Archived

Blue Jay Family Ambassador Q&A: Priya Vijay

Tell us about your family and your students. My student is currently a freshman studying Computer Science. She’s very approachable, maintains a great attitude with her school mates, and she’s very willing to come out of her shell to approach professors whenever she has difficulties with her studies. She is…
Read More

An Overview of Well-Being Resources on Campus

Student Health and Well-Being offers resources across eight facets of well-being: emotional and mental health, physical, social, sexual, spiritual, environmental, financial, and professional. Students can select from a single offering of a program or service, a series where they can refine their skills over time or identify self-directed opportunities that…
Read More

Q&A with Liana Mentor, Director of Success Coaching Program in Academic Advising

Following Michael Bloomberg’s 2018 gift to support financial aid at Johns Hopkins, a portion of the funding was used to create a new program designed to guide first-generation students and those from low-income backgrounds—FLI, in Hopkins parlance— through the university experience and into successful careers. This initiative, known as the…
Read More

Distance is No Obstacle to Love: Carol Lu’s FLI Family Story

Written by Ashley Joyce Note: On Monday, November 8, Johns Hopkins will celebrate National First-Generation College Student Day with programming and giveaways on the Keyser Quad. Learn more about the celebration by visiting the FLI Network website. The experience of moving away from home to attend college can be intimidating…
Read More

How Families and Parents Can Support Student Success and Well-Being

This article was contributed by the JHU Counseling Center. In November, as we settle into our rhythms and routines for the fall academic semester, it is a perfect time to stop and take stock of our well-being. Life in general gives us joys and challenges, but with the added stressors of 2020 and 2021, it is…
Read More

Academic Support: What Your Blue Jay Needs to Know

Written by Ashley Joyce As we approach the halfway point in the fall semester, many Johns Hopkins students have likely taken their first tests and/or submitted their first papers of the academic year. While the Blue Jay Family Flyer has highlighted academic support services in the past, October is a…
Read More

Meet the Faculty: Common Question Conversation Leaders

Written by Jenna Movsowitz Hopkins and Peabody undergrads are not just classroom students. They are thinkers beyond the confines of a lecture hall or practice room. They are eager learners, searching out answers to the world’s largest questions through both formal research and informal discussion. In 2019, the Common Question…
Read More