Mental health has become an increasingly difficult subject to navigate in the public sphere. Every movement advocating for the de-stigmatization of mental health issues ostensibly invites a pushback that claims millennials and Generation Z are overly sensitive and mental health does not warrant a concerted effort to maintain.
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At Stevens, it is important that all students have access to the resources they need to improve their mental health. Positive mental health is something that people struggle with in today’s society, so it’s something everyone should aim to improve.
In recognition of this special issue of The Stute, I wanted to cast light on environmental factors that may contribute to the mental health issues we have seen among our students.
With course loads that can reach 19 or 20 credits in a single semester, ever-rising tuition costs (and by extension student loan debt), and a plethora of other challenges one might face during their time at college, it’s no surprise that mental health is such an important topic on our campus and at many other colleges across America.
The mind-body problem is the deepest mystery of existence. Narrowly speaking, it asks how a brain — a mere chunk of matter, a bundle of quarks and electrons — makes a mind.
Given the necessity of top-of-the-line mental health services at Stevens, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has changed over the past couple years to better meet the needs of the students.
The Stute partnered with the Library to ask students what they frequently think about and to illustrate these feelings in a mind-map.
February is Black History Month, which means it has been exactly one year since the last Black History Month! Between then and now, a lot has happened, including the hiring of a Diversity Educator, chartering of the first African-American fraternity at Stevens, and creation of the Intercultural Space.
As undergraduate enrollment increased by 6.6% this past year, the diversity of the undergraduate student body remained somewhat the same.
In the annual report on the 10-year strategic plan released last week by President Nariman Farvardin, Stevens has several priorities to promote diversity in the undergraduate body.
