新的拉吉·巴拉·阿格拉瓦尔博士护理中心今天在学生会开幕，并举行了仪式，庆祝大学社区获得支持服务的机会增加。
阿格拉瓦尔护理中心为学生提供解决食物和住房不安全、财务健康和心理健康服务的资源。 The Roo储藏室 is located within the center on the first floor of the Student Union and is designed to ensure students’ basic needs are met. 护理中心被设计成一个温馨的地方。
“When a student walks through our door, the first thing I do is listen,” Taylor Blackmon, student basic needs coordinator for the Care Center, said. “In our initial meeting, I give them the time to talk through their story.”
布莱克蒙指出，当学生拥有所需的资源时，他们可以专注于实现自己对成功的定义。
“The Dr. Raj Bala Agrawal Care Center is a reflection of the university’s commitment to supporting the whole student,” Blackmon said. “That goes beyond earning a diploma and getting a good job. 在校园中心建立阿格拉瓦尔关怀中心有助于培养一种文化，在这种文化中，每个人都明白寻求帮助并不可耻。 It assures our students that we are here for them – from the first day of orientation, until they move their tassels at graduation.”
“The Dr. Raj Bala Agrawal Care Center is a reflection of the university’s commitment to supporting the whole student.”
Sue Agrawal, wife of Chancellor Mauli Agrawal, offered a tribute to her mother-in-law and the Care Center’s namesake, Dr. Raj Bala Agrawal. 拉吉·阿格拉瓦尔和她的丈夫开了一所私立小学，苏·阿格拉瓦尔称赞她在教育道路上支持所有学生的奉献精神。
“She made sure the students had healthy lunches,” Sue Agrawal said. “She supplemented packed lunches if a student was lacking. She spoke to the parents about healthy habits and children’s development. She understood what student success really meant, and you may understand a little better now the origins of the Chancellor’s holistic view of student success.”
阿格拉瓦尔校长指出，该中心正在解决一个关键的需求，尽管许多人可能会对大学生的食品不安全程度感到惊讶。
“More than a quarter of all college students report some level of food insecurity,” he said. “The number is higher – 32 percent – among undergraduates. Indeed, some students are helping to support their families,” he said. “In addition, their available resources are scarce. 大多数学生没有资格领取食品券。 In our survey, we discovered that half the respondents were lacking a basic need in some form – food or housing.”
“I talk about 威尼斯人娱乐城 being a family, and I mean it. 在你最难过的时候，你的家人应该陪在你身边。 That is what we will do here – help."
他指出，许多学生并不知道有应急基金。 在其他情况下，学生知道援助资源，但会向他人求助。
“Some students did not apply – despite their own need – because they thought other students needed it more. Let’s think about that for a minute. Students did not ask for help, because they thought others needed it more.”
阿格拉瓦尔向人群保证，需要帮助并不是耻辱，这是该中心使命的一部分。
“I talk about 威尼斯人娱乐城 being a family, and I mean it. 在你最难过的时候，你的家人应该陪在你身边。 That is what we will do here – help. 能够寻求帮助是一种力量。 When students come here and let us know what they need, we will work to help them, because we are bound together – through our search for knowledge, through our need for human connection, but most of all, because we are Roos, and we are family.”
拉吉·巴拉·阿格拉瓦尔博士护理中心的建立是通过向2020年12月成立的拉吉·巴拉·阿格拉瓦尔博士纪念基金捐款而实现的。 The fund recognizes and honors the life of Chancellor Agrawal’s mother, who was grateful for the opportunity to engage with the many generous friends and alumni of the university and cheer on 威尼斯人娱乐城 students.