Illness Archives - The Student Life

An abstract drawing of a person’s head growing as a flower, pulled into four petal-like sections. Around the head there is static.

By Sara Cawley 8495 Views Accessibility, cawley, Health, Healthcare, Illness, Mental health, Mental Health Resources, Mental Illness, obsessive compulsive disorder, ocd, overcome, overcoming, recovery, Resources, sara, sara cawley, student

Sara Cawley SC ’26 asks that we work to change the narrative that overcoming is necessary when living with mental illness.

A sick person wrapped in a blanket sits at their desk, looking at their laptop.

Opinions

September 22, 2022 9:13 pmNovember 17, 2022 8:18 pm

OPINION: Professors, please reconsider your sick policies

By Anna Tolkien 3201 Views Bronchitis, COVID, covid testing, COVID-19, covid-19 policies, Deadlines, Essays, Extensions, Flu, Flu Vaccine, Illness, Sick, Sick Policy, Stomach Flu

Students with sicknesses other than COVID are often overlooked. Professors should revisit their sick policies if they truly care, argues Anna Tolkien CMC ’24.

One table with chairs in an outdoor area of Frary Dining Hall

News Pomona College

December 17, 2021 2:45 pmDecember 22, 2021 8:56 pm

Students struggle with mystery finals week illness

By Jenna McMurtry and Mariana Duran 4169 Views Frank Dining Hall, Frary Dining Hall, Illness, Student Health Services

On top of a surge in COVID-19 cases and stressful exams, some 5C students had another challenge on their plates last weekend — an unexplained illness that left them feeling nauseous, fatigued or otherwise awful.