Posts tagged Millsaps students

Students, professors struggle with sudden switch to remote learning

As if trying to finish the school year in the middle of a pandemic was not stressful enough, students across the nation were forced to continue their education online, which added to their anxiety and had an adverse effect on some students’ mental health and academic performance.

Katherine MitchellMay 4, 2020Coronavirus Pandemic, Millsaps College, MCIR student correspondent, MCIR journalism lab, Online learning, depression, mental health, Covid-19, James Bell, Millsaps students, Jesse Downing, Eden Collins, Millsaps CARE team

Fear, anxiety over COVID-19 compound stress of finishing spring semester remotely

Sarah Hayek, a bio-chemistry major at Millsaps College, is typically a bubbly, outgoing person, but the constant images on television of people suffering from the coronavirus pandemic has dimmed her bright personality and made it difficult for her to complete her sophomore year.

Katherine MitchellMay 4, 2020Coronavirus Pandemic, Millsaps College, MCIR student correspondent, MCIR journalism lab, Covid-19, Beth Dowdy, Sarah Hayek, Millsaps students, Millsaps student life, Ruthie Kirkland, Millsaps counseling, Grace Babin