Taking Wellness into Our Own Hands
With finals approaching, it can seem like your academic success comes at the cost of your wellbeing. Harrison tells us why this is not the case.
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Tag: Wellness
You Cannot Do It (All)
story | Cheryl Cosslett and Simonas Bartulis, Guest Contributors illustration | Justin Ong, Editor-in-Chief For the biggest, most competitive and prestigious debating tournament in Asia in early October, two of four Yale-NUS teams did not show up. It was not a problem of finances, lack of preparation, or emergency. Rather, the teams consisting of […]
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More Than Just a Name-Change
story | Mathias Ooi, Contributing Reporter photo | Peh Yilin, Contributing Photographer With the beginning of the new academic year, the Yale-NUS College Wellness Centre has been re-branded as “Wellness Initiatives” and “Counseling Centre”. Once grouped under the Wellness Centre along with other services like athletics and health, the Yale-NUS counseling team has since […]
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A Step Towards Wellness: Updates to the Student Health Insurance
story | Vasudha Kataruka, Guest Reporter photo | Justin Ong, Editor-in-Chief The National University of Singapore (NUS) has changed its Undergraduate Student Health Insurance with effect from Aug. 1, 2017. All NUS and Yale-NUS College undergraduate students are covered by this policy. The previous Health Scheme had faced student criticism, mostly from individual students. […]
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Clockwork 24/03/17
Balik Kampung: Malay for ‘coming home’, it is an event organized by RC^3, which will be held at Saga Courtyard on March 29. Immerse yourselves in a night of old school Singaporean culture, traditional performances, and Singaporean Fare! Is it Art?: Dubbed the Common Curriculum series, eight bed sheets spray painted with provocative messages were […]
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A Dean’s Fellow’s Guide to Taking Time for You
story | Brea Baker, Guest Contributor photo | Serena Quay It can be hard in a moment of great stress to prioritize self-care because competitive environments can make us feel almost irresponsible for taking time for ourselves. You’re coloring instead of applying for internships?? But there is literally nothing more important than your well-being. And […]
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Thoughts on Self-Care: Dean’s Fellow D Dangaran
story | D Dangaran, Guest Contributor Self-care is a misnomer, because it often includes other people. I see self-care as actions taken by people who undergo stress—whether post-trauma or just due to daily life—in order to restore energy and bring themselves to a state of productivity and happiness. There is no special recipe for self-care. […]
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Self-Care: An Act of Political Warfare
story | Kan Ren Jie, Contributing Reporter photo | Xuerui Yang I could’ve left the classroom, but I didn’t. Instead, I sat restlessly in the silence, trying to complete my readings for next week, while fighting my sleepiness and flu-like symptoms. Along with my physical discomfort was the anxiety about upcoming deadlines; it was the […]
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Students in Dark Over Wellness Session Limits
story | Dave Chappell, Justin Ong, Enkhzul Badral photo | Serena Quay Many students and staff members remain unaware of guidelines limiting the number of counselling sessions available at the Wellness Centre, which was introduced by the Dean of Students Office. None of the eight students interviewed by The Octant knew of the policy’s existence. […]
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Clockwork
What’s happening on campus? Taking Care of Ourselves: Tomorrow marks the end of P.S. We Care’s Wellness Week events. They ‘tackled stress’, practiced being ‘alone together’, and will screen 21 Jump Street tomorrow in the Quiet Room at 8 pm. Taiwan Trip: Nearly 100 of our athletes returned to campus late Sunday night (or was […]
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Demystifying Leave of Absence
story | Regina Marie Lee, Staff Reporter photo | Yang Xuerui Recent events have fixed the spotlight on wellness at Yale-NUS College. Students have raised concerns about wellness support offered by the Dean of Students (DOS) Office, as well as a school culture that prizes busyness. For those who struggle, taking a Leave of Absence […]
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Many Students Not Seeking Wellness Support, Report Reveals
story | Xinyu Luo, Neo Huiyuan, Dave Chappell photo | Dave Chappell, Editor-in-Chief Only a quarter of the students diagnosed with mental health conditions are seeking support from the Yale-NUS College wellness department, suggests a report by the Yale-NUS Student Government. The report was written using the results of the Student Life survey, a questionnaire distributed […]
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In Turbulent Semester, Yale-NUS Struggles with Mental Health Resources
story | Xinyu Luo, Neo Huiyuan, Ayla Besemer and David Yaffe-Bellany photo | Serena Quay Tensions ran high at Yale-NUS during a town hall on Oct. 4, as President Pericles Lewis responded to student questions about mental health services at the four-year-old college. At the session — one of several regularly scheduled question-and-answer events held each year […]
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The Sophomore Slump
Story | Lian Szu-Jin, contributing reporter Photo | Lian Szu-Jin, contributing reporter Five weeks through. Twelve more to go. If you’re a sophomore going through the slump, this one’s for you. These two weeks have been a challenge for many sophomores, with Modern Social Thought (MST) essays and Foundations of Science (FoS) projects running back […]
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The Ones Who Aren’t There
story Roshan Singh, Guest Columnist | illustration by Roger Ko Illness is a tricky subject to talk about, much less write about. However, over the past year, I’ve learned there is a silent body in our community for whom this subject is one of the most pressing issues of their day-to-day life. Some of these individuals, whose […]
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An Official Start to Peer Counseling
story Annie Wang, Contributing Reporter Students seeking an alternative to our on-campus counselors now have the option of turning to a friend when in need. Starting Aug. 31, P.S. We Care, a peer support student organization at Yale-NUS College, began providing peer counseling sessions every weeknight. Students’ opinions remain divided on this new service. P.S. We […]
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