Editor’s note: This piece contains mention of suicide. Raise your hand if you’ve heard something negative about the Student Care Network, the University Counseling Center or any of the mental health and wellness services here at Vanderbilt. While I have no way of checking whether your hand is raised, I’m going to guess that you.
‘Tis the college application season. High school seniors are hard at work, spending endless hours writing and revising essays. Eager students nationwide are researching colleges and trying to find their dream school. Vanderbilt’s bridge is crowded by a long cluster of wide-eyed prospective students and their parents on their way to Commons. From an outside.
Zachary Scott Jones, a graduate student and trainee in the School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), passed away on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 15.