STUDENT LIFE BY KADIE GURLEY
BASIC NEEDS STRIVES TO BRING COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS HOW THE BASIC NEEDS OFFICE BRINGS COMMUNITY E VEN IN A PANDEMIC
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rates of food insecurity indicate that a large proportion of undergraduate students are in need of additional campus-based or student resources.
ccording to Cambridge with food insecurity, which the United The Basic Needs office is seeking to University Press, approx- States Department of Agriculture change that narrative positively and imately 11.5% of individu- defines as lack of access to enough bring a sense of community to campus
als, which is equivalent to about 37.2 food for an active, healthy life. They with their resources. million people in the U.S., are living also mentioned that these elevated
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Dr. Kenneth Kelly, Director
