Teaching, Learning and Innovation Summer Institute

9:50-12:00 - Two hour session
Our students are among the best and brightest in the world. They have amassed impressive records of academic and personal achievement, and engage in our academic community at the highest levels. Sometimes, they do so at a cost to their own health. So, who are the students populating our classrooms? What do they struggle with, how do they cope, and how worried should we be about their health and wellness?

This session will be an opportunity to dive into the data that shapes our understanding of our students’ health and related needs, especially around issues of depression, anxiety, extreme stress, suicidality, self-harm, and abuse of drugs and alcohol. As our Jesuit mission calls us to see, know, and serve our students as “whole people,” this session will explore that call as both an opportunity and a responsibility. Using the data as a guide, the session will provide insight into the Georgetown model of a “Safety Net” – a coordinated network of campus resources and services, systems of risk mitigation and management, and pointed effort to ensure compliance with ADA, Title IX, FERPA and HIPAA.