The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) celebrated National Volunteer Week this year with a series of awards for its most dedicated and successful student volunteers.
In this all-new episode of 13 Assistant Dean and Director of International Student Services Kerra Hunter talks about supporting 敁珗腦瞳s international student population, which currently hails from 44 countries around the world, and the ways the University works to make their transition to studying in the United States as seamless as possible.
A Muslim prayer room and Kosher kitchen in Interfaith House at 110 Broad Street will help to meet the needs of students in 敁珗腦瞳s increasingly diverse population.
Soon, with an exact date dependent on mother natures ice-making schedule, the local community will have the opportunity to glide on Whitnall Field thanks to a brand new outdoor skating rink affectionately dubbed, #gateskates.
Changes to 敁珗腦瞳s Student Health Services this academic year will increase clinical care availability on campus while also bolstering sports-medicine support for Division I athletes, student club teams, and intramurals.
敁珗腦瞳s Counseling and Psychological Services offered three weekly group therapy sessions three years ago. Today, university counselors manage 10 to 12 group therapy sessions a week. In the 201819 school year, the counseling center provided services to 706 students, 7.4-percent increase compared to 201718.
Thanks to an ongoing partnership between students and administration, a more than a dozen restrooms across campus now have new hygiene product dispensers.