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Tag: Basic Needs

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2016-2023

Basic Needs

Summer is no break for students with food insecurity

When North Carolina locals Tom and Rachel Sullivan began cooking to-go meals for a college student in their neighborhood after Covid shut down university dining halls, they didn’t expect a viral TikTok to propel their reach to 14 nearby universities. However, their extra meal for one student soon grew to…

MCQ. Issue 26
07/18/2022
Basic Needs, Mental and Behavioral Health, Student Success

MCFeed excerpt from 8/18 – 8/24-2021 Newsletter

MCI summer intern and rising Harvard senior Mollie Ames interviews and writes about Judi King, Ph.D., founding director of the Wily Network, a safety net organization that supports college students’ basic needs. Founded in 2014, the Wily Network group helps young adults with clinical coaching, financial support, and community-based assistance…

MCFeed 2021
08/25/2021
Basic Needs

Judi Alperin King: The Head of the Wily Network on Basic Needs and Belonging for Students on Their Own

When she turns her camera on, Judi Alperin King, Ph.D., appears on Zoom, revealing a bare backdrop behind her, and the muffled but familiar noise of construction rumbling in the background. She quickly notes that the Wily Network, a safety net organization that supports college students’ basic needs, is expanding…

MCQ. Issue 23
08/25/2021
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