Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, aptly says, “By understanding human behavior and our values, we develop a moral compass that can guide our decision-making. Dr. Barbara J.

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Believe in Students

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I arrived at Believe in Students in April 2020, just as the pandemic was rocking the world and changing college campuses, in some ways permanently. My job when I arrived was to figure out how to utilize incredibly generous philanthropic support to provide emergency grants to students. We believe in students.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Annual Influenza Vaccine Since 2020, Johns Hopkins University has required all JHU students, trainees, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and staff to receive an annual influenza (flu) vaccine. Other respiratory viruses, such as the flu and RSV, will also affect our campus community. We appreciate your support.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MAY 11, 2023

In August 2020, I published a book about college student mental health and suicide from a student perspective that include an extensive amount of research, time, interviews, etc. My book came out on August 6th, 2020. Common humanity helps to recognize that we are all navigating the challenges of life itself.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MAY 9, 2023

Johns Hopkins University will continue with several policies that began in 2020, including prohibiting smoking/vaping across university campuses and properties and requiring our students and employees to receive an annual influenza vaccine or an approved medical or religious exemption.

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Timely MD

MAY 1, 2023

While available resources vary from campus to campus, the following best practices are common threads among colleges and universities that comprehensively address student mental health challenges as part of their institutional efforts to support student well-being and success.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

Because of the hormones the human brain releases (adrenalin, cortisol, opioids, and oxytocin) during a traumatic event, survivors may respond in ways that are unexpected to folks who support them or even to survivors themselves. PAVE.org, 2020. Understand there is no such thing as a “right” way for a person to respond to trauma.

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