Hunger Free Higher Ed: A Statewide Approach To Food Security

Research suggests 1 in 3 college students experience food insecurity. College student food insecurity can lead to impaired physical and mental health, resulting in decreased academic performance, delay of graduation, or ultimately dropping out of college. Hunger Free Higher Ed (HFHE) seeks to foster collaboration, lead innovative research, and promote data-informed efforts to elevate systemic solutions for college student food insecurity at institutions of higher education. To date, 30 colleges and universities across the state of Alabama are navigating the HFHE process.

In this webinar, Hunger & Higher Ed Program Administrator, Dr. Sarah Grace Kaschak, at the Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn University, presents outcomes from HFHE. Dr. Kaschak is joined by Dr. Michael Mitchell, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at the University of South Alabama, and Debbie Morgette, Assistant Director of Student Assistance & Support at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, to discuss unique successes at their university through the HFHE process and to highlight the implications and applications of these findings at other institutions with a particular emphasis on their transferability to other urban-serving research universities.

This webinar was recorded on March 25th, 2025 by the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities in collaboration with the Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn University.