The latest Murray State University Racer Report includes student, faculty, staff, and alumni accomplishments, announcements, upcoming campus events, and more for the week of June 5-9.
Jill Smith Staff Writer jsmith194@murraystate.edu The Center for Student Engagement and Success hosted a kick-off event, “Feel Good February,” for the spring semester’s Racer’s Empower: Healthy Mind, Healthy Campus initiative. The event was held Feb. 16 in the Curris Center Ballroom and the Mississippi Room. “Feel Good February” was designed…
Ava Chuppe Staff Writer achuppe@murraystate.edu The success seminar component of the transitions courses are set to be changed beginning fall 2022. Provost Tim Todd and Don Robertson, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, announced changes for transitions courses on Jan. 10. Transitions, or 100T, courses will continue to…
Erinn Finley Contributing Writer efinley1@murraystate.edu Murray State is preparing for Family Weekend this week, which will be back in-person. Last year, Murray State was unable to have any sort of in-person gathering for Family Weekend, so this year staff are looking to reconnect with families. The Family Weekend planning committee…
Community discusses struggles with mental health
Posted By: News Editor
March 11, 2021
Edie Greenberg
egreenberg@murraystate.edu
Students and professors are stressed out and searching for ways to relax, especially with the absence of a spring break.
With only two months left in the spring semester, students continue to have their schedules filled with a mixture of Zoom and in-person classes. Some students and professors are suffering from pre-existing mental health issues and are having a hard time as the strain of the pandemic adds to the challenges of a daily routine.
Many students are working one or more jobs, and some have families to support. Juggling work, school and family can be difficult in the best of circumstances. This strain of juggling challenges is particularly difficult for those who already struggle with their mental health.