September 2025 | Written by Zoya Merkaov Image Credit: UWB OTP/Peer Coach website Being a first-year student can feel overwhelming. Regardless of age, whether someone is living with their family or has picked a major, coming to college can be a big adjustment. The Peer Coach program at the University of Washington Bothell aims to… Read More Everything Students Should Know About Peer Coaches by Zoya Merkaov
It is imperative that we open more dialogues around mental illness on the UWB campus—and on all college campuses throughout the state of Washington—beginning with our administrations. We cannot move forward and create honest healing within our community without first acknowledging the harm our community is experiencing.… Read More Reaching Out Saves Lives: On the Importance of Speaking about Student Mental Health, Opinion Piece
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has not been easy for anybody. For colleges and universities, the pandemic brought new challenges that students have never faced before. The life of a college student is already stressful, but the drastic and sudden lifestyle change from in-person classes to online learning from home presented new challenges that amplified students’ stress and anxiety.… Read More 9 Months In: UW Bothell Students Continue to Acclimate to Remote Learning
As a student dredging through the tail end of 2020 herself, we are exhausted. In the wake of civil unrest, political media bombardment, the personal economic effects of coronavirus, and a changing physical environment, it is difficult to be able to focus our attention on any one thing for too long.… Read More 2020: The Year of Losses, Opinion Piece
Due to the sudden switch from in-person to online, a tremendous amount of disconnection between the communication of students’ needs have raised concerns along with limited resources provided by the school. … Read More UWB Students Struggle with Mental Health Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic
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