Press

Chronicle of Higher Ed: Students Say Mental-Health Breaks From Class Help Them Succeed. Here’s How Colleges Are Responding.

February 2, 2023

Huntington News: Active Minds looks to the future regarding students’ mental health 

April 25, 2o22

“Our biggest focus this semester has been advocating for different changes around campus and within the university to improve mental health for students.”

Huntington News: Students support each other through mental health organizations, advocacy

January 6, 2022 

“Active Minds has planned to meet with UHCS this semester to discuss their ongoing list of demands to improve NU’s mental health resources.”

Huntington News: Active Minds passes 2 ballot mental health referenda in SGA election  

March 28, 2021

“We’re definitely hoping that this catches the eye of the administration, and we’re hoping that they will give us time to sit down with them and bring forward more solid, actionable plans.” 

The Boston Globe: Active Minds addresses the growing need for mental health services in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic

August 4, 2020

“Wrapped up in all those logistics is an incredible amount of anxiety.”

Huntington News: Active Minds collaboration with UHCS to improve on-campus mental health services

December 2, 2020

“In cooperation with Active Minds, a student-led organization fighting to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health, they have created and distributed stickers listing crisis hotline numbers and other support resources.”

News@Northeastern: Campaign for emergency mental health resource information to be printed on all student and faculty IDs, in collaboration with SGA 

November 30, 2020

“A lot of students are struggling with those things... and if you have students who already have some of these conditions it just builds up and up until it gets to a point where they can no longer go on with their daily lives and function.”

Huntington News: Addressing the effects burnout and Zoom fatigue can have on mental health

November 30, 2020

“For a lot of people, world problems feel very out of their control. There’s not necessarily anything you can do about the pandemic aside from your own health and the precautions that you take.” 

Huntington News: Active Minds petitioning the University to add emergency mental health resources to new student and faculty IDs 

November 13, 2019

“We are hoping that just by including that number on the back of Husky Cards, that students who aren’t in a great place with their mental health may see that number on the card and realize that there’s always someone available to talk to.”

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