<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/stories/qa-keynote-speaker-discusses.html" dsn="news"><hide/><featured/><pubDate>03/22/2021</pubDate><title>Q&amp;A: Keynote speaker discusses "mental bandwidth," helping students thrive</title><description>As students struggle to move past COVID-19, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and GEAR UP Kentucky are hosting a nationally recognized expert next month who will discuss strategies to help students recover "mental bandwidth."</description><image><img src="/_resources/images/qa-keynote-speaker-discusses.jpg" alt="Verschelden"/></image></item>