Aria Garcia

2 months ago | thelantern.com | Aria Garcia

Ohio State's Student Wellness Center will open the Monda Student Resource Center — a facility that aims to help students fulfill basic needs like food, housing or clothing — April 25. Set to be located within the Younkin Success Center, the Monda Center will collaborate with Buckeye Food Alliance and Career Closet, two nonprofits within the Office of Student Life that help students access necessary food and clothing for free. Ryan Lovell, the office’s associate vice president for health and well-being, said the center will try to ensure students can focus on education rather than these external challenges. “You often hear that vision or that story of students who are eating ramen, sleeping on people’s couches,” Lovell said. “But in reality, that’s true for many students.”