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Stress Is Hurting College Students
More than half of college students have experienced chronic stress, which is associated with worse mental health, the new Student Voice survey on health and wellness finds.
Layering Mental Health Care at a Community College
Columbus State Community College is taking a multifaceted approach to meeting its students with mental health services offerings, developing a new department as well as adding online counseling and intern support.
Survey: Stress Undercutting Student Success
In the newest Student Voice survey, students say stress negatively affects their academic success, and reducing stress is their No. 1 health goal. Students also see faculty members as bearing responsibility for reducing stress.
Student Wellness Tip: Promote Social Connection
A new advisory from the U.S. surgeon general offers recommendations for individuals and the education system to promote social connection and improve community health and well-being.
Student-Run Grocery Teaches Administrative Skills, Expands Food Options for Campus Community
Nonprofit grocery store on Cornell University’s campus promotes success among student workers and shoppers.
Success Program Launch: Financial Investment in Student Well-Being
The University of Kentucky is incentivizing healthy habits among its student population, rewarding academic excellence and physical wellness with private donations to investment and savings accounts opened with assistance from the institution.
Student Wellness Tip: Creating Campus Access to Free Meals
Efforts to remedy food insecurity at three institutions demonstrate various strategies to assist students with this basic need, from implementing new technologies to offering centralized locations.
Student Wellness Tip: Therapy Dogs for Daily Destressing
Nazareth College provides weekly dog office hours for students to engage in animal-assisted mental health and wellness interventions.