November Student Stressors

In addition to challenges regarding world events students often experience the following stressors throughout the month of November. 

You can connect students to the Thrive Center to help them navigate these challenges or utilize SOS and the SOS Helpful Resources to help them find appropriate resources.   

• Academic pressure is beginning to mount because of time management, increased difficulty of work, or unawareness of academic
  resources.
• Incidence of depression and anxiety increases because of feelings that one should have adjusted to college by now.
• Economic anxiety: funds may have started to run out or have been depleted, first semester meal plans begin running low.
• The ability/interest or inability/disinterest in celebrating holidays with family/supporter.
• Increased worry about registering for spring semester which could be attributed to holds on their account, lack of funding, past due balances, belonging, concerns about major or degree plan and unawareness of resources.