“It is like a college student's worst nightmare to get sick, because then you're like, ‘Oh, I can’t go to class, oh, I have no motivation to do my homework.’ So imagine that, but you don't have a place to live and don't know where your next meal is coming from,” Jackson said.

Last month Whitworth announced that an addition will be added to Seeley G. Mudd Chapel after alumni donated $1.5 million for its construction. The donation came from Barney and Joyce Beeksma, who...