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NEAG Foundation Awards $300,000 to Reading Area Community College’s Nursing Programs

Reading Area Community College (RACC) has been awarded $300,000 from the NEAG Foundation to support nursing student scholarships. Over the next two years, the award will be used to fund scholarships to students enrolled in the nursing (RN) and practical nursing (LPN) programs in the most impactful way possible. Read More

May 10, 2021

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International Students Heading to California Colleges Navigate Vaccine, Visa Hurdles

A growing list of California colleges will require students to get COVID-19 vaccinations as classes largely resume in-person this fall. For the roughly 160,000 international college students enrolled in California, the mandate introduces a new layer of complexity: Will the vaccines offered in their home countries be accepted in the Golden State? The answer for […]

May 10, 2021

California State University

Vaccinate U? Contrary to Health Advice, Most Area Schools Won’t Mandate COVID Vaccine

Roughly a million students attend college around the Ohio Valley, and the student-age population has an especially high rate of coronavirus infection. That’s why some public health advocates say schools should require that students be vaccinated. However, a review by the Ohio Valley ReSource found that of 400 colleges and universities in Kentucky, Ohio, and […]

May 10, 2021

University of Kentucky

Colleges Weigh Vaccine Mandates Amid Some Political Backlash

A growing number of colleges and universities have announced that they’ll require Covid-19 vaccinations for students, as institutions begin preparing for what campus life will look like this fall. Read More

May 10, 2021

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Togetherall Offers Anonymous Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Support

Over the last year, the stressors of the two pandemics—COVID-19 and racial injustice—have negatively impacted the mental health of college students. Especially students of color. Compared to 21% of White students, 34% of students of color indicated they were “very worried” about being exposed to COVID-19 on campus. Additionally, occurrences of racism on a daily […]

May 10, 2021

Report Outlines How Institutions Can Support the Mental Health of Graduate Students

Today’s graduate students are facing multiple stressors that require thoughtful and comprehensive attention. Those are the findings from a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and The Jed Foundation (JED), which provides a framework for individual and collective action to support the mental health and well-being of master’s and doctoral students.

May 3, 2021

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Joliet Junior College Offers Resources For Supporting Students’ Mental Health During A Pandemic

JJC’s Student Wellness Advocates saw a major increase in the use of their mental health services during the pandemic. There was a 59% increase in appointments from Fall 2019 to Fall 2020, with the top mental health concerns being anxiety, depression and stress. They have served over 330 students with 970 appointments since March. “The […]

May 3, 2021

Mental ill-health is a bigger threat to university students than Covid

Lawsuits, Health Regulations and Student Safety: Colleges Weigh Whether to Require COVID-19 Vaccines

OANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – For Virginia students, the college checklist this year may include more than laptops and backpacks. Proof of a COVID-19 vaccine could be just as important. Already, three Virginia schools – Mary Baldwin, Virginia Wesleyan and Hampton University – will require the shots, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which has […]

May 3, 2021

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Boston University to Begin Administering COVID Vaccines to Students, Faculty Staff on Monday

After requiring all members of its community to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to return to campus in the fall, Boston University will begin administering doses to students, faculty and staff on Monday. The vaccine will be administered through Friday and appointments are required after Boston Medical Center provided the university with several thousand doses. Student […]

May 3, 2021

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State Says Providers Must Help College Students Returning Home Get Their Second Vaccines

Many college students are moving back to their hometowns this week, and some of them are between doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Danny Berlin, a 20-year-old actuarial science sophomore at Penn State University, said getting his first shot in was simple. “I saw in an article that they were going to be giving vaccines at […]

May 3, 2021

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Christine Daley is Appointed as First Department Chair Within the College of Health

Christine Daley has been appointed as the chair of the newly-established Department of Community and Population Health. The department plans to offer a bachelor of science degree in population health as well as a bachelor of arts degree in community and global health. The department is the first to be formed within the College of […]

May 3, 2021

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COVID-19 Delayed Duquesne’s Medical School Project, But Pandemic Shows That It’s Needed, University Says

Starting a medical college is never easy. Add a pandemic, a recession, tens of millions of dollars in unexpected campus costs to tame the virus, a philanthropic community taxed by COVID-19’s human toll and … … Well, you get the idea. But more than a year after campuses nationwide were shuttered by the pandemic, Duquesne […]

May 3, 2021

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Mental Health a Challenge for Georgia College Students, Providers

As a DJ played music outside Clayton State University’s student center on a recent Friday, assistant nursing professor Tamara Thompson-Jackson stood at a table talking to students about their mental health. One frequently asked question by students who stopped at the booth, part of a university health fair, was what are the signs and symptoms […]

May 3, 2021

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Hampton University Mobile Health Unit Brings Vaccines to Communities

Hampton University requires all of its faculty and staff to be vaccinated by May 31. Employees won’t have to look far to meet that requirement, thanks to some innovative thinking from the school. Read More

April 26, 2021

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U of U Health Offers Reassurance About the Safety and Necessity of COVID-19 Vaccines

In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic gained ever greater traction in the United States and across the world, 24-year-old Natasha went home to see her parents in Colorado. The University of Utah employee had worked hard to stay up-to-date on scientific understanding of the virus. Her parents were both at high-risk of […]

April 26, 2021

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Augusta University Health System Loses $20M, Plans Cost Cuts

The Augusta University Health is looking to cut costs after running a $20 million deficit in the first nine months of its budget year. The deficit stems from increased costs, coming at least in part from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

April 26, 2021

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Maternal Mortality Rates Considered Crisis in US, Especially for Black Women

Maternal mortality rates are being considered a crisis in the United States. Vice President Kamala Harris is calling for urgent action as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die while giving birth. Lisa Saul, president of the Mother and Baby Clinical Service […]

April 26, 2021

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Future Nurses, Doctors Want Pandemic Lessons to Create Better Health Care

Sang Hee Baek started nursing school at the University of Toronto last fall as the second wave of the pandemic was putting health-care staff in parts of the country through an endurance test, making her wonder if she’d made the right career choice. Nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and others working with COVID-19 patients were becoming […]

April 26, 2021

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