties of challenges found in teaching. The Student Success Seminar at SBCC provides just such an opportunity for faculty--full and part-time alike--to engage in meaningful conversations with their colleagues concerning the elements of student success. Topics such as classroom etiquette, reading comprehension, the intrinsic pleasure in learning, writing, time management, study skills and higher order thinking skills are discussed in a lively, even provocative way, among the seminar participants. For me, the Student Success Seminar was a big success. By drawing faculty together voluntarily, the seminar reinforced faculty bonds. And in reinforcing our need to seek out, create, respect and love the beauty found in learning the seminar responded to one of our most cherished needs.