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More than half of UH students, and nearly 60% of college students nationwide, experience some type of basic needs insecurity.
The Student Basic Needs Coalition (SBNC) is an organization on the University of Tennessee campus that works to help students that struggle secure basic needs. The coalition primarily focuses on
About 48% of students at two-year colleges in America — and 34% of Minnesota West students — struggle with food insecurity.
Karl Aung Zin, a Burmese student, has participated in several anti-coup protests in Myanmar. (Photo Courtesy of Karl Aung Zin) Su Lei Waddy, a student in Myanmar taking a full-time course load, used to attend her classes synchronously from Myanmar. Every day, she would log into Zoom at around 1:30 to 8:30 a.m. Rangoon time. “I would participate in all class discussions live, and I was getting good at [being nocturnal],” said Waddy, a junior majoring in accounting and business administration. Then the coup escalated. On Feb. 1, Myanmar’s government was overtaken by the Burmese military...