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LISTEN: Kennesaw State University held an event March 17 to share mental health resources with students. The immersive experience was also meant to raise awareness about suicide prevention. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more.
The spacious room filled with backpacks on clothes hangers could have been a back-to-school giveaway, but the display in the student recreation center March 17, 2026, at Kennesaw State University was about suicide prevention.
College-aged people are at high risk of suicide, which is the second-leading cause of death for people between ages 14 and 24, according to the Georgia chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness.
That’s why KSU held an event to share mental health resources available on and off campus for students…