Oct 9, 2026 · 27 min · 14 segments
It’s not just the brain fog that comes with skipping breakfast; chronic hunger can take up a lot of mental energy when you’re constantly worrying about where your next meal might come from. And if…
Mallary AllenGuestKira SchallGuest
Lisa RossiHost
I, I thought we could just start, and let's, let's tackle the big topic, and that is food insecurity on campus.
Um, and I think that there are some reasons that it's difficult to capture the reality of food insecurity on college campuses, um, because a variety of factors can contribute for a college student.
On top of, we just tend to have kind of cultural acceptance for the trope of the broke, hungry college student.
And, um, at Drake we'd really like to counter that and provide more resources for students, and kind of normalize that it's okay to seek help.
How do you normalize that, that it's okay to seek help? Like, you know, I think ...
I, I know what you're saying about the broke college student, like, living on pizza and ramen.
Um, how do you make it okay for them to say, "You know, we need better nutrition and, and better resources"?
Yeah, I think that, um, through Keara's work as our food security lead, um, we've done a number of things, starting with just an informational newsletter at the beginning of the academic year this past year, um, talking about resources in the neighborhood.
And then the partnership that Keara has really worked on over the past year has been one of kind of building up a volunteer network for the Impact CAP Drake Neighborhood Food Pantry.
But in doing that, we always pair it with a message of, um, "We want to get you through the door at Impact.
We want you to see how easy it is to, um, shop there yourself." So are there other things that you would add to that, Keara?
[clears throat] I think that that's, that's a lot of what it is, is just kind of the, the constant messaging to students to make sure that they know that, you know, those resources are there.
You know, yes, they can volunteer at them, but they're there for them to use, too.
And so, yeah, definitely just the, the constant messaging.
Um, I know that our, our student body president, uh, over the last year has been really great at getting those resources out to students, too.
So, yeah.
agenda?Uh, over the last year, um, our student body president was Ty Walls, and I know that one of her, like, main goals, um, in her role was to kind of connect to those food security initiatives.
And moving forward, um, [clears throat] our new president, Elliot Nelson, um, has decided that he wants to kind of, uh, continue on with those goals and partner with our office a lot and make sure that we can, um, continue getting those resources out to students.
So yeah, tell me about your partnership with the Impact Cap J- Drake Neighborhood Food Pantry, which I understand was a main focus of your food security work this year, Kira.
I, I thought we could just start, and let's, let's tackle the big topic, and that is food insecurity on campus.
Um, and I think that there are some reasons that it's difficult to capture the reality of food insecurity on college campuses, um, because a variety of factors can contribute for a college student.
On top of, we just tend to have kind of cultural acceptance for the trope of the broke, hungry college student.
And, um, at Drake we'd really like to counter that and provide more resources for students, and kind of normalize that it's okay to seek help.
How do you normalize that, that it's okay to seek help? Like, you know, I think ...
I, I know what you're saying about the broke college student, like, living on pizza and ramen.
Um, how do you make it okay for them to say, "You know, we need better nutrition and, and better resources"?
Yeah, I think that, um, through Keara's work as our food security lead, um, we've done a number of things, starting with just an informational newsletter at the beginning of the academic year this past year, um, talking about resources in the neighborhood.
And then the partnership that Keara has really worked on over the past year has been one of kind of building up a volunteer network for the Impact CAP Drake Neighborhood Food Pantry.
But in doing that, we always pair it with a message of, um, "We want to get you through the door at Impact.
We want you to see how easy it is to, um, shop there yourself." So are there other things that you would add to that, Keara?
[clears throat] I think that that's, that's a lot of what it is, is just kind of the, the constant messaging to students to make sure that they know that, you know, those resources are there.
You know, yes, they can volunteer at them, but they're there for them to use, too.
And so, yeah, definitely just the, the constant messaging.
Um, I know that our, our student body president, uh, over the last year has been really great at getting those resources out to students, too.
So, yeah.
agenda?Uh, over the last year, um, our student body president was Ty Walls, and I know that one of her, like, main goals, um, in her role was to kind of connect to those food security initiatives.
And moving forward, um, [clears throat] our new president, Elliot Nelson, um, has decided that he wants to kind of, uh, continue on with those goals and partner with our office a lot and make sure that we can, um, continue getting those resources out to students.
So yeah, tell me about your partnership with the Impact Cap J- Drake Neighborhood Food Pantry, which I understand was a main focus of your food security work this year, Kira.
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