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.
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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.
As the spring semester commenced, the Stevens men’s and women’s fencing teams continued their hard work to prepare for their upcoming matches.
The Student Government Association (SGA) recently began the process of electing new senators for several empty positions.
Historically, the SGA has had a difficult time filling empty senator seats, particularly among upperclassmen.