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Colleges Deploy Meditation and Baked Potato Bars to Combat Election Stress
With about seven in 10 Americans reporting that the election is a significant source of stress, colleges are planning ahead to manage anxieties of students
A poster board displayed during a tabling campaign by Towson University’s counseling center showed how students are trying to ease their stress amid election season.
Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Sarah Marek/Towson University
“Limiting screen time.”
“Walking every day.”
“Trying to do more for myself and leave the drama behind.”
Those are some of the ways students at Towson University, a public university north of Baltimore, said they were taking care of their mental health in the run-up to the 2024 election. The responses were fielded as part of a tabling effort, co-sponsored by the university’s counseling center and its Office of Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility (OCESR), designed to help Towson students manage their emotions as Election Day approached. The effort began FINISH READING HERE
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