Burnt out? Us too.
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on student burnout, mental health resources and a Student Government Association wellness event.
- The article reports that a 2018 mental-health task-force report found 58 percent of survey respondents often or very often felt overwhelmed, while nearly 30 percent of surveyed undergraduates had seriously considered suicide.
- The paper reported that Hopkins improved some mental-health services, including shorter Counseling Center wait times and a library room for A Place to Talk; it also says the Student Government Association hosted its first Wellness Week to promote mental health.
- The article says self-care alone is not enough and calls for a broader cultural shift, including more professors offering support such as absences or assignment extensions to struggling students.