The University of Montpellier Remains Committed to Supporting Students in Need

• Free access for all students to the Zoom Education and Microsoft Office 365 Education plans;
  
• financial assistance for internet access (in addition to the 4G plans and computers provided by the Region);
• Additional position of Disability Coordinator to support students with disabilities (as part of the Agil Hybrid project, a call for proposals to integrate higher education programs).

• Establishment of a network of “mentors” who call recent high school graduates. Forty students were recruited and trained to call nearly 6,000 recent high school graduates at the university. The goal was, in particular, to inform them about university services and to identify those who were struggling;
• maintaining student contracts(Library, Student Centers, etc.);
• hiring an additional psychologist (preventive medicine);
• a doubling of the FSDIE social assistance budget, with the provision of larger grants;
• Engaging student health liaisons in efforts to prevent student mental health issues (creating a brochure, posting on social media), … .

Proposed remote activities and an increase in sessions (virtual art and culture workshops, webinars with artists, I-talks workshops [public speaking], short video clips of sewing workshops with a kit provided to registrants for practicing at home, …), etc.

Recruitment of student ambassadors for COVID-19 prevention: To raise awareness among students about the importance of wearing masks and following preventive measures within theUM, 43 students were recruited in September across 11 locations of theUM (including sites outside Montpellier and in the university libraries), and two washable masks were donated to each student.