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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Howard said that, in the years since Ross’s incident, it has made changes to its mental health and withdrawal policies. The University takes our students’ safety and wellbeing with the utmost seriousness,” Howard University’s Office of Communications wrote in a statement.

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Assisting students in distress

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

The guide is a comprehensive tool to help you support and refer students in times of need. Please  Please carefully review the document noting an emphasis on bringing in mental health, institutional equity, and public safety resources when appropriate.

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Tips for observing Ramadan at Hopkins

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

If you are struggling to find healthy but quick foods to eat during Suhoor, both the Student Health and Wellness Center and Hopkins Dining have nutritionists on staff and they are a great resource! Talk to your professors and advisors, and communicate any time conflicts. Have an exam that falls around Iftar time? Follow @Jhu.ma

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How to promote healing with physical trauma-informed practices

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

If you are participating in any activities, like swimming, kayaking, climbing, or yoga, make sure that it is a practice where the space is open for you to communicate what you’re feeling and gives you the space to take a step back if you’re uncomfortable. Serves all Johns Hopkins students. . Serves all Johns Hopkins students. .

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How to Manage a PR Crisis

EAB

The two discuss how to prepare a crisis communications plan before disaster strikes, how to communicate with key audiences, and pitfalls to avoid in the heat of the moment. A chunk of which, a large chunk of which was a corporate communications team at a global education company. AS: Absolutely.

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Is it cute or creepy: Media’s normalization of stalking behavior

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

affiliates it is defined there as a course of behavior with the intent to cause or reasonable cause a person fear of bodily harm and/or emotional distress of themselves or another person through any means of communication, devices and means ( Code of the District of Columbia § 22–3133 ). . Serves all Johns Hopkins students. .